diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e2e4a96..db891be5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@
     </developer>
   </developers>
 
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>1.39.0</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <dependencies>
     <!--
     https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wearefrank/ladybug
@@ -227,6 +239,40 @@
       <version>1.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry.semconv</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-semconv</artifactId>
+      <version>1.25.0-alpha</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-otlp</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/nn/testtool/Span.java b/src/main/java/nl/nn/testtool/Span.java
index 24c287a5..ba7d1556 100644
--- a/src/main/java/nl/nn/testtool/Span.java
+++ b/src/main/java/nl/nn/testtool/Span.java
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
+
+/**
+ * Created a Span class to map incoming telemetry data from the endpoint. There is no library available with classes to catch such telemetry data in spans.
+ */
 
 public class Span {
     private String traceId;
diff --git a/src/main/java/nl/nn/testtool/SpanKind.java b/src/main/java/nl/nn/testtool/SpanKind.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a6d4a8a..00000000
--- a/src/main/java/nl/nn/testtool/SpanKind.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package nl.nn.testtool;
-
-public enum SpanKind {
-    INTERNAL,
-    SERVER,
-    CLIENT,
-    PRODUCER,
-    CONSUMER
-}