diff --git a/.changeset/red-wasps-cover.md b/.changeset/red-wasps-cover.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..035e7549fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/red-wasps-cover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@trigger.dev/core": patch
+---
+
+Suppress external instrumentation for fetch calls from ApiClient
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 4b27b97722..7b82035357 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
     "@jsonhero/path": "^1.0.21",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "1.9.0",
     "@opentelemetry/api-logs": "0.52.1",
+    "@opentelemetry/core": "^1.30.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-logs-otlp-http": "0.52.1",
     "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http": "0.52.1",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.52.1",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/core.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/core.ts
index 16b9947b38..d07e50711a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/core.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { calculateNextRetryDelay } from "../utils/retries.js";
 import { ApiConnectionError, ApiError, ApiSchemaValidationError } from "./errors.js";
 
 import { Attributes, context, propagation, Span } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import {suppressTracing} from "@opentelemetry/core"
 import { SemanticInternalAttributes } from "../semanticInternalAttributes.js";
 import type { TriggerTracer } from "../tracer.js";
 import { accessoryAttributes } from "../utils/styleAttributes.js";
@@ -216,7 +217,9 @@ async function _doZodFetchWithRetries<TResponseBodySchema extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
   attempt = 1
 ): Promise<ZodFetchResult<z.output<TResponseBodySchema>>> {
   try {
-    const response = await fetch(url, requestInitWithCache(requestInit));
+    const response = await context.with(suppressTracing(context.active()), () =>
+      fetch(url, requestInitWithCache(requestInit))
+    );
 
     const responseHeaders = createResponseHeaders(response.headers);
 
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 6b37c0b3e7..34224c2cf3 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1407,6 +1407,9 @@ importers:
       '@opentelemetry/api-logs':
         specifier: 0.52.1
         version: 0.52.1
+      '@opentelemetry/core':
+        specifier: ^1.30.1
+        version: 1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.0)
       '@opentelemetry/exporter-logs-otlp-http':
         specifier: 0.52.1
         version: 0.52.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.0)
@@ -8737,6 +8740,16 @@ packages:
       '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions': 1.28.0
     dev: false
 
+  /@opentelemetry/core@1.30.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.9.0):
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-OOCM2C/QIURhJMuKaekP3TRBxBKxG/TWWA0TL2J6nXUtDnuCtccy49LUJF8xPFXMX+0LMcxFpCo8M9cGY1W6rQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=14'}
+    peerDependencies:
+      '@opentelemetry/api': '>=1.0.0 <1.10.0'
+    dependencies:
+      '@opentelemetry/api': 1.9.0
+      '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions': 1.28.0
+    dev: false
+
   /@opentelemetry/exporter-logs-otlp-http@0.49.1(@opentelemetry/api@1.4.1):
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-3QoBnIGCmEkujynUP0mK155QtOM0MSf9FNrEw7u9ieCFsoMiyatg2hPp+alEDONJ8N8wGEK+wP2q3icgXBiggw==}
     engines: {node: '>=14'}