diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
index 3cfd53a5ec593..0b25126f6be82 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -621,6 +622,18 @@ protected Node(
                 final TelemetrySettings telemetrySettings = new TelemetrySettings(settings, clusterService.getClusterSettings());
                 if (telemetrySettings.isTracingFeatureEnabled() || telemetrySettings.isMetricsFeatureEnabled()) {
                     List<TelemetryPlugin> telemetryPlugins = pluginsService.filterPlugins(TelemetryPlugin.class);
+                    List<TelemetryPlugin> telemetryPluginsImplementingTelemetryAware = telemetryPlugins.stream()
+                        .filter(a -> TelemetryAwarePlugin.class.isAssignableFrom(a.getClass()))
+                        .collect(toList());
+                    if (telemetryPluginsImplementingTelemetryAware.isEmpty() == false) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                            String.format(
+                                Locale.ROOT,
+                                "Telemetry plugins %s should not implement TelemetryAwarePlugin interface",
+                                telemetryPluginsImplementingTelemetryAware
+                            )
+                        );
+                    }
                     TelemetryModule telemetryModule = new TelemetryModule(telemetryPlugins, telemetrySettings);
                     if (telemetrySettings.isTracingFeatureEnabled()) {
                         tracerFactory = new TracerFactory(telemetrySettings, telemetryModule.getTelemetry(), threadPool.getThreadContext());
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/TelemetryAwarePlugin.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/TelemetryAwarePlugin.java
index eabfaced830f9..42cab326f88bf 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/TelemetryAwarePlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/plugins/TelemetryAwarePlugin.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.opensearch.common.annotation.ExperimentalApi;
 import org.opensearch.common.lifecycle.LifecycleComponent;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.NamedWriteable;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
  *
  * @opensearch.experimental
  */
+@ExperimentalApi
 public interface TelemetryAwarePlugin {
 
     /**
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/node/NodeTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/node/NodeTests.java
index 6cda0f338bc46..f44cc352cd330 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/node/NodeTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/node/NodeTests.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.network.NetworkModule;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.SettingsException;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.breaker.CircuitBreaker;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.transport.BoundTransportAddress;
@@ -62,10 +63,14 @@
 import org.opensearch.plugins.CircuitBreakerPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.TelemetryAwarePlugin;
+import org.opensearch.plugins.TelemetryPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
 import org.opensearch.script.ScriptService;
+import org.opensearch.telemetry.Telemetry;
+import org.opensearch.telemetry.TelemetrySettings;
 import org.opensearch.telemetry.metrics.MetricsRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.telemetry.tracing.Tracer;
+import org.opensearch.test.FeatureFlagSetter;
 import org.opensearch.test.InternalTestCluster;
 import org.opensearch.test.MockHttpTransport;
 import org.opensearch.test.NodeRoles;
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
@@ -430,6 +436,15 @@ public void testTelemetryAwarePlugins() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testTelemetryPluginShouldNOTImplementTelemetryAwarePlugin() throws IOException {
+        Settings.Builder settings = baseSettings();
+        List<Class<? extends Plugin>> plugins = basePlugins();
+        plugins.add(MockTelemetryPlugin.class);
+        FeatureFlagSetter.set(FeatureFlags.TELEMETRY);
+        settings.put(TelemetrySettings.TRACER_FEATURE_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey(), true);
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> new MockNode(settings.build(), plugins));
+    }
+
     private static class MockTelemetryAwareComponent {
         private final Tracer tracer;
         private final MetricsRegistry metricsRegistry;
@@ -470,6 +485,19 @@ public Collection<Object> createComponents(
 
     }
 
+    public static class MockTelemetryPlugin extends Plugin implements TelemetryPlugin, TelemetryAwarePlugin {
+
+        @Override
+        public Optional<Telemetry> getTelemetry(TelemetrySettings telemetrySettings) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     public static class MockCircuitBreakerPlugin extends Plugin implements CircuitBreakerPlugin {
 
         private SetOnce<CircuitBreaker> myCircuitBreaker = new SetOnce<>();