diff --git a/executor.go b/executor.go
index bafc3417..1ce2852b 100644
--- a/executor.go
+++ b/executor.go
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ func (e *ExecutorBuilder) NewCmdExecutor(ctx context.Context) cmd.Executor {
 
 		bpf := e.BackendFactory.NewBackendFactory(ctx, logger, metricCollector)
 		pf := e.ProxyFactory.NewProxyFactory(logger, bpf, metricCollector)
+		// we move the proxy factory out of the default proxy factory to make
+		// sure that is always the outer middleware and that wraps any internal
+		// proxy layer middleware:
+		pf = otellura.ProxyFactory(pf)
 
 		agentPing := make(chan string, len(cfg.AsyncAgents))
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8830c173..7b2211f8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22
 require (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.1
 	github.com/go-contrib/uuid v1.2.0
-	github.com/krakend/krakend-otel v0.6.1
+	github.com/krakend/krakend-otel v0.6.2
 	github.com/krakendio/bloomfilter/v2 v2.0.4
 	github.com/krakendio/krakend-amqp/v2 v2.1.0
 	github.com/krakendio/krakend-audit v0.0.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f64d6b33..9f466969 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/krakend/go-auth0/v2 v2.0.1 h1:Ve73eo/rUo1NK/GrzOeWSuVdweGHY2sGU52NYdp73iU=
 github.com/krakend/go-auth0/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:jaMs1/YcOmZYRUPBvk/nrhABJv/XkrUJGA2eywOUFRA=
-github.com/krakend/krakend-otel v0.6.1 h1:0+F/2aq/BATDUiMTSPGAJ6CwRX/xnn0OLu1V1WQfRF4=
-github.com/krakend/krakend-otel v0.6.1/go.mod h1:8Q6FfeY1S6RHMO/5/s0B+JJ1AEGDTJZHYtpmF1a+USA=
+github.com/krakend/krakend-otel v0.6.2 h1:jvSxVMo7ckPgNUQUNjOVT/+GKnw7I6QXwwWLvzFcbLQ=
+github.com/krakend/krakend-otel v0.6.2/go.mod h1:8Q6FfeY1S6RHMO/5/s0B+JJ1AEGDTJZHYtpmF1a+USA=
 github.com/krakendio/binder v0.0.0-20230413105421-1bbe94e65f45 h1:5UbGH+Sa62LMtbBn6m3EEcaA4JFxaDd91X/X0SsZuO8=
 github.com/krakendio/binder v0.0.0-20230413105421-1bbe94e65f45/go.mod h1:VgJK/LM9NwyIxzYETGXQeRxdDg0IgBw4Fol58JVx2+4=
 github.com/krakendio/bloomfilter/v2 v2.0.4 h1:+FCe52Izx4mZgFevvifOMF+3WbbhmZT0xZnrnUE4C0U=
diff --git a/proxy_factory.go b/proxy_factory.go
index 979cf90c..2ea6b71e 100644
--- a/proxy_factory.go
+++ b/proxy_factory.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package krakend
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	otellura "github.com/krakend/krakend-otel/lura"
 	cel "github.com/krakendio/krakend-cel/v2"
 	jsonschema "github.com/krakendio/krakend-jsonschema/v2"
 	lua "github.com/krakendio/krakend-lua/v2/proxy"
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ func internalNewProxyFactory(logger logging.Logger, backendFactory proxy.Backend
 	proxyFactory = lua.ProxyFactory(logger, proxyFactory)
 	proxyFactory = metricCollector.ProxyFactory("pipe", proxyFactory)
 	proxyFactory = opencensus.ProxyFactory(proxyFactory)
-	proxyFactory = otellura.ProxyFactory(proxyFactory)
 	return proxyFactory
 }