diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
index 2d31d7fa5..8bf9ccf17 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-linux.yml
@@ -8,28 +8,28 @@ jobs:
     vmImage: ubuntu-latest
   strategy:
     matrix:
-      linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11:
-        CONFIG: linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11
+      linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11:
+        CONFIG: linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
         DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64-cuda11.8:ubi8
-      linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13:
-        CONFIG: linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13
+      linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13:
+        CONFIG: linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
         DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64:alma9
-      linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11:
-        CONFIG: linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11
+      linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11:
+        CONFIG: linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
         DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64-cuda11.8:ubi8
-      linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13:
-        CONFIG: linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13
+      linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13:
+        CONFIG: linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
         DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64:alma9
-      linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11:
-        CONFIG: linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11
+      linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11:
+        CONFIG: linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
         DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64-cuda11.8:ubi8
-      linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13:
-        CONFIG: linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13
+      linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13:
+        CONFIG: linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
         DOCKER_IMAGE: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-x86_64:alma9
   timeoutInMinutes: 360
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from .ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
rename to .ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
index ad2f0f88e..96719dafc 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from .ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
rename to .ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
index 108484bd6..781309129 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from .ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
rename to .ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
index 56d2d4243..c109d61a8 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from .ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
rename to .ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
index eb6e6dc2c..0774f136b 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from .ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
rename to .ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
index dbc347ba8..ca9158220 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from .ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
rename to .ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
index d008ab3ea..87442d971 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
index 184aba19f..b66809316 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml
index c6037086e..a750bdfd7 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ libgoogle_cloud_storage_devel:
 - '2.34'
 libgrpc:
 - '1.67'
+libopentelemetry_cpp:
+- '1.18'
 libprotobuf:
 - 5.28.3
 libutf8proc:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3de0a1f1..5866660a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,45 +112,45 @@ Current build status
         <table>
           <thead><tr><th>Variant</th><th>Status</th></tr></thead>
           <tbody><tr>
-              <td>linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11</td>
+              <td>linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11</td>
               <td>
                 <a href="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_build/latest?definitionId=54&branchName=main">
-                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11" alt="variant">
+                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11" alt="variant">
                 </a>
               </td>
             </tr><tr>
-              <td>linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13</td>
+              <td>linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13</td>
               <td>
                 <a href="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_build/latest?definitionId=54&branchName=main">
-                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13" alt="variant">
+                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13" alt="variant">
                 </a>
               </td>
             </tr><tr>
-              <td>linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11</td>
+              <td>linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11</td>
               <td>
                 <a href="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_build/latest?definitionId=54&branchName=main">
-                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11" alt="variant">
+                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11" alt="variant">
                 </a>
               </td>
             </tr><tr>
-              <td>linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13</td>
+              <td>linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13</td>
               <td>
                 <a href="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_build/latest?definitionId=54&branchName=main">
-                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13" alt="variant">
+                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13" alt="variant">
                 </a>
               </td>
             </tr><tr>
-              <td>linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11</td>
+              <td>linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11</td>
               <td>
                 <a href="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_build/latest?definitionId=54&branchName=main">
-                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compilernvcccuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11" alt="variant">
+                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11" alt="variant">
                 </a>
               </td>
             </tr><tr>
-              <td>linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13</td>
+              <td>linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13</td>
               <td>
                 <a href="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_build/latest?definitionId=54&branchName=main">
-                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compilerNonecuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13" alt="variant">
+                  <img src="https://dev.azure.com/conda-forge/feedstock-builds/_apis/build/status/arrow-cpp-feedstock?branchName=main&jobName=linux&configuration=linux%20linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version13cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version13" alt="variant">
                 </a>
               </td>
             </tr><tr>
diff --git a/recipe/build.sh b/recipe/build.sh
index a0e6e7027..ff404bb0c 100644
--- a/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/recipe/build.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ cmake -GNinja \
     -DARROW_WITH_BZ2=ON \
     -DARROW_WITH_LZ4=ON \
     -DARROW_WITH_NLOHMANN_JSON=ON \
-    -DARROW_WITH_OPENTELEMETRY=${READ_RECIPE_META_YAML_WHY_NOT} \
+    -DARROW_WITH_OPENTELEMETRY=ON \
     -DARROW_WITH_SNAPPY=ON \
     -DARROW_WITH_UCX=OFF \
     -DARROW_WITH_ZLIB=ON \
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 97fd1f0c2..645a42dfa 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ source:
     folder: cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
 
 build:
-  number: 4
+  number: 5
   # for cuda support, building with one version is enough to be compatible with
   # all later versions, since arrow is only using libcuda, and not libcudart.
   skip: true  # [cuda_compiler_version not in ("None", cuda_compiler_version_min)]
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ requirements:
     - azure-storage-files-datalake-cpp  # [unix]
     - brotli
     - bzip2
-    # not yet: https://github.com/conda-forge/cpp-opentelemetry-sdk-feedstock/issues/38
-    # - cpp-opentelemetry-sdk
-    # - proto-opentelemetry-proto =={{ cpp_opentelemetry_sdk }}
     - gflags
     - glog
     # arrow uses a customized jemalloc, see #944
@@ -85,6 +82,8 @@ requirements:
     - libgoogle-cloud-devel
     - libgoogle-cloud-storage-devel
     - libgrpc
+    # see https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45033
+    - libopentelemetry-cpp          # [unix]
     - libprotobuf
     - libutf8proc
     - lz4-c
@@ -192,8 +191,7 @@ outputs:
         - {{ pin_subpackage("libarrow", max_pin="x.x") }}
       ignore_run_exports_from:
         - {{ compiler("cuda") }}                 # [cuda_compiler_version != "None"]
-        # arrow only uses headers on osx/win, apparently
-        - gflags                                 # [not linux]
+        - gflags
         # shared lib linked on unix, not on win
         - glog                                   # [win]
       ignore_run_exports:
@@ -220,9 +218,6 @@ outputs:
         - azure-storage-files-datalake-cpp  # [unix]
         - brotli
         - bzip2
-        # not yet: https://github.com/conda-forge/cpp-opentelemetry-sdk-feedstock/issues/38
-        # - cpp-opentelemetry-sdk
-        # - proto-opentelemetry-proto =={{ cpp_opentelemetry_sdk }}
         - gflags
         - glog
         # arrow uses a customized jemalloc, see #944
@@ -230,6 +225,8 @@ outputs:
         - libabseil
         - libgoogle-cloud-devel
         - libgoogle-cloud-storage-devel
+        - libopentelemetry-cpp              # [unix]
+        - libprotobuf
         - libutf8proc
         - lz4-c
         - orc