diff --git a/examples/graphql/tracer.js b/examples/graphql/tracer.js
index 4be5684dfd..6e3a782f25 100644
--- a/examples/graphql/tracer.js
+++ b/examples/graphql/tracer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { registerInstrumentations } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation');
 const { GraphQLInstrumentation } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation-graphql');
-
 const { ConsoleSpanExporter, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/tracing');
 const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/node');
 const { CollectorTraceExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-collector');
@@ -10,24 +10,25 @@ const exporter = new CollectorTraceExporter({
   serviceName: 'basic-service',
 });
 
-const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
-  plugins: {
-    http: { enabled: false, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-http' },
-    https: { enabled: false, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-https' },
-    express: { enabled: false, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-express' },
-  },
-});
-
-const graphQLInstrumentation = new GraphQLInstrumentation({
-  // allowAttributes: true,
-  // depth: 2,
-  // mergeItems: true,
-});
-
-graphQLInstrumentation.setTracerProvider(provider);
-
-graphQLInstrumentation.enable();
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
 
 provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter));
 provider.addSpanProcessor(new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()));
 provider.register();
+
+registerInstrumentations({
+  instrumentations: [
+    new GraphQLInstrumentation({
+      // allowAttributes: true,
+      // depth: 2,
+      // mergeItems: true,
+    }),
+    {
+      plugins: {
+        http: { enabled: false, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-http' },
+        https: { enabled: false, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-https' },
+        express: { enabled: false, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-express' },
+      },
+    },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/graphql.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/graphql.ts
index 4c90795f4b..c0b9a80e97 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/graphql.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/graphql.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {
   InstrumentationNodeModuleFile,
   safeExecuteInTheMiddle,
 } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
-import { Maybe } from 'graphql/jsutils/Maybe';
 import type * as graphqlTypes from 'graphql';
 import { GraphQLFieldResolver } from 'graphql/type/definition';
 import { SpanAttributes, SpanNames } from './enum';
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   OtelExecutionArgs,
   ObjectWithGraphQLData,
   OPERATION_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+  Maybe,
 } from './types';
 import {
   addSpanSource,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG: GraphQLInstrumentationConfig = {
   allowValues: false,
 };
 
-const supportedVersions = ['15.*'];
+const supportedVersions = ['>=14'];
 
 export class GraphQLInstrumentation extends InstrumentationBase {
   constructor(
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts
index 5390c37887..b3b232ef94 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/types.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import { InstrumentationConfig } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 import type * as graphqlTypes from 'graphql';
 import type * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import type { Maybe } from 'graphql/jsutils/Maybe';
 import type { PromiseOrValue } from 'graphql/jsutils/PromiseOrValue';
 import { DocumentNode } from 'graphql/language/ast';
 import {
@@ -137,5 +136,14 @@ export interface OtelPatched {
 export interface GraphQLPath {
   prev: GraphQLPath | undefined;
   key: string | number;
-  typename: string | undefined;
+  /**
+   * optional as it didn't exist yet in ver 14
+   */
+  typename?: string | undefined;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Moving this type from ver 15 of graphql as it is nto available in ver. 14s
+ * this way it can compile against ver 14.
+ */
+export type Maybe<T> = null | undefined | T;
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts
index 59dd669bed..9b5d4e047a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-graphql/src/utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import type * as graphqlTypes from 'graphql';
 import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import type { Maybe } from 'graphql/jsutils/Maybe';
 import { GraphQLObjectType } from 'graphql/type/definition';
 import {
   AllowedOperationTypes,
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   GraphQLInstrumentationParsedConfig,
   ObjectWithGraphQLData,
   OtelPatched,
+  Maybe,
 } from './types';
 
 const OPERATION_VALUES = Object.values(AllowedOperationTypes);