diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1dc52ee..b04fc82 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/riverqueue/river/rivertype v0.23.1
 	github.com/riverqueue/rivercontrib/otelriver v0.5.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.36.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.36.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.36.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.36.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.73.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d7f5f79..eb255f2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJyS
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0 h1:UumtzIklRBY6cI/lllNZlALOF5nNIzJVb16APdvgTXg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.36.0/go.mod h1:/TcFMXYjyRNh8khOAO9ybYkqaDBb/70aVwkNML4pP8E=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.36.0 h1:zwdo1gS2eH26Rg+CoqVQpEK1h8gvt5qyU5Kk5Bixvow=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.36.0/go.mod h1:rUKCPscaRWWcqGT6HnEmYrK+YNe5+Sw64xgQTOJ5b30=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.36.0 h1:gAU726w9J8fwr4qRDqu1GYMNNs4gXrU+Pv20/N1UpB4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp v1.36.0/go.mod h1:RboSDkp7N292rgu+T0MgVt2qgFGu6qa1RpZDOtpL76w=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.36.0 h1:dNzwXjZKpMpE2JhmO+9HsPl42NIXFIFSUSSs0fiqra0=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.36.0/go.mod h1:90PoxvaEB5n6AOdZvi+yWJQoE95U8Dhhw2bSyRqnTD0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.36.0 h1:JgtbA0xkWHnTmYk7YusopJFX6uleBmAuZ8n05NEh8nQ=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.36.0/go.mod h1:179AK5aar5R3eS9FucPy6rggvU0g52cvKId8pv4+v0c=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.36.0 h1:nRVXXvf78e00EwY6Wp0YII8ww2JVWshZ20HfTlE11AM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp v1.36.0/go.mod h1:r49hO7CgrxY9Voaj3Xe8pANWtr0Oq916d0XAmOoCZAQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0 h1:MoWPKVhQvJ+eeXWHFBOPoBOi20jh6Iq2CcCREuTYufE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.36.0/go.mod h1:zC7Ks+yeyJt4xig9DEw9kuUFe5C3zLbVjV2PzT6qzbs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.36.0 h1:b6SYIuLRs88ztox4EyrvRti80uXIFy+Sqzoh9kFULbs=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7662808..cfe4b52 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivertype"
 	"github.com/riverqueue/rivercontrib/otelriver"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
 	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.21.0"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -112,18 +110,16 @@ func (w *MessageWorker) Timeout(job *river.Job[MessageArgs]) time.Duration {
 }
 
 func setupOTel() (func(context.Context) error, error) {
-	// OTLP gRPC exporters for traces and metrics
-	traceExp, err := otlptracegrpc.New(context.Background(),
-		otlptracegrpc.WithEndpoint("localhost:4317"),
-		otlptracegrpc.WithDialOption(grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials())),
+	// OTLP HTTP exporters for traces and metrics
+	traceExp, err := otlptracehttp.New(context.Background(),
+		otlptracehttp.WithEndpoint("0.0.0.0:4318"),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	metricExp, err := otlpmetricgrpc.New(context.Background(),
-		otlpmetricgrpc.WithEndpoint("localhost:4317"),
-		otlpmetricgrpc.WithDialOption(grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials())),
+	metricExp, err := otlpmetrichttp.New(context.Background(),
+		otlpmetrichttp.WithEndpoint("0.0.0.0:4318"),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err