diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 339c3dd..cc0ad8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # All supported Perl versions except latest.
         perl: [
-          '5.32', '5.34', '5.36',
+          '5.30', '5.32', '5.34', '5.36',
         ]
 
         # Variants of the latest Perl.
diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index d614840..fc4a50e 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 
-use v5.32.0;
+use v5.30.0;
 use Module::Build::Tiny 0.034;
 Build_PL();
 
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 33c2a95..1599385 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Revision history for OpenTelemetry
 {{$NEXT}}
 
     * Fixed some minor nits in the documentation
+    * Add 'isa' as a dependency and reduce the minimum supported Perl
+      version to 5.30. If you are running 5.30 please consider installing
+      Type::Tiny::XS which should improve the performance of these 'isa'
+      checks.
 
 0.026     2024-12-16 09:02:42+00:00 Europe/London
 
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 0792fce..d2cb572 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       "configure" : {
          "requires" : {
             "Module::Build::Tiny" : "0.034",
-            "perl" : "v5.32.0"
+            "perl" : "v5.30.0"
          }
       },
       "develop" : {
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
             "URL::Encode" : "0",
             "UUID::URandom" : "0",
             "X::Tiny" : "0",
-            "perl" : "v5.32.0"
+            "isa" : "0",
+            "perl" : "v5.30.0"
          }
       },
       "test" : {
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
             "Metrics::Any" : "0",
             "Test2::V0" : "0",
             "Test::More" : "0",
-            "perl" : "v5.32.0"
+            "perl" : "v5.30.0"
          }
       }
    },
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index 0c7ce60..015dfd8 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+requires 'isa'; # To support perls older than 5.32
 requires 'Bytes::Random::Secure';
 requires 'Class::Method::Modifiers';
 requires 'Exporter::Tiny', '0.044'; # For -as => CODE support
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index 7db7e8c..2085b6c 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Release_Commit.commit_msg = Release v%V%t
 RewriteVersion.global = 1
 
 [MinimumPerl]
+perl = v5.30.0
+
 [Prereqs::FromCPANfile]
 
 [Repository]
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry.pm
index c21638a..1e599f9 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package OpenTelemetry;
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use experimental qw( isa signatures );
+use experimental qw( signatures );
 
 our $VERSION = '0.027';
 
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ use Scalar::Util 'refaddr';
 use Ref::Util 'is_coderef';
 use Sentinel;
 
+use isa qw(
+    OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider
+    OpenTelemetry::Trace::TracerProvider
+);
+
 use Log::Any;
 
 use Exporter::Shiny qw(
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ sub _generate_otel_logger { \&logger }
     my $set = sub ( $new ) {
         die OpenTelemetry::X->create(
             Invalid => 'Global tracer provider must be a subclass of OpenTelemetry::Trace::TracerProvider, got instead ' . ( ref $new || 'a plain scalar' ),
-        ) unless $new isa OpenTelemetry::Trace::TracerProvider;
+        ) unless isa_OpenTelemetry_Trace_TracerProvider $new;
 
         $lock->enter( sub { $instance = $new });
     };
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ sub _generate_otel_logger { \&logger }
     my $set = sub ( $new ) {
         die OpenTelemetry::X->create(
             Invalid => 'Global logger provider must be a subclass of OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider, got instead ' . ( ref $new || 'a plain scalar' ),
-        ) unless $new isa OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider;
+        ) unless isa_OpenTelemetry_Logs_LoggerProvider $new;
 
         $lock->enter( sub { $instance = $new });
     };
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Context.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Context.pm
index 05dc08a..62123a6 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Context.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Context.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ sub key ( $, $name ) {
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Context {
     use OpenTelemetry::X;
-    use experimental 'isa';
+
+    use isa 'OpenTelemetry::Context::Key';
 
     field $data :param = {};
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Context {
     method get ( $key ) {
         die OpenTelemetry::X->create(
             Invalid => 'Keys in a context object must be instances of OpenTelemetry::Context::Key',
-        ) unless $key isa OpenTelemetry::Context::Key;
+        ) unless isa_OpenTelemetry_Context_Key $key;
 
         $data->{ $key->string };
     }
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Context {
     method set ( $key, $value ) {
         die OpenTelemetry::X->create(
             Invalid => 'Keys in a context object must be instances of OpenTelemetry::Context::Key',
-        ) unless $key isa OpenTelemetry::Context::Key;
+        ) unless isa_OpenTelemetry_Context_Key $key;
 
