diff --git a/src/Directory.Packages.props b/src/Directory.Packages.props
index 37eaf6fc3b..044ee33716 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit" Version="4.3.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit.Analyzers" Version="4.6.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NUnit3TestAdapter" Version="4.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.9.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.9.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Particular.Approvals" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Particular.Licensing.Sources" Version="6.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Particular.LicensingComponent.Report" Version="1.0.0" />
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit.AcceptanceTests/TestSupport/ServiceControlComponentRunner.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit.AcceptanceTests/TestSupport/ServiceControlComponentRunner.cs
index 35990ee062..0866b504db 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit.AcceptanceTests/TestSupport/ServiceControlComponentRunner.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit.AcceptanceTests/TestSupport/ServiceControlComponentRunner.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ async Task InitializeServiceControl(ScenarioContext context)
                 {
                     var id = messageContext.NativeMessageId;
                     var headers = messageContext.Headers;
-
                     var log = NServiceBus.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger<ServiceControlComponentRunner>();
                     headers.TryGetValue(Headers.MessageId, out var originalMessageId);
                     log.Debug($"OnMessage for message '{id}'({originalMessageId ?? string.Empty}).");
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.PlatformSampleSettings.approved.txt b/src/ServiceControl.Audit.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.PlatformSampleSettings.approved.txt
index c1dbbb4ec1..9862349774 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.PlatformSampleSettings.approved.txt
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit.UnitTests/ApprovalFiles/APIApprovals.PlatformSampleSettings.approved.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "ApiUrl": "http://localhost:8888/api",
   "Port": 8888,
   "PrintMetrics": false,
+  "OtelMetricsUrl": null,
   "Hostname": "localhost",
   "VirtualDirectory": "",
   "TransportType": "LearningTransport",
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/App.config b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/App.config
index 83610fa6ee..7cf230c9f0 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/App.config
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/App.config
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ These settings are only here so that we can debug ServiceControl while developin
     <add key="ServiceControl.Audit/ServiceControlQueueAddress" value="Particular.ServiceControl" />
     <add key="ServiceControl.Audit/HostName" value="localhost" />
     <add key="ServiceControl.Audit/DatabaseMaintenancePort" value="44445" />
-
+    <add key="ServiceControl.Audit/OtelMetricsUrl" value="http://localhost:4317" />
     <!-- DEVS - Pick a transport to run Auditing instance on -->
     <add key="ServiceControl.Audit/TransportType" value="LearningTransport" />
     <!--<add key="ServiceControl.Audit/TransportType" value="AmazonSQS" />-->
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
index 56d4244e84..dbbe5a2ad4 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Diagnostics;
+    using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
     using System.Threading;
     using System.Threading.Channels;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -14,18 +15,14 @@
     using Persistence;
     using Persistence.UnitOfWork;
     using ServiceControl.Infrastructure;
-    using ServiceControl.Infrastructure.Metrics;
     using Transports;
 
     class AuditIngestion : IHostedService
     {
-        static readonly long FrequencyInMilliseconds = Stopwatch.Frequency / 1000;
-
         public AuditIngestion(
             Settings settings,
             ITransportCustomization transportCustomization,
             TransportSettings transportSettings,
-            Metrics metrics,
             IFailedAuditStorage failedImportsStorage,
             AuditIngestionCustomCheck.State ingestionState,
             AuditIngestor auditIngestor,
@@ -40,10 +37,6 @@ public AuditIngestion(
             this.settings = settings;
             this.applicationLifetime = applicationLifetime;
 
