diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dda720d3fd8bcb0198881de20a4568223d7c7a0a..ca89468e780ad52ad8e9e516ad75b0964129de18 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module gitlab.com/gitlab-org/labkit
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.24.0
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/profiler v0.1.0
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1
 	github.com/sebest/xff v0.0.0-20210106013422-671bd2870b3a
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/uber/jaeger-client-go v2.29.1+incompatible
 	gitlab.com/gitlab-org/go/reopen v1.0.0
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.38.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.41.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.54.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
 	gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.32.0
 )
@@ -41,10 +44,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/certifi/gocertifi v0.0.0-20210507211836-431795d63e8d // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.4 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20200121045136-8c9f03a8e57e // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210804190019-f964ff605595 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5 // indirect
@@ -65,9 +70,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.4 // indirect
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/uber/jaeger-lib v2.4.1+incompatible // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.42.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.35.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7653da72ae084751ff43791c522d6a3cc5561135..d264e4e6a976f1e803f09507f438557be9f1eaf0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3RMwSq7FuexP4Kalkev3ejPJsZTpXXBr9+V4qmtdjCk=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 h1:CjnDlHq8ikf6E492q6eKboGOC0T8CDaOvkHCIg8idEI=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.4 h1:nNBDSCOigTSiarFpYE9J/KtEA1IOW4CNeqT9TQDqCxI=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.4/go.mod h1:XCwSNxSkXRo4vlyPy93sltvi/qJq0jqQhjqQNIwKuxM=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
@@ -150,6 +155,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaS
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1/go.mod h1:DopwsBzvsk0Fs44TXzsVbJyPhcCPeIwnvohx4u74HPM=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
@@ -294,6 +301,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.2 h1:gWmO7n0Ys2RBEb7GPYB9Ujq8Mk5p2U08lRnmMcGy6BQ=
 github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.2/go.mod h1:+d+yLhGm8mzTaHzB+wgMYrodPfmZrzkirds8fDWklFE=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.4 h1:HT8SVixZd3IzLdfs/xlpq0jeSfTX57g1v6wB1EuzV7M=
@@ -320,11 +328,29 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.6/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 h1:gqCw0LfLxScz8irSi8exQc7fyQ0fKQU/qnC/X8+V/1M=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0 h1:RkfdswUDRimDg0m2Az18RKOsnI8UDzppJAtj01/Ymk8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.38.0/go.mod h1:zcmtmQ1+YmQM9wrNsTGV/q/uyusom3P8RxwExxkZhjM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.38.0 h1:wm/Q0GAAykXv83wzcKzGGqAnnfLFyFe7RslekZuv+VI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:ra3Pa40+oKjvYh+ZD3EdxFZZB0xdMfuileHAm4nNN7w=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0 h1:Kl6lzIYGAh5M159u9NgiRkmoMKjvbsKtYRwgfrA6WpA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:kB5n/QoRM8YwmUahxvI3bO34eVtQf2i4utNVLr9gEmI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0 h1:l48sr5YbNf2hpCUj/FoGhW9yDkl+Ma+LrVl8qaM5b+E=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.38.0/go.mod h1:ghmNdGlVemJI3+ZB5iDEuk4bWA3GkTpW+DOoZMYBVVg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0 h1:aSH66iL0aZqo//xXzQLYozmWrXxyFkBJ6qT5wthqPoM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0/go.mod h1:dg9PBnW9XdQ1Hd6ZnRz689CbtrUp0wMMs9iPcgT9EZA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0 h1:Fxk5bKrDZJUH+AMyyIXGcFAPah0oRcT+LuNtJrmcNLE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0/go.mod h1:j1P9ivuFsTceSWe1oY+EeW3sc+Pp42sO++GHkg4wwhs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0 h1:cxzIVoETapQEqDhQu3QfnvXAV4AlzcvUCxkVUFw3+EU=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 h1:S0h4aNzvfcFsC3dRF1jLoaov7oRaKqRGC/pUEJ2yvPQ=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190510104115-cbcb75029529/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190605123033-f99c8df09eb5/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
@@ -427,6 +453,8 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210628180205-a41e5a781914/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20210805134026-6f1e6394065a/go.mod h1:KelEdhl1UZF7XfJ4dDtk6s++YSgaE7mD/BuKKDLBl4A=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0 h1:PbgcYx2W7i4LvjJWEbf0ngHV6qJYr86PkAV3bXdLEbs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 h1:dnDm7JmhM45NNpd8FDDeLhK6FwqbOf4MLCM9zb1BOHI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:B++QgG3ZKulg6sRPGD/mqlHQs5rB3Ml9erfeDY7xKlU=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -693,6 +721,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.0/go.mod h1:PImNr+rS9TWYb2O4/emRugxiyHZ5JyHW5F+RPnD
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.1/go.mod h1:PImNr+rS9TWYb2O4/emRugxiyHZ5JyHW5F+RPnDzfrE=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1 h1:zWnc1Vrcno+lHZCOofnIMvycFcc0QRGIzm9dhnDX68E=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1/go.mod h1:1gLDyUQU7CTLJI90u3nXZ9ekeghjeM7pTDZlqFNg2AA=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0 h1:UnVkv1+uMLYXoIz6o7chp59WfQUYA2ex/BXQ9rHZu7A=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0/go.mod h1:Ju12QI8M6iQJtbcsV+awF5a4hfJMLi4X0JLo94ULZ6c=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6Kw0yEErY5E/yWrBtf03jp27GLLJujG4z/JK95pnjjw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
diff --git a/grpc/grpc.go b/grpc/grpc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0e835b2dee04088f3c24a2cb9e876de5d60d452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grpc/grpc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package grpc
+
+import (
+	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/labkit/reporter"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/stats/opentelemetry"
+)
+
+func NewClient(
+	target string,
+	reporter reporter.Reporter,
+	opts ...grpc.DialOption,
+) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
+	dialOption := otelDialOption(reporter.MeterProvider())
+	dialOpts := append(opts, opentelemetry.DialOption(dialOption))
+	return grpc.NewClient(target, dialOpts...)
+}
+
+func otelDialOption(mp *metric.MeterProvider) opentelemetry.Options {
+	return opentelemetry.Options{
+		MetricsOptions: opentelemetry.MetricsOptions{
+			MeterProvider: mp,
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/reporter/metrics.go b/reporter/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..30a8000f8914e59ed32d9cb2ba069877630f83be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reporter/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package reporter
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+)
+
+func newMeterProvider() (*metric.MeterProvider, error) {
+	metricExporter, err := stdoutmetric.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	meterProvider := metric.NewMeterProvider(
+		metric.WithReader(metric.NewPeriodicReader(metricExporter,
+			// Default is 1m. Set to 3s for demonstrative purposes.
+			metric.WithInterval(3*time.Second))),
+	)
+	return meterProvider, nil
+}
diff --git a/reporter/reporter.go b/reporter/reporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db1b54a8ab82d2fa0f5ab4e3a38d7dc1b35cff29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reporter/reporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package reporter
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+)
+
+// Reporter is the higher level abstraction over logging, tracing
+// and metrics.
+type Reporter interface {
+	MeterProvider() *metric.MeterProvider
+}
+
+func New() (Reporter, error) {
+	metricProvider, err := newMeterProvider()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &AppReporter{
+		metricProvider: metricProvider,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type AppReporter struct {
+	metricProvider *metric.MeterProvider
+}
+
+func (r *AppReporter) MeterProvider() *metric.MeterProvider {
+	return r.metricProvider
+}