diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 31384fe69..5e7f1be44 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -184,6 +184,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.6.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core 0.3.4",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "hyper 0.14.30",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
 version = "0.7.5"
@@ -191,13 +219,13 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a6c9af12842a67734c9a2e355436e5d03b22383ed60cf13cd0c18fbfe3dcbcf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
+ "axum-core 0.4.3",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "itoa",
  "matchit",
@@ -218,6 +246,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "759fa577a247914fd3f7f76d62972792636412fbfd634cd452f6a385a74d2d2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "mime",
+ "rustversion",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -227,8 +272,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -1024,6 +1069,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.3.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81fe527a889e1532da5c525686d96d4c2e74cdd345badf8dfef9f6b39dd5f5e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "indexmap 2.3.0",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.4.5"
@@ -1035,7 +1099,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
- "http",
+ "http 1.1.0",
  "indexmap 2.3.0",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
@@ -1068,7 +1132,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bytes",
  "headers-core",
- "http",
+ "http 1.1.0",
  "httpdate",
  "mime",
  "sha1",
@@ -1080,7 +1144,7 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "54b4a22553d4242c49fddb9ba998a99962b5cc6f22cb5a3482bec22522403ce4"
 dependencies = [
- "http",
+ "http 1.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1113,6 +1177,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "0.2.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "601cbb57e577e2f5ef5be8e7b83f0f63994f25aa94d673e54a92d5c516d101f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1124,6 +1199,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ceab25649e9960c0311ea418d17bee82c0dcec1bd053b5f9a66e265a693bed2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1131,7 +1217,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1efedce1fb8e6913f23e0c92de8e62cd5b772a67e7b3946df930a62566c93184"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "http",
+ "http 1.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1142,8 +1228,8 @@ checksum = "793429d76616a256bcb62c2a2ec2bed781c8307e797e2598c50010f2bee2544f"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -1159,6 +1245,30 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "0.14.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a152ddd61dfaec7273fe8419ab357f33aee0d914c5f4efbf0d96fa749eea5ec9"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2 0.3.26",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+ "want",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -1168,9 +1278,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "h2 0.4.5",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
@@ -1189,8 +1299,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "headers",
- "http",
- "hyper",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-rustls",
  "hyper-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -1207,8 +1317,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5ee4be2c948921a1a5320b629c4193916ed787a7f7f293fd3f7f5a6c9de74155"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "hyper",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "log",
  "rustls",
@@ -1219,13 +1329,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbb958482e8c7be4bc3cf272a766a2b0bf1a6755e7a6ae777f017a31d11b13b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper 0.14.30",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-io-timeout",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-timeout"
 version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3203a961e5c83b6f5498933e78b6b263e208c197b63e9c6c53cc82ffd3f63793"
 dependencies = [
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
@@ -1241,9 +1363,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
  "tokio",
@@ -1297,6 +1419,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "integer-encoding"
+version = "3.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bb03732005da905c88227371639bf1ad885cc712789c011c31c5fb3ab3ccf02"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.1"
@@ -1447,13 +1575,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
  "futures",
  "home",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-http-proxy",
  "hyper-rustls",
- "hyper-timeout",
+ "hyper-timeout 0.5.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "jsonpath-rust",
  "k8s-openapi",
@@ -1481,7 +1609,7 @@ checksum = "cce373a74d787d439063cdefab0f3672860bd7bac01a38e39019177e764a0fe6"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "form_urlencoded",
- "http",
+ "http 1.1.0",
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "schemars",
@@ -1723,6 +1851,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libm",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_cpus"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.36.2"
@@ -1746,9 +1884,9 @@ checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.24.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c365a63eec4f55b7efeceb724f1336f26a9cf3427b70e59e2cd2a5b947fba96"
+checksum = "1b69a91d4893e713e06f724597ad630f1fa76057a5e1026c0ca67054a9032a76"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -1760,25 +1898,42 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-appender-tracing"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b84de945cb3a6f1e0d6317cbd998bbd0519ab00f4b790db67e0ff4fdcf7cedb6"
+checksum = "be314095f27dde46fca7038b023457d2b3459e1c39033dacc2ec1b31df11a61c"
 dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
  "opentelemetry",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry-jaeger"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "501b471b67b746d9a07d4c29f8be00f952d1a2eca356922ede0098cbaddff19f"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "thrift",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-otlp"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b925a602ffb916fb7421276b86756027b37ee708f9dce2dbdcc51739f07e727"
+checksum = "a94c69209c05319cdf7460c6d4c055ed102be242a0a6245835d7bc42c6ec7f54"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures-core",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.12",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-proto",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
@@ -1790,9 +1945,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-proto"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30ee9f20bff9c984511a02f082dc8ede839e4a9bf15cc2487c8d6fea5ad850d9"
