diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17eaabc..d682a19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 * [Official website](https://echo.labstack.com)
 * [All middleware docs](https://echo.labstack.com/docs/category/middleware)
 
+## Deprecations / alternatives
+
+1. Prometheus middleware has a new separate repository - https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus
+2. Jaeger middleware is deprecated, use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + [OTLP exporters](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/go/exporters/).
+3. Zipkin middleware is deprecated, use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + [OTLP exporters](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/go/exporters/).
+
 ## Usage
 
 For Echo `v5` support:
diff --git a/echoprometheus/README.md b/echoprometheus/README.md
index a565453..e7f3bb4 100644
--- a/echoprometheus/README.md
+++ b/echoprometheus/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Usage
 
+Deprecated: use new repository [echo-prometheus middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus) or [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters
+
 ```go
 package main
 
diff --git a/echoprometheus/prometheus.go b/echoprometheus/prometheus.go
index b8e9c29..cb275e0 100644
--- a/echoprometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/echoprometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 /*
 Package echoprometheus provides middleware to add Prometheus metrics.
+
+Deprecated: use new repository [echo-prometheus middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus) or [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters
 */
 package echoprometheus
 
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ type PushGatewayConfig struct {
 }
 
 // NewHandler creates new instance of Handler using Prometheus default registry.
+//
+// Deprecated: use new repository [echo-prometheus middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus) or [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters
 func NewHandler() echo.HandlerFunc {
 	return NewHandlerWithConfig(HandlerConfig{})
 }
@@ -137,11 +141,15 @@ func NewHandlerWithConfig(config HandlerConfig) echo.HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 // NewMiddleware creates new instance of middleware using Prometheus default registry.
+//
+// Deprecated: use new repository [echo-prometheus middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus) or [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters
 func NewMiddleware(subsystem string) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return NewMiddlewareWithConfig(MiddlewareConfig{Subsystem: subsystem})
 }
 
 // NewMiddlewareWithConfig creates new instance of middleware using given configuration.
+//
+// Deprecated: use [echo-prometheus middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus) or [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters
 func NewMiddlewareWithConfig(config MiddlewareConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	mw, err := config.ToMiddleware()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -151,6 +159,8 @@ func NewMiddlewareWithConfig(config MiddlewareConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 }
 
 // ToMiddleware converts configuration to middleware or returns an error.
+//
+// Deprecated: use new repository [echo-prometheus middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus) or [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters
 func (conf MiddlewareConfig) ToMiddleware() (echo.MiddlewareFunc, error) {
 	if conf.timeNow == nil {
 		conf.timeNow = time.Now
@@ -386,6 +396,8 @@ func computeApproximateRequestSize(r *http.Request) int {
 //	}()
 //
 // ```
+//
+// Deprecated: use new repository [echo-prometheus middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-prometheus) or [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters
 func RunPushGatewayGatherer(ctx context.Context, config PushGatewayConfig) error {
 	if config.PushGatewayURL == "" {
 		return errors.New("push gateway URL is missing")
diff --git a/jaegertracing/jaegertracing.go b/jaegertracing/jaegertracing.go
index 6d2690c..a0ab3be 100644
--- a/jaegertracing/jaegertracing.go
+++ b/jaegertracing/jaegertracing.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	}
 
 ```
+
+Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go
 */
 package jaegertracing
 
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ var (
 
 // New creates an Opentracing tracer and attaches it to Echo middleware.
 // Returns Closer do be added to caller function as `defer closer.Close()`
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go
 func New(e *echo.Echo, skipper middleware.Skipper) io.Closer {
 	// Add Opentracing instrumentation
 	defcfg := config.Configuration{
@@ -122,6 +126,8 @@ func New(e *echo.Echo, skipper middleware.Skipper) io.Closer {
 
 // Trace returns a Trace middleware.
 // Trace middleware traces http requests and reporting errors.
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go
 func Trace(tracer opentracing.Tracer) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	c := DefaultTraceConfig
 	c.Tracer = tracer
@@ -131,6 +137,8 @@ func Trace(tracer opentracing.Tracer) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 
 // TraceWithConfig returns a Trace middleware with config.
 // See: `Trace()`.
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go
 func TraceWithConfig(config TraceConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	if config.Tracer == nil {
 		panic("echo: trace middleware requires opentracing tracer")
@@ -279,6 +287,8 @@ func defaultOperationName(c *echo.Context) string {
 }
 
