diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index d8b99165e97..01fa48012f3 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -1609,7 +1609,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "strum_macros 0.27.2",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -2026,6 +2025,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const-hex"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3bb320cac8a0750d7f25280aa97b09c26edfe161164238ecbbb31092b079e735"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "proptest",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -4661,9 +4672,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aaf416e4cb72756655126f7dd7bb0af49c674f4c1b9903e80c009e0c37e552e6"
+checksum = "b84bcd6ae87133e903af7ef497404dda70c60d0ea14895fc8a5e6722754fc2a0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -4675,9 +4686,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-appender-tracing"
-version = "0.30.1"
+version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e68f63eca5fad47e570e00e893094fc17be959c80c79a7d6ec1abdd5ae6ffc16"
+checksum = "ef6a1ac5ca3accf562b8c306fa8483c85f4390f768185ab775f242f7fe8fdcc2"
 dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry",
  "tracing",
@@ -4687,9 +4698,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-http"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50f6639e842a97dbea8886e3439710ae463120091e2e064518ba8e716e6ac36d"
+checksum = "d7a6d09a73194e6b66df7c8f1b680f156d916a1a942abf2de06823dd02b7855d"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -4700,9 +4711,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-otlp"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dbee664a43e07615731afc539ca60c6d9f1a9425e25ca09c57bc36c87c55852b"
+checksum = "7a2366db2dca4d2ad033cad11e6ee42844fd727007af5ad04a1730f4cb8163bf"
 dependencies = [
  "http 1.3.1",
  "opentelemetry",
@@ -4720,30 +4731,32 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-proto"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e046fd7660710fe5a05e8748e70d9058dc15c94ba914e7c4faa7c728f0e8ddc"
+checksum = "a7175df06de5eaee9909d4805a3d07e28bb752c34cab57fa9cff549da596b30f"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
- "hex",
+ "const-hex",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "prost",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tonic",
+ "tonic-prost",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83d059a296a47436748557a353c5e6c5705b9470ef6c95cfc52c21a8814ddac2"
+checksum = "e62e29dfe041afb8ed2a6c9737ab57db4907285d999ef8ad3a59092a36bdc846"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11f644aa9e5e31d11896e024305d7e3c98a88884d9f8919dbf37a9991bc47a4b"
+checksum = "e14ae4f5991976fd48df6d843de219ca6d31b01daaab2dad5af2badeded372bd"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-executor",
@@ -4751,7 +4764,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rand 0.9.2",
- "serde_json",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
@@ -5133,11 +5145,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.61.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proptest"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bee689443a2bd0a16ab0348b52ee43e3b2d1b1f931c8aa5c9f8de4c86fbe8c40"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_xorshift",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+ "unarray",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2796faa41db3ec313a31f7624d9286acf277b52de526150b7e69f3debf891ee5"
+checksum = "7231bd9b3d3d33c86b58adbac74b5ec0ad9f496b19d22801d773636feaa95f3d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "prost-derive",
@@ -5145,9 +5172,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
+checksum = "9120690fafc389a67ba3803df527d0ec9cbbc9cc45e4cc20b332996dfb672425"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
@@ -5347,6 +5374,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.3",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_xorshift"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "513962919efc330f829edb2535844d1b912b0fbe2ca165d613e4e8788bb05a5a"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ratatui"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -7082,15 +7118,13 @@ checksum = "ab16f14aed21ee8bfd8ec22513f7287cd4a91aa92e44edfe2c17ddd004e92607"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e581ba15a835f4d9ea06c55ab1bd4dce26fc53752c69a04aac00703bfb49ba9"
+checksum = "eb7613188ce9f7df5bfe185db26c5814347d110db17920415cf2fbcad85e7203"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
  "base64",
  "bytes",
- "h2",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -7099,9 +7133,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-util",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
- "prost",
  "rustls-native-certs",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-stream",
@@ -7111,6 +7144,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic-prost"
+version = "0.14.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "66bd50ad6ce1252d87ef024b3d64fe4c3cf54a86fb9ef4c631fdd0ded7aeaa67"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost",
+ "tonic",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -7228,15 +7272,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.31.0"
+version = "0.32.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddcf5959f39507d0d04d6413119c04f33b623f4f951ebcbdddddfad2d0623a9c"
+checksum = "1e6e5658463dd88089aba75c7791e1d3120633b1bfde22478b28f625a9bb1b8e"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
- "once_cell",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "rustversion",
  "smallvec",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
@@ -7393,6 +7438,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unarray"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eaea85b334db583fe3274d12b4cd1880032beab409c0d774be044d4480ab9a94"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.8.1"
diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
index 20fd10ee9d3..7aca509cc85 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ notify = "8.2.0"
 nucleo-matcher = "0.3.1"
 once_cell = "1.20.2"
 openssl-sys = "*"
-opentelemetry = "0.30.0"
-opentelemetry-appender-tracing = "0.30.0"
-opentelemetry-otlp = "0.30.0"
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.30.0"
-opentelemetry_sdk = "0.30.0"
-tracing-opentelemetry = "0.31.0"
+opentelemetry = "0.31.0"
+opentelemetry-appender-tracing = "0.31.0"
+opentelemetry-otlp = "0.31.0"
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = "0.31.0"
+opentelemetry_sdk = "0.31.0"
+tracing-opentelemetry = "0.32.0"
 os_info = "3.12.0"
 owo-colors = "4.2.0"
 path-absolutize = "3.1.1"
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ tokio-test = "0.4"
 tokio-util = "0.7.16"
 toml = "0.9.5"
 toml_edit = "0.24.0"
-tonic = "0.13.1"
 tracing = "0.1.43"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.22"
diff --git a/codex-rs/otel/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/otel/Cargo.toml
index 8c99326a4c7..a703808e80b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/otel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/otel/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 strum_macros = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
-tonic = { workspace = true, features = [
-    "transport",
-    "tls-native-roots",
-    "tls-ring",
-] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_manager.rs b/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_manager.rs
index 38d69001cdc..fbdd3227222 100644
--- a/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_manager.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_manager.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl OtelManager {
         let session_span = trace_span!("new_session", conversation_id = %conversation_id, session_source = %session_source);
 