-            batchSizeMeter = metrics.GetMeter("Audit ingestion - batch size");
-            batchDurationMeter = metrics.GetMeter("Audit ingestion - batch processing duration", FrequencyInMilliseconds);
-            receivedMeter = metrics.GetCounter("Audit ingestion - received");
-
             if (!transportSettings.MaxConcurrency.HasValue)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException("MaxConcurrency is not set in TransportSettings");
@@ -102,6 +95,7 @@ async Task EnsureStarted(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
                         await stoppable.StopReceive(cancellationToken);
                         logger.Info("Shutting down due to failed persistence health check. Infrastructure shut down completed");
                     }
+
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -168,6 +162,7 @@ async Task EnsureStopped(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
                     logger.Info("Shutting down. Already stopped, skipping shut down");
                     return; //Already stopped
                 }
+
                 var stoppable = queueIngestor;
                 queueIngestor = null;
                 logger.Info("Shutting down. Infrastructure shut down commencing");
@@ -196,7 +191,7 @@ async Task OnMessage(MessageContext messageContext, CancellationToken cancellati
             var taskCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
             messageContext.SetTaskCompletionSource(taskCompletionSource);
 
-            receivedMeter.Mark();
+            receivedAudits.Add(1);
 
             await channel.Writer.WriteAsync(messageContext, cancellationToken);
             await taskCompletionSource.Task;
@@ -215,13 +210,14 @@ async Task Loop()
                     while (channel.Reader.TryRead(out var context))
                     {
                         contexts.Add(context);
+                        auditMessageSize.Record(context.Body.Length / 1024.0);
                     }
 
-                    batchSizeMeter.Mark(contexts.Count);
-                    using (batchDurationMeter.Measure())
-                    {
-                        await auditIngestor.Ingest(contexts);
-                    }
+                    auditBatchSize.Record(contexts.Count);
+                    var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
+                    await auditIngestor.Ingest(contexts);
+                    auditBatchDuration.Record(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
                 }
                 catch (OperationCanceledException)
                 {
@@ -252,7 +248,7 @@ async Task Loop()
         TransportInfrastructure transportInfrastructure;
         IMessageReceiver queueIngestor;
 
-        readonly SemaphoreSlim startStopSemaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(1);
+        readonly SemaphoreSlim startStopSemaphore = new(1);
         readonly string inputEndpoint;
         readonly ITransportCustomization transportCustomization;
         readonly TransportSettings transportSettings;
@@ -261,9 +257,10 @@ async Task Loop()
         readonly IAuditIngestionUnitOfWorkFactory unitOfWorkFactory;
         readonly Settings settings;
         readonly Channel<MessageContext> channel;
-        readonly Meter batchSizeMeter;
-        readonly Meter batchDurationMeter;
-        readonly Counter receivedMeter;
+        readonly Histogram<long> auditBatchSize = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<long>("messages_batch_size");
+        readonly Histogram<double> auditBatchDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>("messages_batch_duration", unit: "ms");
+        readonly Histogram<double> auditMessageSize = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>("messages_size", unit: "kilobytes");
+        readonly Counter<long> receivedAudits = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>("messages_received");
         readonly Watchdog watchdog;
         readonly Task ingestionWorker;
         readonly IHostApplicationLifetime applicationLifetime;
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs
index 84d110a1f2..fb6f2a7240 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestor.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
-    using System.Diagnostics;
     using System.Linq;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Infrastructure.Settings;
@@ -14,13 +13,11 @@
     using Persistence.UnitOfWork;
     using Recoverability;
     using SagaAudit;
-    using ServiceControl.Infrastructure.Metrics;
     using ServiceControl.Transports;
 