 // TraceFunction wraps funtion with opentracing span adding tags for the function name and caller details
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go
 func TraceFunction(ctx *echo.Context, fn interface{}, params ...interface{}) (result []reflect.Value) {
 	// Get function name
 	name := runtime.FuncForPC(reflect.ValueOf(fn).Pointer()).Name()
@@ -314,6 +324,8 @@ func TraceFunction(ctx *echo.Context, fn interface{}, params ...interface{}) (re
 
 // CreateChildSpan creates a new opentracing span adding tags for the span name and caller details.
 // User must call defer `sp.Finish()`
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go
 func CreateChildSpan(ctx *echo.Context, name string) opentracing.Span {
 	parentSpan := opentracing.SpanFromContext(ctx.Request().Context())
 	sp := opentracing.StartSpan(
@@ -333,6 +345,8 @@ func CreateChildSpan(ctx *echo.Context, name string) opentracing.Span {
 }
 
 // NewTracedRequest generates a new traced HTTP request with opentracing headers injected into it
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go
 func NewTracedRequest(method string, url string, body io.Reader, span opentracing.Span) (*http.Request, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, body)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/zipkintracing/README.md b/zipkintracing/README.md
index 18a2477..43e8579 100644
--- a/zipkintracing/README.md
+++ b/zipkintracing/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Tracing Library for Go
 
+> Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-otel and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/zipkinexporter
+> `Go app -> OTLP -> OpenTelemetry Collector -> Zipkin`
+
 This library provides tracing for go using [Zipkin](https://zipkin.io/)
  
 ## Usage
diff --git a/zipkintracing/tracing.go b/zipkintracing/tracing.go
index 97fd38d..caaadd1 100644
--- a/zipkintracing/tracing.go
+++ b/zipkintracing/tracing.go
@@ -51,12 +51,16 @@ var (
 )
 
 // DoHTTP is a http zipkin tracer implementation of HTTPDoer
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-otel and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/zipkinexporter
 func DoHTTP(c *echo.Context, r *http.Request, client *zipkinhttp.Client) (*http.Response, error) {
 	req := r.WithContext(c.Request().Context())
 	return client.DoWithAppSpan(req, req.Method)
 }
 
 // TraceFunc wraps function call with span so that we can trace time taken by func, eventContext only provided if we want to store trace headers
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-otel and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/zipkinexporter
 func TraceFunc(c *echo.Context, spanName string, spanTags Tags, tracer *zipkin.Tracer) func() {
 	span, _ := tracer.StartSpanFromContext(c.Request().Context(), spanName)
 	for key, value := range spanTags(c) {
@@ -71,6 +75,8 @@ func TraceFunc(c *echo.Context, spanName string, spanTags Tags, tracer *zipkin.T
 }
 
 // TraceProxy middleware that traces reverse proxy
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-otel and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/zipkinexporter
 func TraceProxy(tracer *zipkin.Tracer) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	config := DefaultTraceProxyConfig
 	config.Tracer = tracer
@@ -78,6 +84,8 @@ func TraceProxy(tracer *zipkin.Tracer) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 }
 
 // TraceProxyWithConfig middleware that traces reverse proxy
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-otel and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/zipkinexporter
 func TraceProxyWithConfig(config TraceProxyConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return func(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
 		return func(c *echo.Context) error {
@@ -116,6 +124,8 @@ func TraceProxyWithConfig(config TraceProxyConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 }
 
 // TraceServer middleware that traces server calls
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-otel and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/zipkinexporter
 func TraceServer(tracer *zipkin.Tracer) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	config := DefaultTraceServerConfig
 	config.Tracer = tracer
@@ -123,6 +133,8 @@ func TraceServer(tracer *zipkin.Tracer) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 }
 
 // TraceServerWithConfig middleware that traces server calls
+//
+// Deprecated: use [OpenTelemetry middleware](https://github.com/labstack/echo-opentelemetry) instead + OTLP exporters. Read this: https://github.com/openzipkin-contrib/zipkin-otel and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/exporter/zipkinexporter
 func TraceServerWithConfig(config TraceServerConfig) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 	return func(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
 		return func(c *echo.Context) error {