diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
index 2d4992072c..8d05ea73b3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def response_hook(span, req, resp):
 
 _excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("FALCON")
 _traced_request_attrs = get_traced_request_attrs("FALCON")
-_response_propagation_setter = FuncSetter(falcon.api.Response.append_header)
+_response_propagation_setter = FuncSetter(falcon.Response.append_header)
 
 
 class FalconInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):