diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fcb8b8c2938..e5890b4ee71 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5183,9 +5183,9 @@ checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c365a63eec4f55b7efeceb724f1336f26a9cf3427b70e59e2cd2a5b947fba96"
+checksum = "570074cc999d1a58184080966e5bd3bf3a9a4af650c3b05047c2621e7405cd17"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -5197,9 +5197,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-appender-tracing"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b84de945cb3a6f1e0d6317cbd998bbd0519ab00f4b790db67e0ff4fdcf7cedb6"
+checksum = "14f62d9a23c680ab91c74605f5006110768eb67600bb654937fef5c852fb8ec7"
 dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry",
  "tracing",
@@ -5209,9 +5209,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-otlp"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b925a602ffb916fb7421276b86756027b37ee708f9dce2dbdcc51739f07e727"
+checksum = "29e1f9c8b032d4f635c730c0efcf731d5e2530ea13fa8bef7939ddc8420696bd"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures-core",
@@ -5227,9 +5227,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-proto"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.26.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30ee9f20bff9c984511a02f082dc8ede839e4a9bf15cc2487c8d6fea5ad850d9"
+checksum = "c9d3968ce3aefdcca5c27e3c4ea4391b37547726a70893aab52d3de95d5f8b34"
 dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
@@ -5239,15 +5239,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1cefe0543875379e47eb5f1e68ff83f45cc41366a92dfd0d073d513bf68e9a05"
+checksum = "db945c1eaea8ac6a9677185357480d215bb6999faa9f691d0c4d4d641eab7a09"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
-version = "0.24.1"
+version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "692eac490ec80f24a17828d49b40b60f5aeaccdfe6a503f939713afd22bc28df"
+checksum = "d2c627d9f4c9cdc1f21a29ee4bfbd6028fcb8bcf2a857b43f3abdf72c9c862f3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-trait",
@@ -8120,9 +8120,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.27.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9784ed4da7d921bc8df6963f8c80a0e4ce34ba6ba76668acadd3edbd985ff3b"
+checksum = "dc58af5d3f6c5811462cabb3289aec0093f7338e367e5a33d28c0433b3c7360b"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/Cargo.toml b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/Cargo.toml
index 9c74a52b161..15f5645f0c0 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ miette = "7"
 minicbor = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
 nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["signal"] }
 open = "5.3.0"
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"] }
-opentelemetry-appender-tracing = { version = "0.5.0" }
-opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.17.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace", "grpc-tonic", "tls", "tls-roots"], default-features = false }
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = { version = "0.16.0" }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace", "rt-tokio", "rt-tokio-current-thread", "testing", "logs_level_enabled"], default-features = false }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"] }
+opentelemetry-appender-tracing = { version = "0.26.0" }
+opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace", "grpc-tonic", "tls", "tls-roots"], default-features = false }
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["semconv_experimental"] }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace", "rt-tokio", "rt-tokio-current-thread", "testing", "logs_level_enabled"], default-features = false }
 petname = { version = "2.0.2", default-features = false, features = ["default-rng", "default-words"] }
 r3bl_rs_utils_core = "0.9"
 r3bl_tui = "0.5"
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 tracing-appender = "0.2.2"
 tracing-core = { version = "0.1.32", default-features = false }
 tracing-error = "0.2.0"
-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.25.0"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["json"] }
+tracing-opentelemetry = "0.27.0"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["json"] }
 url = "2.5.2"
 
 ockam_multiaddr = { path = "../ockam_multiaddr", version = "0.62.0", features = ["cbor", "serde"] }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ ockam_macros = { path = "../ockam_macros", features = ["std"], version = "^0.35.
