diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index de657f1731..c8330cf499 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2094,6 +2094,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
  "hashbrown",
  "observability_deps",
+ "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-prometheus",
  "parking_lot",
  "prometheus",
@@ -2464,7 +2465,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "observability_deps"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "opentelemetry",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -4719,6 +4719,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "itertools 0.10.1",
  "observability_deps",
+ "opentelemetry",
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project 1.0.8",
  "rand 0.8.4",
@@ -4855,6 +4856,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "logfmt",
  "observability_deps",
+ "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-jaeger",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
  "regex",
diff --git a/metrics/Cargo.toml b/metrics/Cargo.toml
index 82f894787e..307de9a204 100644
--- a/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 dashmap = { version = "4.0.1" }
 hashbrown = "0.11"
 observability_deps = { path = "../observability_deps" }
+opentelemetry = "0.15"
 opentelemetry-prometheus = "0.8"
 parking_lot = "0.11.1"
 prometheus = "0.12"
diff --git a/metrics/src/gauge.rs b/metrics/src/gauge.rs
index db8454905a..920a311e9b 100644
--- a/metrics/src/gauge.rs
+++ b/metrics/src/gauge.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use hashbrown::HashMap;
 
 use crate::KeyValue;
 use hashbrown::hash_map::RawEntryMut;
-use observability_deps::opentelemetry::labels::{DefaultLabelEncoder, LabelSet};
+use opentelemetry::labels::{DefaultLabelEncoder, LabelSet};
 
 /// A `Gauge` allows tracking multiple usize values by label set
 ///
diff --git a/metrics/src/lib.rs b/metrics/src/lib.rs
index 74da5c912c..97d6380641 100644
--- a/metrics/src/lib.rs
+++ b/metrics/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@ use opentelemetry_prometheus::PrometheusExporter;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use prometheus::{Encoder, Registry, TextEncoder};
 
-use observability_deps::{
-    opentelemetry::metrics::Meter as OTMeter,
-    opentelemetry::{
-        metrics::{
-            registry::RegistryMeterProvider, MeterProvider, ObserverResult, ValueRecorderBuilder,
-        },
-        sdk::{
-            export::metrics::ExportKindSelector,
-            metrics::{controllers, selectors::simple::Selector},
-        },
+use observability_deps::tracing::*;
+use opentelemetry::{
+    metrics::{
+        registry::RegistryMeterProvider, Meter as OTMeter, MeterProvider, ObserverResult,
+        ValueRecorderBuilder,
+    },
+    sdk::{
+        export::metrics::ExportKindSelector,
+        metrics::{controllers, selectors::simple::Selector},
     },
-    tracing::*,
 };
 
 pub use crate::gauge::*;
@@ -537,7 +535,7 @@ pub struct TaggedObserverResult<'a, T> {
 
 impl<'a, T> TaggedObserverResult<'a, T>
 where
-    T: Into<observability_deps::opentelemetry::metrics::Number>,
+    T: Into<opentelemetry::metrics::Number>,
 {
     fn with_callback<F>(
         labels: Vec<KeyValue>,
diff --git a/metrics/src/metrics.rs b/metrics/src/metrics.rs
index e83ab00656..63ced04928 100644
--- a/metrics/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/metrics/src/metrics.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ use std::{
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
-use observability_deps::opentelemetry::metrics::{
-    Counter as OTCounter, ValueRecorder as OTHistogram,
-};
+use opentelemetry::metrics::{Counter as OTCounter, ValueRecorder as OTHistogram};
 
-pub use observability_deps::opentelemetry::KeyValue;
+pub use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
 
 const RED_REQUEST_STATUS_LABEL: &str = "status";
 
diff --git a/metrics/src/observer.rs b/metrics/src/observer.rs
index f4e83a8e96..454ef8803d 100644
--- a/metrics/src/observer.rs
+++ b/metrics/src/observer.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
-use observability_deps::opentelemetry::metrics::{Meter, ObserverResult};
+use opentelemetry::metrics::{Meter, ObserverResult};
 
 type CallbackFunc<T> = Box<dyn Fn(&ObserverResult<T>) + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 
diff --git a/observability_deps/Cargo.toml b/observability_deps/Cargo.toml
index 24df60babb..4b66765661 100644
--- a/observability_deps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/observability_deps/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 description = "Observability ecosystem dependencies for InfluxDB IOx, to ensure consistent versions and unified updates"
 
 [dependencies] # In alphabetical order
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, features = ["trace", "metrics", "rt-tokio"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", features = ["max_level_trace", "release_max_level_debug"] }
diff --git a/observability_deps/src/lib.rs b/observability_deps/src/lib.rs
index 334bca97a7..1d1079ed08 100644
--- a/observability_deps/src/lib.rs
+++ b/observability_deps/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-//! This crate exists to coordinate versions of `opentelemetry`, `tracing`,
-//! `prometheus` and related crates so that we can manage their updates in a
-//! single crate.
-
 // Export these crates publicly so we can have a single reference
-pub use opentelemetry;
 pub use tracing;
 pub use tracing::instrument;
diff --git a/src/influxdb_ioxd/http.rs b/src/influxdb_ioxd/http.rs
index 322b1824ab..8957fd52e8 100644
--- a/src/influxdb_ioxd/http.rs
+++ b/src/influxdb_ioxd/http.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use futures::{self, StreamExt};
 use http::header::{CONTENT_ENCODING, CONTENT_TYPE};
 use hyper::{http::HeaderValue, Body, Method, Request, Response, StatusCode};
-use observability_deps::{
-    opentelemetry::KeyValue,
-    tracing::{self, debug, error},
-};
+use metrics::KeyValue;
+use observability_deps::tracing::{self, debug, error};
 use routerify::{prelude::*, Middleware, RequestInfo, Router, RouterError, RouterService};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt, Snafu};
diff --git a/trace/Cargo.toml b/trace/Cargo.toml
index 6fd4ab092a..5423f875b5 100644
--- a/trace/Cargo.toml
+++ b/trace/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
 http-body = "0.4"
 itertools = "0.10"
+opentelemetry = "0.15"
 observability_deps = { path = "../observability_deps" }
 parking_lot = "0.11"
 pin-project = "1.0"
diff --git a/trace/src/otel.rs b/trace/src/otel.rs
index 6ee3e9e727..2d08da83ca 100644
--- a/trace/src/otel.rs
+++ b/trace/src/otel.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio::task::JoinError;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
 