+checksum = "984806e6cf27f2b49282e2a05e288f30594f3dbc74eb7a6e99422bc48ed78162"
 dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
@@ -1802,23 +1957,25 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1cefe0543875379e47eb5f1e68ff83f45cc41366a92dfd0d073d513bf68e9a05"
+checksum = "1869fb4bb9b35c5ba8a1e40c9b128a7b4c010d07091e864a29da19e4fe2ca4d7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
-version = "0.24.1"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "692eac490ec80f24a17828d49b40b60f5aeaccdfe6a503f939713afd22bc28df"
+checksum = "ae312d58eaa90a82d2e627fd86e075cf5230b3f11794e2ed74199ebbe572d4fd"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-executor",
  "futures-util",
  "glob",
+ "lazy_static",
  "once_cell",
  "opentelemetry",
+ "ordered-float 4.2.2",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1836,6 +1993,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "4.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4a91171844676f8c7990ce64959210cd2eaef32c2612c50f9fae9f8aaa6065a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2082,9 +2248,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.12.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e13db3d3fde688c61e2446b4d843bc27a7e8af269a69440c0308021dc92333cc"
+checksum = "deb1435c188b76130da55f17a466d252ff7b1418b2ad3e037d127b94e3411f29"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "prost-derive",
@@ -2092,12 +2258,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.12.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18bec9b0adc4eba778b33684b7ba3e7137789434769ee3ce3930463ef904cfca"
+checksum = "81bddcdb20abf9501610992b6759a4c888aef7d1a7247ef75e2404275ac24af1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.72",
@@ -2499,7 +2665,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f3a1a3341211875ef120e117ea7fd5228530ae7e7036a779fdc9117be6b3282c"
 dependencies = [
- "ordered-float",
+ "ordered-float 2.10.1",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -2749,6 +2915,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
+ "opentelemetry-jaeger",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "product-config",
  "regex",
  "rstest",
@@ -2765,6 +2933,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -2784,7 +2953,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "stackable-telemetry"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "futures-util",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-appender-tracing",
@@ -2826,9 +2995,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "stackable-webhook"
 version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "futures-util",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
@@ -2957,6 +3126,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "threadpool"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d050e60b33d41c19108b32cea32164033a9013fe3b46cbd4457559bfbf77afaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "num_cpus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thrift"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e54bc85fc7faa8bc175c4bab5b92ba8d9a3ce893d0e9f42cc455c8ab16a9e09"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "integer-encoding",
+ "log",
+ "ordered-float 2.10.1",
+ "threadpool",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.36"
@@ -3041,6 +3232,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-io-timeout"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30b74022ada614a1b4834de765f9bb43877f910cc8ce4be40e89042c9223a8bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -3107,27 +3308,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.12.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38659f4a91aba8598d27821589f5db7dddd94601e7a01b1e485a50e5484c7401"
+checksum = "76c4eb7a4e9ef9d4763600161f12f5070b92a578e1b634db88a6887844c91a13"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
- "base64 0.22.1",
+ "axum 0.6.20",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
  "bytes",
  "flate2",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-timeout",
- "hyper-util",
+ "h2 0.3.26",
+ "http 0.2.12",
+ "http-body 0.4.6",
+ "hyper 0.14.30",
+ "hyper-timeout 0.4.1",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
  "prost",
- "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
@@ -3165,8 +3363,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "bytes",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -3245,9 +3443,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.25.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9784ed4da7d921bc8df6963f8c80a0e4ce34ba6ba76668acadd3edbd985ff3b"
+checksum = "f68803492bf28ab40aeccaecc7021096bd256baf7ca77c3d425d89b35a7be4e4"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index acd59cf6d..e2f7893f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ json-patch = "2.0.0"
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.22.0", default-features = false, features = ["schemars", "v1_30"] }
 # We use rustls instead of openssl for easier portablitly, e.g. so that we can build stackablectl without the need to vendor (build from source) openssl
 kube = { version = "0.93.1", default-features = false, features = ["client", "jsonpatch", "runtime", "derive", "rustls-tls"] }
-opentelemetry = "0.24.0"
-opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.24.1", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
-opentelemetry-appender-tracing = "0.5.0"
-opentelemetry-otlp = "0.17.0"
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.16.0"
+opentelemetry = "0.23.0"
+opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
+opentelemetry-appender-tracing = "0.4.0"
+opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.22.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
+opentelemetry-otlp = "0.16.0"
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.15.0"
 p256 = { version = "0.13.2", features = ["ecdsa"] }
 pin-project = "1.1.5"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.86"
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ tower = "0.4.13"
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.25.0"
+tracing-opentelemetry = "0.24.0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 url = { version = "2.5.2", features = ["serde"] }
 x509-cert = { version = "0.2.5", features = ["builder"] }
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index 9efeb1d51..c54858f25 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   any more. However, checks can be re-added by using validation webhooks if
   needed. This change should not be breaking for the user and is a preparation
   for CRD versioning. ([#821]).
-- BREAKING: Remove support for Jaeger as a `TracingTarget`. This is due to stopped development of the
-  [`opentelemetry-jaeger`](https://crates.io/crates/opentelemetry-jaeger) crate. We plan to support tracing to OTLP
-  instead in the future ([#830]).
 