     public class AuditIngestor
     {
         public AuditIngestor(
-            Metrics metrics,
             Settings settings,
             IAuditIngestionUnitOfWorkFactory unitOfWorkFactory,
             EndpointInstanceMonitoring endpointInstanceMonitoring,
@@ -32,26 +29,16 @@ ITransportCustomization transportCustomization
         {
             this.settings = settings;
             this.messageDispatcher = messageDispatcher;
-
-            var ingestedAuditMeter = metrics.GetCounter("Audit ingestion - ingested audit");
-            var ingestedSagaAuditMeter = metrics.GetCounter("Audit ingestion - ingested saga audit");
-            var auditBulkInsertDurationMeter = metrics.GetMeter("Audit ingestion - audit bulk insert duration", FrequencyInMilliseconds);
-            var sagaAuditBulkInsertDurationMeter = metrics.GetMeter("Audit ingestion - saga audit bulk insert duration", FrequencyInMilliseconds);
-            var bulkInsertCommitDurationMeter = metrics.GetMeter("Audit ingestion - bulk insert commit duration", FrequencyInMilliseconds);
-
-            var enrichers = new IEnrichImportedAuditMessages[]
-            {
-                new MessageTypeEnricher(),
-                new EnrichWithTrackingIds(),
-                new ProcessingStatisticsEnricher(),
-                new DetectNewEndpointsFromAuditImportsEnricher(endpointInstanceMonitoring),
-                new DetectSuccessfulRetriesEnricher(),
-                new SagaRelationshipsEnricher()
-            }.Concat(auditEnrichers).ToArray();
+            var enrichers = new IEnrichImportedAuditMessages[] { new MessageTypeEnricher(), new EnrichWithTrackingIds(), new ProcessingStatisticsEnricher(), new DetectNewEndpointsFromAuditImportsEnricher(endpointInstanceMonitoring), new DetectSuccessfulRetriesEnricher(), new SagaRelationshipsEnricher() }.Concat(auditEnrichers).ToArray();
 
             logQueueAddress = transportCustomization.ToTransportQualifiedQueueName(settings.AuditLogQueue);
 
-            auditPersister = new AuditPersister(unitOfWorkFactory, enrichers, ingestedAuditMeter, ingestedSagaAuditMeter, auditBulkInsertDurationMeter, sagaAuditBulkInsertDurationMeter, bulkInsertCommitDurationMeter, messageSession, messageDispatcher);
+            auditPersister = new AuditPersister(
+                unitOfWorkFactory,
+                enrichers,
+                messageSession,
+                messageDispatcher
+            );
         }
 
         public async Task Ingest(List<MessageContext> contexts)
@@ -71,6 +58,7 @@ public async Task Ingest(List<MessageContext> contexts)
                     {
                         Log.Debug($"Forwarding {stored.Count} messages");
                     }
+
                     await Forward(stored, logQueueAddress);
                     if (Log.IsDebugEnabled)
                     {
@@ -159,7 +147,6 @@ public async Task VerifyCanReachForwardingAddress()
         readonly Lazy<IMessageDispatcher> messageDispatcher;
         readonly string logQueueAddress;
 
-        static readonly long FrequencyInMilliseconds = Stopwatch.Frequency / 1000;
         static readonly ILog Log = LogManager.GetLogger<AuditIngestor>();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs
index 0a5d0d9938..4548a1cd3b 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditPersister.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     using System;
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Diagnostics;
+    using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
     using System.Text.Json;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Infrastructure;
@@ -15,29 +16,13 @@
     using ServiceControl.Audit.Persistence.Monitoring;
     using ServiceControl.EndpointPlugin.Messages.SagaState;
     using ServiceControl.Infrastructure;
-    using ServiceControl.Infrastructure.Metrics;
     using ServiceControl.SagaAudit;
 
