diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 55e53db..b4c28bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "325918d6fe32f23b19878fe4b34794ae41fc19ddbe53b10571a4874d44ffd39b"
+checksum = "f61dac84819c6588b558454b194026eb1f09c293b9036ae9b159e74e73ab6cf9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytestring"
@@ -533,9 +533,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.28.0",
  "prometheus-client",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
@@ -1089,9 +1089,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
-version = "1.9.5"
+version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d71d3574edd2771538b901e6549113b4006ece66150fb69c0fb6d9a2adae946"
+checksum = "f2d708df4e7140240a16cd6ab0ab65c972d7433ab77819ea693fde9c43811e2a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httpdate"
@@ -1640,9 +1640,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.22"
+version = "0.4.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
+checksum = "04cbf5b083de1c7e0222a7a51dbfdba1cbe1c6ab0b15e29fff3f6c077fd9cd9f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
@@ -1728,9 +1728,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.20.2"
+version = "1.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1261fe7e33c73b354eab43b1273a57c8f967d0391e80353e51f764ac02cf6775"
+checksum = "945462a4b81e43c4e3ba96bd7b49d834c6f61198356aa858733bc4acf3cbe62e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
@@ -1752,33 +1752,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry"
+version = "0.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "236e667b670a5cdf90c258f5a55794ec5ac5027e960c224bff8367a59e1e6426"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "js-sys",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-otlp"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91cf61a1868dacc576bf2b2a1c3e9ab150af7272909e80085c3173384fe11f76"
+checksum = "5bef114c6d41bea83d6dc60eb41720eedd0261a67af57b66dd2b84ac46c01d91"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures-core",
  "http 1.2.0",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
  "opentelemetry-proto",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.28.0",
  "prost",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
  "tokio",
  "tonic",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-proto"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a6e05acbfada5ec79023c85368af14abd0b307c015e9064d249b2a950ef459a6"
+checksum = "56f8870d3024727e99212eb3bb1762ec16e255e3e6f58eeb3dc8db1aa226746d"
 dependencies = [
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.28.0",
  "prost",
  "tonic",
 ]
@@ -1794,11 +1807,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-executor",
  "futures-util",
  "glob",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.27.1",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand",
- "serde_json",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
+version = "0.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "84dfad6042089c7fc1f6118b7040dc2eb4ab520abbf410b79dc481032af39570"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-util",
+ "glob",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rand",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tracing",
@@ -1937,9 +1967,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.2.15"
+version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "915a1e146535de9163f3987b8944ed8cf49a18bb0056bcebcdcece385cece4ff"
+checksum = "3b3cff922bd51709b605d9ead9aa71031d81447142d828eb4a6eba76fe619f9b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-utils"
@@ -2219,15 +2249,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.18"
+version = "1.0.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e819f2bc632f285be6d7cd36e25940d45b2391dd6d9b939e79de557f7014248"
+checksum = "f7c45b9784283f1b2e7fb61b42047c2fd678ef0960d4f6f1eba131594cc369d4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
-version = "1.0.18"
+version = "1.0.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3cb5ba0dc43242ce17de99c180e96db90b235b8a9fdc9543c96d2209116bd9f"
+checksum = "6ea1a2d0a644769cc99faa24c3ad26b379b786fe7c36fd3c546254801650e6dd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "schannel"
@@ -2495,9 +2525,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.96"
+version = "2.0.98"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d5d0adab1ae378d7f53bdebc67a39f1f151407ef230f0ce2883572f5d8985c80"
+checksum = "36147f1a48ae0ec2b5b3bc5b537d267457555a10dc06f3dbc8cb11ba3006d3b1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2858,8 +2888,8 @@ checksum = "97a971f6058498b5c0f1affa23e7ea202057a7301dbff68e968b2d578bcbd053"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry 0.27.1",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.27.1",
  "smallvec",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -2919,9 +2949,9 @@ checksum = "2896d95c02a80c6d6a5d6e953d479f5ddf2dfdb6a244441010e373ac0fb88971"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.14"
+version = "1.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "adb9e6ca4f869e1180728b7950e35922a7fc6397f7b641499e8f3ef06e50dc83"
+checksum = "a210d160f08b701c8721ba1c726c11662f877ea6b7094007e1ca9a1041945034"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unsafe-libyaml"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3624609..9a3184f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.39", 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"] }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["trace"] }
+opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.28.0", optional = true, default-features=false, features = ["trace", "grpc-tonic"] }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.11"
 anyhow = "1.0.95"
 prometheus-client = "0.23.1"
diff --git a/src/telemetry.rs b/src/telemetry.rs
index 20fdce4..798d07d 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
 #![allow(unused_imports)] // some used only for telemetry feature
 use opentelemetry::trace::{TraceId, TracerProvider};
-use opentelemetry_sdk::{runtime, trace as sdktrace, trace::Config, Resource};
+use opentelemetry_sdk::{runtime, trace as sdktrace, Resource};
+use sdktrace::{Config, SdkTracerProvider};
 use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, EnvFilter, Registry};
 
 ///  Fetch an opentelemetry::trace::TraceId as hex through the full tracing stack
 pub fn get_trace_id() -> TraceId {
     use opentelemetry::trace::TraceContextExt as _; // opentelemetry::Context -> opentelemetry::trace::Span
     use tracing_opentelemetry::OpenTelemetrySpanExt as _; // tracing::Span to opentelemetry::Context
-    tracing::Span::current()
+    TraceId::INVALID
+    /*tracing::Span::current()
         .context()
         .span()
         .span_context()
         .trace_id()
+    */
 }
 
 #[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() -> SdkTracerProvider {
     use opentelemetry_otlp::{SpanExporter, WithExportConfig};
     let endpoint = std::env::var("OPENTELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_URL").expect("Needs an otel collector");
     let exporter = SpanExporter::builder()
@@ -33,9 +36,9 @@ 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());