diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 720de69..30ca715 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rand 0.9.0",
+ "rand",
  "sha1",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
@@ -332,53 +332,6 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "edca88bc138befd0323b20752846e6587272d3b03b0343c8ea28a6f819e6e71f"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http 1.3.1",
- "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
- "itoa",
- "matchit",
- "memchr",
- "mime",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "serde",
- "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
- "tower 0.5.1",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09f2bd6146b97ae3359fa0cc6d6b376d9539582c7b4220f041a33ec24c226199"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "futures-util",
- "http 1.3.1",
- "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
- "mime",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "backon"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -958,12 +911,6 @@ version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "gloo-timers"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -988,7 +935,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "http 0.2.12",
- "indexmap 2.7.0",
+ "indexmap",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -1007,19 +954,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "http 1.3.1",
- "indexmap 2.7.0",
+ "indexmap",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.2"
@@ -1145,7 +1086,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body",
  "httparse",
- "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "smallvec",
@@ -1399,16 +1339,6 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aae21c3177a27788957044151cc2800043d127acaa460a47ebb9b84dfa2c6aa0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indexmap"
-version = "1.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "hashbrown 0.12.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.7.0"
@@ -1416,7 +1346,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "62f822373a4fe84d4bb149bf54e584a7f4abec90e072ed49cda0edea5b95471f"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+ "hashbrown",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1553,7 +1483,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
- "tower 0.5.1",
+ "tower",
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -1600,7 +1530,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "backon",
  "educe",
  "futures",
- "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+ "hashbrown",
  "hostname",
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
@@ -1681,12 +1611,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-automata 0.1.10",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
@@ -1768,42 +1692,39 @@ checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.27.1"
+version = "0.30.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab70038c28ed37b97d8ed414b6429d343a8bbf44c9f79ec854f3a643029ba6d7"
+checksum = "aaf416e4cb72756655126f7dd7bb0af49c674f4c1b9903e80c009e0c37e552e6"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "js-sys",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-otlp"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.30.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91cf61a1868dacc576bf2b2a1c3e9ab150af7272909e80085c3173384fe11f76"
+checksum = "dbee664a43e07615731afc539ca60c6d9f1a9425e25ca09c57bc36c87c55852b"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "futures-core",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-proto",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "prost",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "tokio",
  "tonic",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-proto"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.30.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a6e05acbfada5ec79023c85368af14abd0b307c015e9064d249b2a950ef459a6"
+checksum = "2e046fd7660710fe5a05e8748e70d9058dc15c94ba914e7c4faa7c728f0e8ddc"
 dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
@@ -1813,23 +1734,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
-version = "0.27.1"
+version = "0.30.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "231e9d6ceef9b0b2546ddf52335785ce41252bc7474ee8ba05bfad277be13ab8"
+checksum = "11f644aa9e5e31d11896e024305d7e3c98a88884d9f8919dbf37a9991bc47a4b"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-executor",
  "futures-util",
- "glob",
  "opentelemetry",
  "percent-encoding",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand",
  "serde_json",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2060,38 +1978,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
  "zerocopy 0.8.23",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2099,16 +1996,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2288,12 +2176,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.18"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e819f2bc632f285be6d7cd36e25940d45b2391dd6d9b939e79de557f7014248"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -2457,7 +2339,7 @@ version = "0.9.34+deprecated"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6a8b1a1a2ebf674015cc02edccce75287f1a0130d394307b36743c2f5d504b47"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.7.0",
+ "indexmap",
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
@@ -2570,12 +2452,6 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sync_wrapper"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0bf256ce5efdfa370213c1dabab5935a12e49f2c58d15e9eac2870d3b4f27263"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -2759,16 +2635,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.12.3"
+version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "877c5b330756d856ffcc4553ab34a5684481ade925ecc54bcd1bf02b1d0d4d52"
+checksum = "7e581ba15a835f4d9ea06c55ab1bd4dce26fc53752c69a04aac00703bfb49ba9"
 dependencies = [
- "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
- "h2 0.4.7",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -2778,30 +2651,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
- "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tower 0.4.13",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tower"
-version = "0.4.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "pin-project",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "slab",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -2815,8 +2667,10 @@ checksum = "2873938d487c3cfb9aed7546dc9f2711d867c9f90c46b889989a2cb84eba6b4f"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
+ "indexmap",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "slab",
+ "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
@@ -2914,9 +2768,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97a971f6058498b5c0f1affa23e7ea202057a7301dbff68e968b2d578bcbd053"
+checksum = "ddcf5959f39507d0d04d6413119c04f33b623f4f951ebcbdddddfad2d0623a9c"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 38d519d..b60b416 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ serde_yaml = "0.9.25"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.41", features = ["serde"] }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["json", "env-filter"] }
-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.28.0"
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["trace"] }
-opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.27.0", optional = true }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
+tracing-opentelemetry = "0.31.0"
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.30", features = ["trace"] }
+opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.30", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["trace", "grpc-tonic"] }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.30", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
 anyhow = "1.0.98"
 prometheus-client = "0.23.1"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 460694e..9504ca2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# compose for just run-telemetry
 version: "3"
 services:
   zipkin:
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 2731078..290585b 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ generate:
 
