diff --git a/otel-extensions/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/CgroupsReader.java b/otel-extensions/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/CgroupsReader.java
index 252199e78..afa20bcbd 100644
--- a/otel-extensions/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/CgroupsReader.java
+++ b/otel-extensions/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/CgroupsReader.java
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ public String readContainerId() {
     try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(cgroupsPath))) {
       String line;
       while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
+        if (line.endsWith(".scope")) {
+          line = line.substring(0, line.length() - ".scope".length());
+        }
         if (line.length() > CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH) {
           String id = line.substring(line.length() - CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH);
           if (!id.contains("/")) {
diff --git a/otel-extensions/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/DockerCgroupsReaderTest.java b/otel-extensions/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/DockerCgroupsReaderTest.java
index bbdbd40a3..f6251c5d4 100644
--- a/otel-extensions/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/DockerCgroupsReaderTest.java
+++ b/otel-extensions/src/test/java/org/hypertrace/agent/otel/extensions/DockerCgroupsReaderTest.java
@@ -42,4 +42,16 @@ void readContainerId(@TempDir File tempFolder) throws IOException {
     CgroupsReader cgroupsReader = new CgroupsReader(file.getPath());
     Assertions.assertEquals(expected, cgroupsReader.readContainerId());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void readScopedContainerId(@TempDir File tempFolder) throws IOException {
+    File file = new File(tempFolder, "cgroup");
+    String expected = "736665661f3cf3ec691b2feeb2a1ec78918c0ef65381160bbb04f4c298169679";
+    String content =
+        "1:name=systemd:/kubepods.slice/kubepods-besteffort.slice/kubepods-besteffort-podab2df320_6a91_4bc7_bd18_0d4328f04a8f.slice/crio-736665661f3cf3ec691b2feeb2a1ec78918c0ef65381160bbb04f4c298169679.scope";
+    Files.write(content.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8), file);
+
+    CgroupsReader cgroupsReader = new CgroupsReader(file.getPath());
+    Assertions.assertEquals(expected, cgroupsReader.readContainerId());
+  }
 }