diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea55e13..da6e9ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.0.42
+
+* **Support "none" value for OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER and OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER** - Filter "none" from exporter lists and return None when no exporters configured to properly disable OpenTelemetry instrumentation
+
 ## 0.0.39
 
 * **Remove wrap_error logic as exceptions are categorized in unstructured-ingest**
diff --git a/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py b/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
index 592359c..89da183 100644
--- a/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_platform_plugins/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.41"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.0.42"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py b/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py
index 5eae4e4..4654d87 100644
--- a/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py
+++ b/unstructured_platform_plugins/etl_uvicorn/otel.py
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ def get_settings() -> OtelSettings:
     service_name = os.environ.get(OTEL_SERVICE_NAME, "unknown_service")
     trace_exporters = os.environ.get(OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER)
     trace_exporters = trace_exporters.split(",") if trace_exporters else []
+    trace_exporters = [e for e in trace_exporters if e != "none"]
 
     metric_exporters = os.environ.get(OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER)
     metric_exporters = metric_exporters.split(",") if metric_exporters else []
+    metric_exporters = [e for e in metric_exporters if e != "none"]
     return OtelSettings(
         service_name=service_name,
         trace_exporters=trace_exporters,
@@ -40,8 +42,11 @@ def get_settings() -> OtelSettings:
     )
 
 
-def get_trace_provider() -> TracerProvider:
+def get_trace_provider() -> TracerProvider | None:
     settings = get_settings()
+    if not settings["trace_exporters"]:
+        return None
+
     provider = TracerProvider(resource=Resource({SERVICE_NAME: settings["service_name"]}))
 
     for trace_exporter_type in settings["trace_exporters"]:
@@ -50,8 +55,11 @@ def get_trace_provider() -> TracerProvider:
     return provider
 
 
-def get_metric_provider() -> MeterProvider:
+def get_metric_provider() -> MeterProvider | None:
     settings = get_settings()
+    if not settings["metric_exporters"]:
+        return None
+
     readers = []
     for metric_exporter_type in settings["metric_exporters"]:
         readers.append(_get_metrics_reader(exporter_type=metric_exporter_type))