diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4aeb1eb93a67..bfa1f1fcaec4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ project(':iceberg-core') {
     implementation libs.jackson.core
     implementation libs.jackson.databind
     implementation libs.caffeine
+    implementation libs.opentelemetry.httpclient
     implementation libs.roaringbitmap
     compileOnly(libs.hadoop3.client) {
       exclude group: 'org.apache.avro', module: 'avro'
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HTTPClient.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HTTPClient.java
index 46d9177b9571..ba0c14f3fc03 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HTTPClient.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HTTPClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.apachehttpclient.v5_2.ApacheHttpClientTelemetry;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -114,13 +116,17 @@ private HTTPClient(
       ObjectMapper objectMapper,
       Map<String, String> properties,
       HttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager,
-      AuthSession session) {
+      AuthSession session,
+      OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
     this.baseUri = baseUri;
     this.baseHeaders = baseHeaders;
     this.mapper = objectMapper;
     this.authSession = session;
 
-    HttpClientBuilder clientBuilder = HttpClients.custom();
+    HttpClientBuilder clientBuilder =
+        openTelemetry != null
+            ? ApacheHttpClientTelemetry.builder(openTelemetry).build().newHttpClientBuilder()
+            : HttpClients.custom();
 
     clientBuilder.setConnectionManager(connectionManager);
 
@@ -491,6 +497,7 @@ public static class Builder {
     private HttpHost proxy;
     private CredentialsProvider proxyCredentialsProvider;
     private AuthSession authSession;
+    private OpenTelemetry telemetry;
 
     private Builder(Map<String, String> properties) {
       this.properties = properties;
@@ -545,6 +552,12 @@ public Builder withAuthSession(AuthSession session) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Builder withOpenTelemetry(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(openTelemetry, "Invalid openTelemetry for http client: null");
+      this.telemetry = openTelemetry;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public HTTPClient build() {
       withHeader(CLIENT_VERSION_HEADER, IcebergBuild.fullVersion());
       withHeader(CLIENT_GIT_COMMIT_SHORT_HEADER, IcebergBuild.gitCommitShortId());
@@ -588,7 +601,8 @@ public HTTPClient build() {
           mapper,
           properties,
           configureConnectionManager(properties),
-          authSession);
+          authSession,
+          telemetry);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/flink/v1.20/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt b/flink/v1.20/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
index ebf8a55b48ff..22a145b5e0b4 100644
--- a/flink/v1.20/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
+++ b/flink/v1.20/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ com.github.luben:zstd-jni:1.5
 com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.10
 dev.failsafe:failsafe:3.3
 io.airlift:aircompressor:2.0
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.37
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-incubator:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-common:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.57
 org.apache.avro:avro:1.12
 org.apache.datasketches:datasketches-java:6.2
 org.apache.datasketches:datasketches-memory:3.0
diff --git a/flink/v2.0/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt b/flink/v2.0/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
index ebf8a55b48ff..22a145b5e0b4 100644
--- a/flink/v2.0/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
+++ b/flink/v2.0/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ com.github.luben:zstd-jni:1.5
 com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.10
 dev.failsafe:failsafe:3.3
 io.airlift:aircompressor:2.0
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.37
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-incubator:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-common:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.57
 org.apache.avro:avro:1.12
 org.apache.datasketches:datasketches-java:6.2
 org.apache.datasketches:datasketches-memory:3.0
diff --git a/flink/v2.1/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt b/flink/v2.1/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
index ebf8a55b48ff..22a145b5e0b4 100644
--- a/flink/v2.1/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
+++ b/flink/v2.1/flink-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ com.github.luben:zstd-jni:1.5
 com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.10
 dev.failsafe:failsafe:3.3
 io.airlift:aircompressor:2.0
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.37
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-incubator:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-common:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.57
 org.apache.avro:avro:1.12
 org.apache.datasketches:datasketches-java:6.2
 org.apache.datasketches:datasketches-memory:3.0
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 032fb09dbe14..a8f217ea7c21 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ mockserver = "5.15.0"
 nessie = "0.107.5"
 netty-buffer = "4.2.13.Final"
 object-client-bundle = "3.3.2"
+opentelemetry-httpclient = "2.23.0-alpha"
 orc = "1.9.8"
 parquet = "1.17.1"
 roaringbitmap = "1.6.14"
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ microprofile-openapi-api = { module = "org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi:micropro
 nessie-client = { module = "org.projectnessie.nessie:nessie-client", version.ref = "nessie" }
 netty-buffer = { module = "io.netty:netty-buffer", version.ref = "netty-buffer" }
 object-client-bundle = { module = "com.emc.ecs:object-client-bundle", version.ref = "object-client-bundle" }
+opentelemetry-httpclient = { module = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2", version.ref = "opentelemetry-httpclient" }
 orc-core = { module = "org.apache.orc:orc-core", version.ref = "orc" }
 parquet-avro = { module = "org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro", version.ref = "parquet" }
 parquet-column = { module = "org.apache.parquet:parquet-column", version.ref = "parquet" }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/runtime-deps.txt b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
index 95ef88a87969..0e1f41027b7e 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ io.netty:netty-transport:4.2
 io.opencensus:opencensus-api:0.31
 io.opencensus:opencensus-contrib-http-util:0.31
 io.opentelemetry.contrib:opentelemetry-gcp-resources:1.37
-io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.29
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.37
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-incubator:1.57
 io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.57
 io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-common:1.57
 io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.57
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt b/spark/v3.5/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
index f20cb039a036..4abd82601f47 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ dev.failsafe:failsafe:3.3
 io.airlift:aircompressor:2.0
 io.netty:netty-buffer:4.2
 io.netty:netty-common:4.2
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.37
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-incubator:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-common:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.57
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-format:15.0
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-core:15.0
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-netty:15.0
diff --git a/spark/v4.0/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt b/spark/v4.0/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
index f20cb039a036..4abd82601f47 100644
--- a/spark/v4.0/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
+++ b/spark/v4.0/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ dev.failsafe:failsafe:3.3
 io.airlift:aircompressor:2.0
 io.netty:netty-buffer:4.2
 io.netty:netty-common:4.2
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.37
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-incubator:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-common:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.57
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-format:15.0
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-core:15.0
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-netty:15.0
diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt b/spark/v4.1/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
index f20cb039a036..4abd82601f47 100644
--- a/spark/v4.1/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark-runtime/runtime-deps.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ dev.failsafe:failsafe:3.3
 io.airlift:aircompressor:2.0
 io.netty:netty-buffer:4.2
 io.netty:netty-common:4.2
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-apache-httpclient-5.2:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api-incubator:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-api:2.23
+io.opentelemetry.semconv:opentelemetry-semconv:1.37
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-incubator:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-common:1.57
+io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-context:1.57
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-format:15.0
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-core:15.0
 org.apache.arrow:arrow-memory-netty:15.0