-    class AuditPersister
+    class AuditPersister(IAuditIngestionUnitOfWorkFactory unitOfWorkFactory,
+        IEnrichImportedAuditMessages[] enrichers,
+        IMessageSession messageSession,
+        Lazy<IMessageDispatcher> messageDispatcher)
     {
-        public AuditPersister(IAuditIngestionUnitOfWorkFactory unitOfWorkFactory,
-            IEnrichImportedAuditMessages[] enrichers,
-            Counter ingestedAuditMeter, Counter ingestedSagaAuditMeter, Meter auditBulkInsertDurationMeter,
-            Meter sagaAuditBulkInsertDurationMeter, Meter bulkInsertCommitDurationMeter, IMessageSession messageSession,
-            Lazy<IMessageDispatcher> messageDispatcher)
-        {
-            this.unitOfWorkFactory = unitOfWorkFactory;
-            this.enrichers = enrichers;
-
-            this.ingestedAuditMeter = ingestedAuditMeter;
-            this.ingestedSagaAuditMeter = ingestedSagaAuditMeter;
-            this.auditBulkInsertDurationMeter = auditBulkInsertDurationMeter;
-            this.sagaAuditBulkInsertDurationMeter = sagaAuditBulkInsertDurationMeter;
-            this.bulkInsertCommitDurationMeter = bulkInsertCommitDurationMeter;
-            this.messageSession = messageSession;
-            this.messageDispatcher = messageDispatcher;
-        }
-
         public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MessageContext>> Persist(IReadOnlyList<MessageContext> contexts)
         {
             var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
@@ -51,7 +36,6 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MessageContext>> Persist(IReadOnlyList<MessageCo
             IAuditIngestionUnitOfWork unitOfWork = null;
             try
             {
-
                 // deliberately not using the using statement because we dispose async explicitly
                 unitOfWork = await unitOfWorkFactory.StartNew(contexts.Count);
                 var inserts = new List<Task>(contexts.Count);
@@ -89,12 +73,11 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MessageContext>> Persist(IReadOnlyList<MessageCo
                             Logger.Debug("Adding audit message for bulk storage");
                         }
 
-                        using (auditBulkInsertDurationMeter.Measure())
-                        {
-                            await unitOfWork.RecordProcessedMessage(processedMessage, context.Body);
-                        }
+                        var auditSw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                        await unitOfWork.RecordProcessedMessage(processedMessage, context.Body);
+                        auditBulkInsertDuration.Record(auditSw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
 
-                        ingestedAuditMeter.Mark();
+                        storedAudits.Add(1);
                     }
                     else if (context.Extensions.TryGet(out SagaSnapshot sagaSnapshot))
                     {
@@ -103,12 +86,11 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MessageContext>> Persist(IReadOnlyList<MessageCo
                             Logger.Debug("Adding SagaSnapshot message for bulk storage");
                         }
 
-                        using (sagaAuditBulkInsertDurationMeter.Measure())
-                        {
-                            await unitOfWork.RecordSagaSnapshot(sagaSnapshot);
-                        }
+                        var sagaSw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                        await unitOfWork.RecordSagaSnapshot(sagaSnapshot);
+                        sagaAuditBulkInsertDuration.Record(sagaSw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
 
-                        ingestedSagaAuditMeter.Mark();
+                        storedSagas.Add(1);
                     }
 
                     storedContexts.Add(context);
@@ -146,10 +128,9 @@ public async Task<IReadOnlyList<MessageContext>> Persist(IReadOnlyList<MessageCo
                     try
                     {
                         // this can throw even though dispose is never supposed to throw
-                        using (bulkInsertCommitDurationMeter.Measure())
-                        {
-                            await unitOfWork.DisposeAsync();
-                        }
+                        var commitSw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                        await unitOfWork.DisposeAsync();
+                        auditCommitDuration.Record(commitSw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
@@ -263,6 +244,7 @@ async Task ProcessAuditMessage(MessageContext context)
                 {
                     Logger.Debug($"Emitting {commandsToEmit.Count} commands and {messagesToEmit.Count} control messages.");
                 }
+
                 foreach (var commandToEmit in commandsToEmit)
                 {
                     await messageSession.Send(commandToEmit);
@@ -301,16 +283,12 @@ await messageDispatcher.Value.Dispatch(new TransportOperations(messagesToEmit.To
             }
         }
 
-        readonly Counter ingestedAuditMeter;
-        readonly Counter ingestedSagaAuditMeter;
-        readonly Meter auditBulkInsertDurationMeter;
-        readonly Meter sagaAuditBulkInsertDurationMeter;
-        readonly Meter bulkInsertCommitDurationMeter;
-        readonly IMessageSession messageSession;
-        readonly Lazy<IMessageDispatcher> messageDispatcher;
+        readonly Counter<long> storedAudits = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>("messages_stored");
+        readonly Counter<long> storedSagas = Telemetry.Meter.CreateCounter<long>("sagas_stored");
+        readonly Histogram<double> auditBulkInsertDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>("messages_bulk_insert_duration", unit: "ms");
+        readonly Histogram<double> sagaAuditBulkInsertDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>("sagas_bulk_insert_duration", unit: "ms");
+        readonly Histogram<double> auditCommitDuration = Telemetry.Meter.CreateHistogram<double>("messages_commit_duration", unit: "ms");
 
