diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 558b41cb8..36da62418 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "omicron-common",
  "openapi-lint",
  "openapiv3",
- "opentelemetry 0.24.0",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
  "opentelemetry-jaeger",
  "oximeter",
  "oximeter-producer",
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crucible",
  "crucible-common",
  "crucible-workspace-hack",
- "opentelemetry 0.24.0",
+ "opentelemetry 0.28.0",
  "opentelemetry-jaeger",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "tokio",
@@ -3867,16 +3867,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c365a63eec4f55b7efeceb724f1336f26a9cf3427b70e59e2cd2a5b947fba96"
+checksum = "236e667b670a5cdf90c258f5a55794ec5ac5027e960c224bff8367a59e1e6426"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "js-sys",
- "once_cell",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6f5483b15..5832cbbb1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ num-derive = "0.4"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 omicron-zone-package = "0.11.1"
 openapiv3 = "2.0.0"
-opentelemetry = "0.24.0"
+opentelemetry = "0.28.0"
 opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.20.0" }
 percent-encoding = "2.3"
 progenitor = "0.9.1"