diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 53d34f7..fcd720f 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ARG NODENORM_BRANCH=main
 WORKDIR /build/nodenorm
 RUN git clone -b ${NODENORM_BRANCH} --recursive ${NODENORM_REPO} .
 RUN git rev-parse HEAD > /build/nodenorm/version.txt
-RUN pip wheel --wheel-dir=/build/wheels /build/nodenorm
+RUN pip wheel --wheel-dir=/build/wheels /build/nodenorm[telemetry]
 
 FROM caddy:2.8-builder AS caddy_builder
 RUN xcaddy build
diff --git a/docker/configuration/config.json b/docker/configuration/config.json
index e38ab0a..c033b4a 100644
--- a/docker/configuration/config.json
+++ b/docker/configuration/config.json
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
         }
     },
     "telemetry": {
-        "OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED": false,
+        "OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED": true,
         "OPENTELEMETRY_SERVICE_NAME": "NodeNorm",
-        "OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_HOST": "http://localhost",
-        "OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_PORT": 6831
+        "OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_HOST": "http://jaeger-otel-collector.sri",
+        "OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_PORT": 4318
     }
 }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 137efad..d51b7f9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,13 +57,12 @@ tests = [
 ]
 
 telemetry = [
-    "opentelemetry-api>=1.21.0",
-    "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.21.0",
-    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.21.0",
-    "opentelemetry.exporter.jaeger.thrift>=1.21.0",
-    "opentelemetry-instrumentation>=0.42b0",
-    "opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado>=0.42b0",
-    "deprecated>=1.2.0"
+    "opentelemetry-api>=1.42.1",
+    "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.42.1",
+    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http>=1.42.1",
+    "opentelemetry-instrumentation>=0.63b1",
+    "opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado>=0.63b1",
+    "deprecated>=1.3.1"
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/nodenorm/config/config.default.json b/src/nodenorm/config/config.default.json
index 99e1c26..601f981 100644
--- a/src/nodenorm/config/config.default.json
+++ b/src/nodenorm/config/config.default.json
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     },
     "elasticsearch": {
         "ES_HOST": "http://localhost:9200",
-        "ES_INDEX": "nodenorm",
-        "ES_ALIAS": "nodenorm",
+        "ES_INDEX": "annotator-nodenorm",
+        "ES_ALIAS": "annotator-nodenorm",
         "ES_DOC_TYPE": "node",
         "ES_INDICES": {},
         "ES_ARGS": {
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
         "OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED": false,
         "OPENTELEMETRY_SERVICE_NAME": "NodeNorm",
         "OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_HOST": "http://localhost",
-        "OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_PORT": 6831
+        "OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_PORT": 4318
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/nodenorm/namespace.py b/src/nodenorm/namespace.py
index 55bc6f2..465c560 100644
--- a/src/nodenorm/namespace.py
+++ b/src/nodenorm/namespace.py
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ def _is_open_telemetry_configurable(self) -> bool:
 
         opentelemetry_module = "opentelemetry"
         opentelemetry_installed = (
-            opentelemetry_module not in sys.modules and importlib.util.find_spec(opentelemetry_module) is None
+            opentelemetry_module in sys.modules or importlib.util.find_spec(opentelemetry_module) is not None
         )
 
         if not opentelemetry_enabled:
-            logger.debug(
+            logger.info(
                 "OPENTELEMETRY is disabled. If you wish to enable it, set the OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED value to <True>"
             )
             return False
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ def _is_open_telemetry_configurable(self) -> bool:
             )
             return False
 
+        logger.info(
+            "OPENTELEMETRY is enabled. If you wish to disable it, set the OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED value to <False>"
+        )
+
         return opentelemetry_enabled and opentelemetry_installed
 
     def configure_elasticsearch(self) -> types.SimpleNamespace:
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ def _validate_elasticsearch_index(self, elasticsearch_namespace: types.SimpleNam
     def configure_telemetry(self):
         """Configure our opentelemetry for our web API."""
         from opentelemetry.instrumentation.tornado import TornadoInstrumentor  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-        from opentelemetry.exporter.jaeger.thrift import JaegerExporter  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+        from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
         from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
@@ -106,11 +110,11 @@ def configure_telemetry(self):
 
         TornadoInstrumentor().instrument()
 
-        trace_exporter = JaegerExporter(
-            agent_host_name=self.config.telemetry["OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_HOST"],
-            agent_port=self.config.telemetry["OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_PORT"],
-            udp_split_oversized_batches=True,
-        )
+        jaeger_host = self.config.telemetry["OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_HOST"]
+        jaeger_port = self.config.telemetry["OPENTELEMETRY_JAEGER_PORT"]
+        otlp_endpoint = f"{jaeger_host}:{jaeger_port}/v1/traces"
+
+        trace_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint=otlp_endpoint)
 
         trace_provider = TracerProvider(
             resource=Resource.create({SERVICE_NAME: self.config.telemetry["OPENTELEMETRY_SERVICE_NAME"]})