-        readonly IEnrichImportedAuditMessages[] enrichers;
-        readonly IAuditIngestionUnitOfWorkFactory unitOfWorkFactory;
         static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger<AuditPersister>();
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
index 8968565a50..a9835669ba 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/HostApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace ServiceControl.Audit;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Auditing;
 using Infrastructure;
-using Infrastructure.Metrics;
 using Infrastructure.Settings;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpLogging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -20,6 +19,8 @@ namespace ServiceControl.Audit;
 using NServiceBus.Transport;
 using Persistence;
 using Transports;
+using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
+using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
 
 static class HostApplicationBuilderExtensions
 {
@@ -28,10 +29,11 @@ public static void AddServiceControlAudit(this IHostApplicationBuilder builder,
         Settings settings,
         EndpointConfiguration configuration)
     {
+        var version = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(typeof(HostApplicationBuilderExtensions).Assembly.Location).ProductVersion;
         var persistenceConfiguration = PersistenceConfigurationFactory.LoadPersistenceConfiguration(settings);
         var persistenceSettings = persistenceConfiguration.BuildPersistenceSettings(settings);
 
-        RecordStartup(settings, configuration, persistenceConfiguration);
+        RecordStartup(version, settings, configuration, persistenceConfiguration);
 
         builder.Logging.ClearProviders();
         builder.Logging.AddNLog();
@@ -61,13 +63,36 @@ public static void AddServiceControlAudit(this IHostApplicationBuilder builder,
         // directly and to make things more complex of course the order of registration still matters ;)
         services.AddSingleton(provider => new Lazy<IMessageDispatcher>(provider.GetRequiredService<IMessageDispatcher>));
 
-        services.AddMetrics(settings.PrintMetrics);
-
         services.AddPersistence(persistenceSettings, persistenceConfiguration);
 
         NServiceBusFactory.Configure(settings, transportCustomization, transportSettings, onCriticalError, configuration);
         builder.UseNServiceBus(configuration);
 
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings.OtelMetricsUrl))
+        {
+            if (!Uri.TryCreate(settings.OtelMetricsUrl, UriKind.Absolute, out var otelMetricsUri))
+            {
+                throw new UriFormatException($"Invalid OtelMetricsUrl: {settings.OtelMetricsUrl}");
+            }
+
+            builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
+                .ConfigureResource(b => b.AddService(
+                    serviceName: Telemetry.ServiceName,
+                    serviceVersion: version,
+                    serviceInstanceId: settings.InstanceName))
+                .WithMetrics(b =>
+                {
+                    b.AddMeter(Telemetry.MeterName);
+                    b.AddOtlpExporter(e =>
+                    {
+                        e.Endpoint = otelMetricsUri;
+                    });
+                });
+
+            var logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(HostApplicationBuilderExtensions));
+            logger.InfoFormat("OpenTelemetry metrics exporter enabled: {0}", settings.OtelMetricsUrl);
+        }
+
         // Configure after the NServiceBus hosted service to ensure NServiceBus is already started
         if (settings.IngestAuditMessages)
         {
@@ -84,10 +109,8 @@ public static void AddServiceControlAuditInstallers(this IHostApplicationBuilder
         builder.Services.AddInstaller(persistenceSettings, persistenceConfiguration);
     }
 