         OpenTelemetry::Context->new( %$data, $key->string, $value )
     }
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Context {
     method delete ( $key ) {
         die OpenTelemetry::X->create(
             Invalid => 'Keys in a context object must be instances of OpenTelemetry::Context::Key',
-        ) unless $key isa OpenTelemetry::Context::Key;
+        ) unless isa_OpenTelemetry_Context_Key $key;
 
         my %copy = %$data;
         delete $copy{$key->string};
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Context {
 
 # Context management
 {
-    use experimental 'isa';
     use Sentinel;
 
+    use isa 'OpenTelemetry::Context';
+
     my $current = OpenTelemetry::Context->new;
     sub current :lvalue {
         sentinel(
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Context {
             set => sub {
                 die OpenTelemetry::X->create(
                     Invalid => 'Current context must be an instance of OpenTelemetry::Context, received instead ' . ref $_[0],
-                ) unless $_[0] isa OpenTelemetry::Context;
+                ) unless isa_OpenTelemetry_Context $_[0];
 
                 $current = $_[0];
             },
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/Baggage.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/Baggage.pm
index bd2d610..27d1bfd 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/Baggage.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/Baggage.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Propagator::Baggage :does(OpenTelemetry::Propagator) {
     use OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TextMap;
     use URL::Encode qw( url_decode_utf8 url_encode_utf8 );
 
-    use experimental 'isa';
+    use isa 'OpenTelemetry::X';
 
     my $KEY              = 'baggage';
     my $MAX_ENTRIES      = 180;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Propagator::Baggage :does(OpenTelemetry::Propagator) {
             $setter->( $carrier, $KEY, $encoded ) if $encoded;
         }
         catch($e) {
-            if ( $e isa OpenTelemetry::X ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
+            if ( isa_OpenTelemetry_X $e ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
             else {
                 OpenTelemetry->handle_error(
                     exception => $e,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Propagator::Baggage :does(OpenTelemetry::Propagator) {
             $builder->build($context);
         }
         catch($e) {
-            if ( $e isa OpenTelemetry::X ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
+            if ( isa_OpenTelemetry_X $e ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
             else {
                 OpenTelemetry->handle_error(
                     exception => $e,
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/TraceContext.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/TraceContext.pm
index 844a42e..8691770 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/TraceContext.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Propagator/TraceContext.pm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TraceContext;
 our $VERSION = '0.027';
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TraceContext :does(OpenTelemetry::Propagator) {
-    use experimental 'isa';
+    use isa 'OpenTelemetry::X';
 
     use Feature::Compat::Try;
     use URL::Encode qw( url_decode_utf8 url_encode_utf8 );
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TraceContext :does(OpenTelemetry::Propagator) {
             $setter->( $carrier, $TRACE_STATE_KEY,  $span_context->trace_state->to_string );
         }
         catch($e) {
-            if ( $e isa OpenTelemetry::X ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
+            if ( isa_OpenTelemetry_X $e ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
             else {
                 OpenTelemetry->handle_error(
                     exception => $e,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TraceContext :does(OpenTelemetry::Propagator) {
             return OpenTelemetry::Trace->context_with_span( $span, $context );
         }
         catch ($e) {
-            if ( $e isa OpenTelemetry::X ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
+            if ( isa_OpenTelemetry_X $e ) { $logger->warn($e->get_message) }
             else {
                 OpenTelemetry->handle_error(
                     exception => $e,
diff --git a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Trace/Link.pm b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Trace/Link.pm
index 35724d0..e974ba3 100644
--- a/lib/OpenTelemetry/Trace/Link.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenTelemetry/Trace/Link.pm
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ package OpenTelemetry::Trace::Link;
 our $VERSION = '0.027';
 
 class OpenTelemetry::Trace::Link :does(OpenTelemetry::Attributes) {
-    use experimental 'isa';
-
     use OpenTelemetry::X;
 
+    use isa 'OpenTelemetry::Trace::SpanContext';
+
     field $context :param :reader;
 
     ADJUST {
         die OpenTelemetry::X->create(
             Invalid => "Required parameter 'context' must be a span context"
-        ) unless $context isa OpenTelemetry::Trace::SpanContext;
+        ) unless isa_OpenTelemetry_Trace_SpanContext $context;
     }
 }