 ockam_transport_core = { path = "../ockam_transport_core", version = "^0.92.0" }
 ockam_transport_tcp = { path = "../ockam_transport_tcp", default-features = false, version = "^0.125.0" }
 once_cell = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace", "rt-tokio", "testing"], default-features = false }
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace", "rt-tokio", "testing"], default-features = false }
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.1"
 proptest = "1.5.0"
 quickcheck = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/log_exporters.rs b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/log_exporters.rs
index ba47d967916..d223bd42d3e 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/log_exporters.rs
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/log_exporters.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use ockam_core::async_trait;
 use opentelemetry::logs::{LogResult, Severity};
-use opentelemetry_sdk::export::logs::{LogData, LogExporter};
-use std::borrow::Cow;
+use opentelemetry_sdk::export::logs::{LogBatch, LogExporter};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// This exporter can be used to intercept the log records sent to an OpenTelemetry collector
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ pub struct DecoratedLogExporter<L: LogExporter> {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl<L: LogExporter> LogExporter for DecoratedLogExporter<L> {
-    async fn export<'a>(&mut self, batch: Vec<Cow<'a, LogData>>) -> LogResult<()> {
+    async fn export(&mut self, batch: LogBatch<'_>) -> LogResult<()> {
         self.exporter.export(batch).await
     }
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ pub struct OckamLogExporter<L: LogExporter> {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl<L: LogExporter> LogExporter for OckamLogExporter<L> {
-    async fn export<'a>(&mut self, batch: Vec<Cow<'a, LogData>>) -> LogResult<()> {
+    async fn export(&mut self, batch: LogBatch<'_>) -> LogResult<()> {
         match self.log_export_cutoff {
             Some(cutoff) => {
                 let f = self.exporter.export(batch);
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/setup.rs b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/setup.rs
index c9256a48eba..e27bbdd33b8 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/setup.rs
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/src/logs/setup.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use opentelemetry_sdk::propagation::TraceContextPropagator;
 use opentelemetry_sdk::trace::{BatchConfig, BatchConfigBuilder, BatchSpanProcessor};
 use opentelemetry_sdk::{self as sdk};
 use opentelemetry_sdk::{logs, Resource};
+use opentelemetry_semantic_conventions::attribute;
 use std::io::{empty, stdout};
 use tonic::metadata::*;
 use tracing_appender::non_blocking::NonBlocking;
@@ -428,14 +429,8 @@ fn create_tracer<S: SpanExporter + 'static>(
 fn make_resource(app_name: String) -> Resource {
     let host_name = gethostname().to_string_lossy().to_string();
     Resource::new(vec![
-        KeyValue::new(
-            opentelemetry_semantic_conventions::resource::SERVICE_NAME,
-            "ockam",
-        ),
-        KeyValue::new(
-            opentelemetry_semantic_conventions::resource::HOST_NAME,
-            host_name,
-        ),
+        KeyValue::new(attribute::SERVICE_NAME, "ockam"),
+        KeyValue::new(attribute::HOST_NAME, host_name),
         KeyValue::new(APP_NAME.clone(), app_name),
     ])
 }
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_command/Cargo.toml b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_command/Cargo.toml
index df673a364f8..5fdd42aa479 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_command/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ ockam_node = { path = "../ockam_node", version = "^0.127.0" }
 ockam_vault = { path = "../ockam_vault", version = "^0.120.0", default-features = false, features = ["storage", "std"] }
 once_cell = "1.19"
 open = "5.3.0"
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["metrics", "trace"] }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["metrics", "trace"] }
 pem-rfc7468 = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["std"] }
 r3bl_rs_utils_core = "0.9.12"
 r3bl_tui = "0.5.8"
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_core/Cargo.toml b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_core/Cargo.toml
index ecac9f57340..a3e516c7d90 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ miette = { version = "7", optional = true }
 minicbor = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["derive"] }
 ockam_macros = { path = "../ockam_macros", version = "^0.35.0", default-features = false }
 once_cell = { version = "1", optional = true, default-features = false }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"], optional = true }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"], optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 rand_pcg = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 regex = { version = "1.10.6", default-features = false, optional = true }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ strum = { version = "0.26.3", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 tinyvec = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["rustc_1_57"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 tracing-error = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
-tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25.0", optional = true }
+tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.27.0", optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["fmt", "env-filter"], optional = true }
 # Wasn't tested on no_std
 utcnow = { version = "0.2.5", default-features = false, features = ["fallback"], optional = true }
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/Cargo.toml b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/Cargo.toml
index 313ba53ffe2..7eb03cb7500 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ockam_executor = { path = "../ockam_executor", version = "^0.87.0", default-feat
 ockam_macros = { path = "../ockam_macros", version = "^0.35.0" }
 ockam_transport_core = { path = "../ockam_transport_core", version = "^0.92.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 once_cell = { version = "1.19.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"], optional = true }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"], optional = true }
 regex = { version = "1.10.6", default-features = false, optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", optional = true }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.39", default-features = false, optional = true, features
 tokio-retry = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 tracing-error = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
-tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.25.0", optional = true }
+tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.27.0", optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["fmt", "env-filter"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/Cargo.toml b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/Cargo.toml
index 73732e71855..d162737f068 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ockam_core = { path = "../ockam_core", version = "^0.118.0" }
 ockam_macros = { path = "../ockam_macros", version = "^0.35.0" }
 ockam_node = { path = "../ockam_node", version = "^0.127.0" }
 ockam_transport_core = { path = "../ockam_transport_core", version = "^0.92.0" }
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"], optional = true }
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["logs", "metrics", "trace"], optional = true }
 rand = "0.8"
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false }
 rustls-native-certs = "0.8"