 # run with opentelemetry
 run-telemetry:
-  docker-compose up -d
   OPENTELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_URL=http://127.0.0.1:4317 RUST_LOG=info,kube=debug,controller=debug cargo run --features=telemetry
 
 # run without opentelemetry
@@ -58,4 +57,4 @@ build-otel: (_build "telemetry")
 # local helper for test-telemetry and run-telemetry
 # forward grpc otel port from svc/promstack-tempo in monitoring
 forward-tempo:
-  kubectl port-forward -n monitoring svc/promstack-tempo 55680:4317
+  kubectl port-forward -n monitoring svc/promstack-tempo 4317:4317
diff --git a/src/telemetry.rs b/src/telemetry.rs
index ef24082..2d84336 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(unused_imports)] // some used only for telemetry feature
 use opentelemetry::trace::{TraceId, TracerProvider};
-use opentelemetry_sdk::{Resource, runtime, trace as sdktrace, trace::Config};
+use opentelemetry_sdk::{Resource, runtime, trace as sdktrace};
+use sdktrace::{Config, SdkTracer, SdkTracerProvider};
 use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, Registry, prelude::*};
 
 ///  Fetch an opentelemetry::trace::TraceId as hex through the full tracing stack
@@ -17,14 +18,14 @@ pub fn get_trace_id() -> TraceId {
 #[cfg(feature = "telemetry")]
 fn resource() -> Resource {
     use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
-    Resource::new([
-        KeyValue::new("service.name", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME")),
-        KeyValue::new("service.version", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")),
-    ])
+    Resource::builder()
+        .with_service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+        .with_attribute(KeyValue::new("service.version", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")))
+        .build()
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "telemetry")]
-fn init_tracer() -> sdktrace::Tracer {
+fn init_tracer() -> SdkTracer {
     use opentelemetry_otlp::{SpanExporter, WithExportConfig};
     let endpoint = std::env::var("OPENTELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_URL").expect("Needs an otel collector");
     let exporter = SpanExporter::builder()
@@ -33,12 +34,11 @@ fn init_tracer() -> sdktrace::Tracer {
         .build()
         .unwrap();
 
-    let provider = sdktrace::TracerProvider::builder()
-        .with_batch_exporter(exporter, runtime::Tokio)
+    let provider = SdkTracerProvider::builder()
         .with_resource(resource())
+        .with_batch_exporter(exporter)
         .build();
 
-    opentelemetry::global::set_tracer_provider(provider.clone());
     provider.tracer("tracing-otel-subscriber")
 }