-use observability_deps::{
-    opentelemetry::sdk::export::trace::{ExportResult, SpanData, SpanExporter},
-    tracing::{error, info, warn},
-};
+use observability_deps::tracing::{error, info, warn};
+use opentelemetry::sdk::export::trace::{ExportResult, SpanData, SpanExporter};
 
 use crate::ctx::{SpanContext, SpanId, TraceId};
 use crate::span::{MetaValue, SpanEvent, SpanStatus};
@@ -148,10 +146,10 @@ async fn exporter_loop<T: SpanExporter + 'static>(
 
 impl From<Span> for SpanData {
     fn from(span: Span) -> Self {
-        use observability_deps::opentelemetry::sdk::trace::{EvictedHashMap, EvictedQueue};
-        use observability_deps::opentelemetry::sdk::InstrumentationLibrary;
-        use observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::{SpanId, SpanKind};
-        use observability_deps::opentelemetry::{Key, KeyValue};
+        use opentelemetry::sdk::trace::{EvictedHashMap, EvictedQueue};
+        use opentelemetry::sdk::InstrumentationLibrary;
+        use opentelemetry::trace::{SpanId, SpanKind};
+        use opentelemetry::{Key, KeyValue};
 
         let parent_span_id = match span.ctx.parent_span_id {
             Some(id) => id.into(),
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ impl From<Span> for SpanData {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> From<&'a SpanContext> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::SpanContext {
+impl<'a> From<&'a SpanContext> for opentelemetry::trace::SpanContext {
     fn from(ctx: &'a SpanContext) -> Self {
         Self::new(
             ctx.trace_id.into(),
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a SpanContext> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::Spa
     }
 }
 
-impl From<SpanEvent> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::Event {
+impl From<SpanEvent> for opentelemetry::trace::Event {
     fn from(event: SpanEvent) -> Self {
         Self {
             name: event.msg,
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@ impl From<SpanEvent> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::Event {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<SpanStatus> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode {
+impl From<SpanStatus> for opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode {
     fn from(status: SpanStatus) -> Self {
         match status {
             SpanStatus::Unknown => Self::Unset,
@@ -220,19 +218,19 @@ impl From<SpanStatus> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::StatusCode {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<SpanId> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::SpanId {
+impl From<SpanId> for opentelemetry::trace::SpanId {
     fn from(id: SpanId) -> Self {
         Self::from_u64(id.0.get())
     }
 }
 
-impl From<TraceId> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::trace::TraceId {
+impl From<TraceId> for opentelemetry::trace::TraceId {
     fn from(id: TraceId) -> Self {
         Self::from_u128(id.0.get())
     }
 }
 
-impl From<MetaValue> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::Value {
+impl From<MetaValue> for opentelemetry::Value {
     fn from(v: MetaValue) -> Self {
         match v {
             MetaValue::String(v) => Self::String(v),
@@ -246,7 +244,7 @@ impl From<MetaValue> for observability_deps::opentelemetry::Value {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use chrono::{TimeZone, Utc};
-    use observability_deps::opentelemetry::{Key, Value};
+    use opentelemetry::{Key, Value};
     use std::time::{Duration, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/trogging/Cargo.toml b/trogging/Cargo.toml
index 58fb604377..217c8e90f7 100644
--- a/trogging/Cargo.toml
+++ b/trogging/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ description = "(TR)acing and l(OGGING) configuration"
 [dependencies]
 logfmt = { path = "../logfmt" }
 observability_deps = { path = "../observability_deps" }
+opentelemetry = "0.15"
 opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.14", features = ["tokio"], optional = true }
 opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.23"
@@ -23,5 +24,5 @@ synchronized-writer = "1"
 regex = "1"
 
 [features]
-jaeger = ["opentelemetry-jaeger"]
-otlp = ["opentelemetry-otlp"]
+jaeger = ["opentelemetry-jaeger", "opentelemetry/rt-tokio"]
+otlp = ["opentelemetry-otlp", "opentelemetry/rt-tokio"]
diff --git a/trogging/src/lib.rs b/trogging/src/lib.rs
index a473ed5a77..4858d0da64 100644
--- a/trogging/src/lib.rs
+++ b/trogging/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ pub use config::*;
 // Re-export tracing_subscriber
 pub use tracing_subscriber;
 
-use observability_deps::{
-    opentelemetry,
-    opentelemetry::sdk::trace,
-    opentelemetry::sdk::Resource,
-    opentelemetry::KeyValue,
-    tracing::{self, Subscriber},
+use observability_deps::tracing::{self, Subscriber};
+use opentelemetry::{
+    self,
+    sdk::{trace, Resource},
+    KeyValue,
 };
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::io;