         if let Some(context) = traceparent_context_from_env() {
-            session_span.set_parent(context);
+            let _ = session_span.set_parent(context);
         }
 
         Self {
diff --git a/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_provider.rs b/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_provider.rs
index b9d95593255..8a777e7fdd8 100644
--- a/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_provider.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/otel/src/otel_provider.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ use opentelemetry_otlp::SpanExporter;
 use opentelemetry_otlp::WithExportConfig;
 use opentelemetry_otlp::WithHttpConfig;
 use opentelemetry_otlp::WithTonicConfig;
+use opentelemetry_otlp::tonic_types::metadata::MetadataMap;
+use opentelemetry_otlp::tonic_types::transport::Certificate as TonicCertificate;
+use opentelemetry_otlp::tonic_types::transport::ClientTlsConfig;
+use opentelemetry_otlp::tonic_types::transport::Identity as TonicIdentity;
 use opentelemetry_sdk::Resource;
 use opentelemetry_sdk::logs::SdkLoggerProvider;
 use opentelemetry_sdk::propagation::TraceContextPropagator;
@@ -44,10 +48,6 @@ use std::io::{self};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use tonic::metadata::MetadataMap;
-use tonic::transport::Certificate as TonicCertificate;
-use tonic::transport::ClientTlsConfig;
-use tonic::transport::Identity as TonicIdentity;
 use tracing::debug;
 use tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter;
 use tracing::warn;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl OtelProvider {
             .map(|provider| provider.tracer(settings.service_name.clone()));
 
         if let Some(provider) = tracer_provider.clone() {
-            let _ = global::set_tracer_provider(provider);
+            global::set_tracer_provider(provider);
             global::set_text_map_propagator(TraceContextPropagator::new());
         }
         if tracer.is_some() {