diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/failed_traces.json b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/failed_traces.json
index 160c86e1c2..1d065f4b2d 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/failed_traces.json
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/failed_traces.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
                     {
                       "key": "bogons",
                       "value": {
-                        "intValue": 100
+                        "intValue": "100"
                       }
                     }
                   ]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/traces.json b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/traces.json
index cc85443e76..49fcc1ea55 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/traces.json
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/expected/traces.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
                     {
                       "key": "bogons",
                       "value": {
-                        "intValue": 100
+                        "intValue": "100"
                       }
                     }
                   ]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs
index 45507e5035..64d59e911e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ pub async fn traces() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn assert_traces_results(result: &str, _: &str) {
-    // let left = read_spans_from_json(File::open(expected).unwrap());
-    // let right = read_spans_from_json(File::open(result).unwrap());
+pub fn assert_traces_results(result: &str, expected: &str) {
+    let left = read_spans_from_json(File::open(expected).unwrap());
+    let right = read_spans_from_json(File::open(result).unwrap());
+
+    TraceAsserter::new(left, right).assert();
 
-    // TraceAsserter::new(left, right).assert();
-    //
     // we cannot read result json file because the timestamp was represents as string instead of u64.
     // need to fix it on json file exporter
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-proto/src/proto.rs b/opentelemetry-proto/src/proto.rs
index 2d10d7feab..fd7ddd7652 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-proto/src/proto.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-proto/src/proto.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /// See https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/otlp/#json-protobuf-encoding for more details
 #[cfg(all(feature = "with-serde", feature = "gen-tonic-messages"))]
 pub(crate) mod serializers {
-    use crate::tonic::common::v1::any_value::Value;
+    use crate::tonic::common::v1::any_value::{self, Value};
     use crate::tonic::common::v1::AnyValue;
     use serde::de::{self, MapAccess, Visitor};
     use serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
@@ -52,23 +52,86 @@ pub(crate) mod serializers {
         // Serialize any_value::Value using its own implementation
         // If value is None, it will be serialized as such
         match value {
-            Some(value) => value.value.serialize(serializer),
+            Some(any_value) => match &any_value.value {
+                Some(Value::IntValue(i)) => serialize_i64_to_string(i, serializer),
+                Some(value) => value.serialize(serializer),
+                None => serializer.serialize_none(),
+            },
             None => serializer.serialize_none(),
         }
-
     }
 
     pub fn deserialize_from_value<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<AnyValue>, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: Deserializer<'de>,
-    {
-        // Deserialize any_value::Value using its own implementation
-        let value = Option::<Value>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    struct ValueVisitor;
+
+    impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for ValueVisitor {
+        type Value = AnyValue;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("a JSON object for AnyValue")
+        }
 
-        // Wrap the deserialized value in AnyValue
-        Ok(Some(AnyValue { value }))
+        fn visit_map<V>(self, mut map: V) -> Result<AnyValue, V::Error>
+        where
+            V: de::MapAccess<'de>,
+        {
+            let mut value: Option<any_value::Value> = None;
+
+            while let Some(key) = map.next_key::<String>()? {
+                let key_str = key.as_str();
+                match key_str {
+                    "stringValue" => {
+                        let s = map.next_value()?;
+                        value = Some(any_value::Value::StringValue(s));
+                    },
+                    "boolValue" => {
+                        let b = map.next_value()?;
+                        value = Some(any_value::Value::BoolValue(b));
+                    },
+                    "intValue" => {
+                        let value_str = map.next_value::<String>()?;
+                        let int_value = value_str.parse::<i64>()
+                            .map_err(de::Error::custom)?;
+                        value = Some(any_value::Value::IntValue(int_value));
+                    },
+                    "doubleValue" => {
+                        let d = map.next_value()?;
+                        value = Some(any_value::Value::DoubleValue(d));
+                    },
+                    "arrayValue" => {
+                        let a = map.next_value()?;
+                        value = Some(any_value::Value::ArrayValue(a));
+                    },
+                    "kvlistValue" => {
+                        let kv = map.next_value()?;
+                        value = Some(any_value::Value::KvlistValue(kv));
+                    },
+                    "bytesValue" => {
+                        let bytes = map.next_value()?;
+                        value = Some(any_value::Value::BytesValue(bytes));
+                    },
+                    _ => {
+                        //skip unknown keys, and handle error later.
+                        continue
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if let Some(v) = value {
+                Ok(AnyValue { value: Some(v) })
+            } else {
+                Err(de::Error::custom("Invalid data for AnyValue, no known keys found"))
+            }
+        }
     }
 
+    let value = deserializer.deserialize_map(ValueVisitor)?;
+    Ok(Some(value))
+}
+    
     pub fn serialize_u64_to_string<S>(value: &u64, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
         S: Serializer,
@@ -84,6 +147,22 @@ pub(crate) mod serializers {
         let s: String = Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
         s.parse::<u64>().map_err(de::Error::custom)
     }
+
+    pub fn serialize_i64_to_string<S>(value: &i64, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let s = value.to_string();
+        serializer.serialize_str(&s)
+    }
+    
+    pub fn deserialize_string_to_i64<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<i64, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let s: String = Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        s.parse::<i64>().map_err(de::Error::custom)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "gen-tonic-messages")]