 [#821]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/821
 [#827]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/827
-[#830]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/830
 
 ## [0.71.0] - 2024-07-29
 
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/Cargo.toml b/crates/stackable-operator/Cargo.toml
index 82d465ac8..913f4e792 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ futures.workspace = true
 json-patch.workspace = true
 k8s-openapi.workspace = true
 kube.workspace = true
+opentelemetry_sdk.workspace = true
+opentelemetry-jaeger.workspace = true
 product-config.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
 schemars.workspace = true
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ time = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-appender.workspace = true
+tracing-opentelemetry.workspace = true
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs b/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
index 9c91fc55c..e9c5eb5b4 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/src/logging/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod k8s_events;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, clap::ValueEnum, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum TracingTarget {
     None,
+    Jaeger,
 }
 
 impl Default for TracingTarget {
@@ -50,15 +51,25 @@ pub fn initialize_logging(env: &str, app_name: &str, tracing_target: TracingTarg
             .with_writer(file_appender)
     });
 
-    // This match is here just to fail compilation once e.g. otlp is supported
-    match tracing_target {
-        TracingTarget::None => (),
-    }
+    let jaeger = match tracing_target {
+        TracingTarget::Jaeger => {
+            // FIXME (@Techassi): Replace with opentelemetry_otlp
+            #[allow(deprecated)]
+            let jaeger = opentelemetry_jaeger::new_agent_pipeline()
+                .with_service_name(app_name)
+                .install_batch(opentelemetry_sdk::runtime::Tokio)
+                .expect("Failed to initialize Jaeger pipeline");
+            let opentelemetry = tracing_opentelemetry::layer().with_tracer(jaeger);
+            Some(opentelemetry)
+        }
+        TracingTarget::None => None,
+    };
 
     Registry::default()
         .with(filter)
         .with(terminal_fmt)
         .with(file_fmt)
+        .with(jaeger)
         .init();
 
     // need to delay logging until after tracing is initialized
diff --git a/crates/stackable-telemetry/src/tracing.rs b/crates/stackable-telemetry/src/tracing.rs
index d1624d422..2f61e9ac3 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-telemetry/src/tracing.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-telemetry/src/tracing.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 //!
 //! To get started, see [`Tracing`].
 
-use opentelemetry::{trace::TracerProvider, KeyValue};
+use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
 use opentelemetry_appender_tracing::layer::OpenTelemetryTracingBridge;
 use opentelemetry_sdk::{
-    logs::LoggerProvider, propagation::TraceContextPropagator, trace::Config, Resource,
+    logs::{self, LoggerProvider},
+    propagation::TraceContextPropagator,
+    trace, Resource,
 };
 use opentelemetry_semantic_conventions::resource;
 use snafu::{ResultExt as _, Snafu};
@@ -159,15 +161,15 @@ impl Tracing {
             .add_directive("h2=off".parse().expect("invalid directive"));
 
             let log_exporter = opentelemetry_otlp::new_exporter().tonic();
-            let otel_log = opentelemetry_otlp::new_pipeline()
-                .logging()
-                .with_exporter(log_exporter)
-                .with_resource(Resource::new(vec![KeyValue::new(
-                    resource::SERVICE_NAME,
-                    self.service_name,
-                )]))
-                .install_batch(opentelemetry_sdk::runtime::Tokio)
-                .context(InstallOtelLogExporterSnafu)?;
+            let otel_log =
+                opentelemetry_otlp::new_pipeline()
+                    .logging()
+                    .with_exporter(log_exporter)
+                    .with_log_config(logs::config().with_resource(Resource::new(vec![
+                        KeyValue::new(resource::SERVICE_NAME, self.service_name),
+                    ])))
+                    .install_batch(opentelemetry_sdk::runtime::Tokio)
+                    .context(InstallOtelLogExporterSnafu)?;
 
             // Convert `tracing::Event` to OpenTelemetry logs
             layers.push(
@@ -190,12 +192,11 @@ impl Tracing {
             let otel_tracer = opentelemetry_otlp::new_pipeline()
                 .tracing()
                 .with_exporter(trace_exporter)
-                .with_trace_config(Config::default().with_resource(Resource::new(vec![
+                .with_trace_config(trace::config().with_resource(Resource::new(vec![
                     KeyValue::new(resource::SERVICE_NAME, self.service_name),
                 ])))
                 .install_batch(opentelemetry_sdk::runtime::Tokio)
-                .context(InstallOtelTraceExporterSnafu)?
-                .tracer(self.service_name);
+                .context(InstallOtelTraceExporterSnafu)?;
 
             layers.push(
                 tracing_opentelemetry::layer()
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ impl Tracing {
 
             opentelemetry::global::set_text_map_propagator(
                 // NOTE (@NickLarsenNZ): There are various propagators. Eg: TraceContextPropagator
-                // standardizes HTTP headers to propagate trace-id, parent-id, etc... while the
+                // standardises HTTP headers to propagate trace-id, parent-id, etc... while the
                 // BaggagePropagator sets a "baggage" header with the value being key=value pairs. There
                 // are other kinds too. There is also B3 and Jaeger, and some legacy stuff like OT Trace
                 // and OpenCensus.