diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/main.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/main.py
index 4b0c121b7a..8a1b57b181 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/main.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/main.py
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 from openai import OpenAI
 
 # NOTE: OpenTelemetry Python Logs and Events APIs are in beta
-from opentelemetry import _events, _logs, trace
+from opentelemetry import _events, _logs, metrics, trace
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc._log_exporter import (
     OTLPLogExporter,
 )
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.metric_exporter import (
+    OTLPMetricExporter,
+)
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import (
     OTLPSpanExporter,
 )
@@ -15,6 +18,8 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk._events import EventLoggerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LoggerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs.export import BatchLogRecordProcessor
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import PeriodicExportingMetricReader
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 
@@ -31,6 +36,17 @@
 )
 _events.set_event_logger_provider(EventLoggerProvider())
 
+# configure metrics
+metrics.set_meter_provider(
+    MeterProvider(
+        metric_readers=[
+            PeriodicExportingMetricReader(
+                OTLPMetricExporter(),
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+)
+
 # instrument OpenAI
 OpenAIInstrumentor().instrument()
 
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/requirements.txt b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/requirements.txt
index a83331bf27..4bde8defc4 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/requirements.txt
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/manual/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 openai~=1.57.3
 
-opentelemetry-sdk~=1.30.0
-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc~=1.30.0
+opentelemetry-sdk~=1.36.0
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc~=1.36.0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2~=2.1b0
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt
index 80d03c954d..62a6a6e8b1 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/examples/zero-code/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 openai~=1.57.3
 
-opentelemetry-sdk~=1.30.0
-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc~=1.30.0
-opentelemetry-distro~=0.51b0
+opentelemetry-sdk~=1.36.0
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc~=1.36.0
+opentelemetry-distro~=0.57b0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2~=2.1b0