diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 892280cca..9ed9b351d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/tailscale/tscert v0.0.0-20240608151842-d3f834017e53
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.13
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting/v2 v2.0.0-20230729083705-37449abec8cc
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/autoexport v0.63.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.63.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop v0.63.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.38.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.6 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.15.0 // indirect
+	github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240518133315-a468a5bfb3bc // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.2 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/smallstep/cli-utils v0.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/smallstep/go-attestation v0.4.4-0.20241119153605-2306d5b464ca // indirect
@@ -85,10 +87,24 @@ require (
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.63.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/aws v1.38.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.38.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.38.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.14.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.14.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.60.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutlog v0.14.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.14.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.14.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250813145105-42675adae3e6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d755b4ac3..20db1e628 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:LLvjysVCY1JZeum8Z6l8qUty8fiNwE0
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.15.0 h1:SyjDc1mGgZU5LncH8gimWo9lW1DtIfPibOG81vgd/bo=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.15.0/go.mod h1:zVVkkxAQHa1RQpg9z2AUCMnKhi0Qld9rcmyfL1OZhoc=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
+github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240518133315-a468a5bfb3bc h1:GN2Lv3MGO7AS6PrRoT6yV5+wkrOpcszoIsO4+4ds248=
+github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240518133315-a468a5bfb3bc/go.mod h1:+JKpmjMGhpgPL+rXZ5nsZieVzvarn86asRlBg4uNGnk=
 github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20180305231024-9cad4c3443a7/go.mod h1:FecbI9+v66THATjSRHfNgh1IVFe/9kFxbXtjV0ctIMA=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.5.0/go.mod h1:RSKVYQBd5MCa4OVpNdGskqpgL2+G+NZTnrVHpWWfpdw=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.2 h1:8Tjv8EJ+pM1xP8mK6egEbD1OgnVTyacbefKhmbLhIhU=
@@ -321,6 +323,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2/go.mod h1:y3m2F6Gdpfy6Ut/GBsUqTWZqCUvM
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.0.0-20180801064454-c7de2306084e/go.mod h1:daVV7qP5qjZbuso7PdcryaAu0sAZbrN9i7WWcTMWvro=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.1 h1:OTSON1P4DNxzTg4hmKCc37o4ZAZDv0cfXLkOt0oEowI=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.67.1/go.mod h1:RpmT9v35q2Y+lsieQsdOh5sXZ6ajUGC8NjZAmr8vb0Q=
+github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.2 h1:+1CdeLVrRQ6Psmhnobldo0kTp96Rj80DRXRd5OSnMEQ=
+github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator v0.0.2/go.mod h1:P8AwMgdD7XEr6QRUJ2QWLpiAZTgTE2UYgjlu3svompI=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20180725123919-05ee40e3a273/go.mod h1:c3At6R/oaqEKCNdg8wHV1ftS6bRYblBhIjjI8uT2IGk=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 h1:FuLQ+05u4ZI+SS/w9+BWEM2TXiHKsUQ9TADiRH7DuK0=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0/go.mod h1:oPQLaDAMRbA+u8H5Pbfq+dl3VDAvHxMUOVhe0wYB2zw=
@@ -451,6 +455,10 @@ go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.10/go.mod h1:bK3UQLPJZly7IlNmV7uVHJDxfe5aK9Ll93e/74Y9oEQ=
 go.opencensus.io v0.18.0/go.mod h1:vKdFvxhtzZ9onBp9VKHK8z/sRpBMnKAsufL7wlDrCOA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.63.0 h1:/Rij/t18Y7rUayNg7Id6rPrEnHgorxYabm2E6wUdPP4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/prometheus v0.63.0/go.mod h1:AdyDPn6pkbkt2w01n3BubRVk7xAsCRq1Yg1mpfyA/0E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/autoexport v0.63.0 h1:NLnZybb9KkfMXPwZhd5diBYJoVxiO9Qa06dacEA7ySY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/autoexport v0.63.0/go.mod h1:OvRg7gm5WRSCtxzGSsrFHbDLToYlStHNZQ+iPNIyD6g=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.61.0 h1:q4XOmH/0opmeuJtPsbFNivyl7bCt7yRBbeEm2sC/XtQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.61.0/go.mod h1:snMWehoOh2wsEwnvvwtDyFCxVeDAODenXHtn5vzrKjo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.63.0 h1:RbKq8BG0FI8OiXhBfcRtqqHcZcka+gU3cskNuf05R18=
