diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 601f1684..20a1a3c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3752,33 +3752,62 @@ 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-http"
+version = "0.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8863faf2910030d139fb48715ad5ff2f35029fc5f244f6d5f689ddcf4d26253"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "http",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
+ "reqwest",
+ "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",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
+ "opentelemetry-http",
  "opentelemetry-proto",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.28.0",
  "prost 0.13.4",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
- "tokio",
+ "reqwest",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
  "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 0.13.4",
  "tonic",
 ]
@@ -3794,7 +3823,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-executor",
  "futures-util",
  "glob",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.27.1",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3804,6 +3833,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[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",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "option-ext"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -4319,9 +4366,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "mockall_double",
  "num_cpus",
  "openssl",
- "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry 0.27.1",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.27.1",
  "policy-evaluator",
  "pprof",
  "rayon",
@@ -4942,6 +4989,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "h2",
@@ -6450,8 +6498,8 @@ checksum = "97a971f6058498b5c0f1affa23e7ea202057a7301dbff68e968b2d578bcbd053"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "opentelemetry 0.27.1",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk 0.27.1",
  "smallvec",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc16aad0..986382dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ k8s-openapi = { version = "0.24.0", default-features = false, features = [
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 mime = "0.3"
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
-opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.27.0", features = [
+opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.28.0", features = [
   "metrics",
   "tonic",
   "tls",