-    static void RecordStartup(Settings settings, EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration, IPersistenceConfiguration persistenceConfiguration)
+    static void RecordStartup(string version, Settings settings, EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration, IPersistenceConfiguration persistenceConfiguration)
     {
-        var version = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(typeof(HostApplicationBuilderExtensions).Assembly.Location).ProductVersion;
-
         var startupMessage = $@"
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 ServiceControl Audit Version:       {version}
@@ -101,9 +124,6 @@ static void RecordStartup(Settings settings, EndpointConfiguration endpointConfi
 
         var logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(HostApplicationBuilderExtensions));
         logger.Info(startupMessage);
-        endpointConfiguration.GetSettings().AddStartupDiagnosticsSection("Startup", new
-        {
-            Settings = settings
-        });
+        endpointConfiguration.GetSettings().AddStartupDiagnosticsSection("Startup", new { Settings = settings });
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Metrics/MetricsReporterHostedService.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Metrics/MetricsReporterHostedService.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index c378a8f4d6..0000000000
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Metrics/MetricsReporterHostedService.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-namespace ServiceControl.Audit.Infrastructure.Metrics
-{
-    using System;
-    using System.Threading;
-    using System.Threading.Tasks;
-    using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
-    using NServiceBus.Logging;
-    using ServiceControl.Infrastructure.Metrics;
-
-    class MetricsReporterHostedService : IHostedService
-    {
-        readonly Metrics metrics;
-        MetricsReporter reporter;
-
-        public MetricsReporterHostedService(Metrics metrics) => this.metrics = metrics;
-
-        public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            var metricsLog = LogManager.GetLogger("Metrics");
-
-            reporter = new MetricsReporter(metrics, x => metricsLog.Info(x), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
-
-            reporter.Start();
-
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
-        }
-
-        public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => reporter.Stop();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Metrics/MetricsServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Metrics/MetricsServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index a7bc6b1dd5..0000000000
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Metrics/MetricsServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-namespace ServiceControl.Audit.Infrastructure.Metrics
-{
-    using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-    using ServiceControl.Infrastructure.Metrics;
-
-    static class MetricsServiceCollectionExtensions
-    {
-        public static void AddMetrics(this IServiceCollection services, bool printMetrics)
-        {
-            services.AddSingleton(new Metrics { Enabled = printMetrics });
-            services.AddHostedService<MetricsReporterHostedService>();
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Settings/Settings.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Settings/Settings.cs
index 183b695555..d6a84f0662 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Settings/Settings.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Settings/Settings.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public string RootUrl
         public int Port { get; set; }
 
         public bool PrintMetrics => SettingsReader.Read<bool>(SettingsRootNamespace, "PrintMetrics");
+        public string OtelMetricsUrl { get; set; } = SettingsReader.Read<string>(SettingsRootNamespace, nameof(OtelMetricsUrl));
         public string Hostname { get; private set; }
         public string VirtualDirectory => SettingsReader.Read(SettingsRootNamespace, "VirtualDirectory", string.Empty);
 
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Telemetry.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Telemetry.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1b85a0b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/Telemetry.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+namespace ServiceControl.Audit;
+
+using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;
+
+static class Telemetry
+{
+    public const string MeterName = "Particular.ServiceControl.Audit";
+    public static string ServiceName = MeterName;
+    public static readonly Meter Meter = new(MeterName, "0.1.0");
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/ServiceControl.Audit.csproj b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/ServiceControl.Audit.csproj
index 3303782e3f..8f41ba97b1 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/ServiceControl.Audit.csproj
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/ServiceControl.Audit.csproj
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ServiceControl.Audit.Persistence\ServiceControl.Audit.Persistence.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ServiceControl.Configuration\ServiceControl.Configuration.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ServiceControl.Infrastructure\ServiceControl.Infrastructure.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\ServiceControl.Infrastructure.Metrics\ServiceControl.Infrastructure.Metrics.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ServiceControl.LicenseManagement\ServiceControl.LicenseManagement.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ServiceControl.Transports\ServiceControl.Transports.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -29,6 +28,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.CustomChecks" />
     <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <PackageReference Include="NServiceBus.Extensions.Logging" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
    <ItemGroup>