@@ -467,14 +475,38 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot v1.38.0 h1:k4gSyyohaDXI8F9BDXYC3uO2vr
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot v1.38.0/go.mod h1:2hDsuiHRO39SRUMhYGqmj64z/IuMRoxE4bBSFR82Lo8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0 h1:RkfdswUDRimDg0m2Az18RKOsnI8UDzppJAtj01/Ymk8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0/go.mod h1:zcmtmQ1+YmQM9wrNsTGV/q/uyusom3P8RxwExxkZhjM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.14.0 h1:OMqPldHt79PqWKOMYIAQs3CxAi7RLgPxwfFSwr4ZxtM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc v0.14.0/go.mod h1:1biG4qiqTxKiUCtoWDPpL3fB3KxVwCiGw81j3nKMuHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.14.0 h1:QQqYw3lkrzwVsoEX0w//EhH/TCnpRdEenKBOOEIMjWc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp v0.14.0/go.mod h1:gSVQcr17jk2ig4jqJ2DX30IdWH251JcNAecvrqTxH1s=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.38.0 h1:vl9obrcoWVKp/lwl8tRE33853I8Xru9HFbw/skNeLs8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.38.0/go.mod h1:GAXRxmLJcVM3u22IjTg74zWBrRCKq8BnOqUVLodpcpw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.38.0 h1:Oe2z/BCg5q7k4iXC3cqJxKYg0ieRiOqF0cecFYdPTwk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.38.0/go.mod h1:ZQM5lAJpOsKnYagGg/zV2krVqTtaVdYdDkhMoX6Oalg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.38.0 h1:GqRJVj7UmLjCVyVJ3ZFLdPRmhDUp2zFmQe3RHIOsw24=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.38.0/go.mod h1:ri3aaHSmCTVYu2AWv44YMauwAQc0aqI9gHKIcSbI1pU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.38.0 h1:lwI4Dc5leUqENgGuQImwLo4WnuXFPetmPpkLi2IrX54=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.38.0/go.mod h1:Kz/oCE7z5wuyhPxsXDuaPteSWqjSBD5YaSdbxZYGbGk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.38.0 h1:aTL7F04bJHUlztTsNGJ2l+6he8c+y/b//eR0jjjemT4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.38.0/go.mod h1:kldtb7jDTeol0l3ewcmd8SDvx3EmIE7lyvqbasU3QC4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.60.0 h1:cGtQxGvZbnrWdC2GyjZi0PDKVSLWP/Jocix3QWfXtbo=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.60.0/go.mod h1:hkd1EekxNo69PTV4OWFGZcKQiIqg0RfuWExcPKFvepk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutlog v0.14.0 h1:B/g+qde6Mkzxbry5ZZag0l7QrQBCtVm7lVjaLgmpje8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutlog v0.14.0/go.mod h1:mOJK8eMmgW6ocDJn6Bn11CcZ05gi3P8GylBXEkZtbgA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.38.0 h1:wm/Q0GAAykXv83wzcKzGGqAnnfLFyFe7RslekZuv+VI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:ra3Pa40+oKjvYh+ZD3EdxFZZB0xdMfuileHAm4nNN7w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.38.0 h1:kJxSDN4SgWWTjG/hPp3O7LCGLcHXFlvS2/FFOrwL+SE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdouttrace v1.38.0/go.mod h1:mgIOzS7iZeKJdeB8/NYHrJ48fdGc71Llo5bJ1J4DWUE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.14.0 h1:2rzJ+pOAZ8qmZ3DDHg73NEKzSZkhkGIua9gXtxNGgrM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.14.0/go.mod h1:5jRG92fEAgx0SU/vFPxmJvhIuDU9E1SUnEQrMlJpOno=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0 h1:Kl6lzIYGAh5M159u9NgiRkmoMKjvbsKtYRwgfrA6WpA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:kB5n/QoRM8YwmUahxvI3bO34eVtQf2i4utNVLr9gEmI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0 h1:l48sr5YbNf2hpCUj/FoGhW9yDkl+Ma+LrVl8qaM5b+E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0/go.mod h1:ghmNdGlVemJI3+ZB5iDEuk4bWA3GkTpW+DOoZMYBVVg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.14.0 h1:JU/U3O7N6fsAXj0+CXz21Czg532dW2V4gG1HE/e8Zrg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.14.0/go.mod h1:imQvII+0ZylXfKU7/wtOND8Hn4OpT3YUoIgqJVksUkM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log/logtest v0.14.0 h1:Ijbtz+JKXl8T2MngiwqBlPaHqc4YCaP/i13Qrow6gAM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log/logtest v0.14.0/go.mod h1:dCU8aEL6q+L9cYTqcVOk8rM9Tp8WdnHOPLiBgp0SGOA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0 h1:aSH66iL0aZqo//xXzQLYozmWrXxyFkBJ6qT5wthqPoM=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:dg9PBnW9XdQ1Hd6ZnRz689CbtrUp0wMMs9iPcgT9EZA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0 h1:Fxk5bKrDZJUH+AMyyIXGcFAPah0oRcT+LuNtJrmcNLE=
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go
index 261952aa6..ab2ddf8a2 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/tracing/tracer.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/exporters/autoexport"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/autoprop"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func newOpenTelemetryWrapper(
 		return ot, fmt.Errorf("creating resource error: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	traceExporter, err := otlptracegrpc.New(ctx)
+	traceExporter, err := autoexport.NewSpanExporter(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ot, fmt.Errorf("creating trace exporter error: %w", err)
 	}