diff --git a/services/otel-gateway/Dockerfile b/services/otel-gateway/Dockerfile
index 1db2661..3b76e94 100644
--- a/services/otel-gateway/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/otel-gateway/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # 
 # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/blob/main/distributions/otelcol/Dockerfile
 #
-FROM otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.110.0
+FROM otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.144.0
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="tech@opensafely.org" \
       org.opencontainers.image.url="opensafely.org" \
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="tech@opensafely.org" \
 ENV HONEYCOMB_ENDPOINT="https://api.honeycomb.io"
 ENV METRICS_DATASET="jobrunner-metrics"
 ENV LOG_LEVEL="info"
+ENV VERBOSITY="normal"
 
 # these must be provided at runtime
 # ENV HONEYCOMB_KEY
diff --git a/services/otel-gateway/config.yaml b/services/otel-gateway/config.yaml
index 37a2ead..6f23106 100644
--- a/services/otel-gateway/config.yaml
+++ b/services/otel-gateway/config.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ processors:
   batch:
 
 exporters:
-  logging:
-    loglevel: "${LOG_LEVEL}"
+  debug:
+    verbosity: "${VERBOSITY}"
 
   otlphttp/traces:
     endpoint: "${HONEYCOMB_ENDPOINT}"
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ service:
     traces:
       receivers: [otlp]
       processors: [batch]
-      exporters: [otlphttp/traces, logging]
+      exporters: [otlphttp/traces, debug]
     metrics:
       receivers: [otlp]
       processors: [batch]
-      exporters: [otlphttp/metrics, logging]
+      exporters: [otlphttp/metrics, debug]
diff --git a/services/otel-gateway/justfile b/services/otel-gateway/justfile
index 98f4749..9a7d8e5 100644
--- a/services/otel-gateway/justfile
+++ b/services/otel-gateway/justfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test-integration: venv
     #!/bin/bash
     set -euo pipefail
 
-    {{ just_executable() }} run -d -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -p 4318:4318
+    {{ just_executable() }} run -d -e LOG_LEVEL=debug -e VERBOSITY=detailed -p 4318:4318
     {{ just_executable() }} run-python tests.py
     echo "Data sent to honeycomb"
     echo "https://ui.honeycomb.io/bennett-institute-for-applied-data-science/environments/development/datasets/otel-gateway-tests?query=%7B%22time_range%22%3A600%2C%22granularity%22%3A0%2C%22breakdowns%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22calculations%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22orders%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22havings%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22limit%22%3A100%7D"
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ test-ci: venv _mock_honeycomb_start && _mock_honeycomb_stop
     {{ just_executable() }} run -d \
         -e HONEYCOMB_ENDPOINT \
         -e LOG_LEVEL=debug \
+        -e VERBOSITY=detailed \
         -p 4318:4318 \
         --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway
 
diff --git a/services/otel-gateway/tests.py b/services/otel-gateway/tests.py
index 7d9d0f5..41ac38e 100644
--- a/services/otel-gateway/tests.py
+++ b/services/otel-gateway/tests.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import json
-import os
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from opentelemetry import metrics, trace
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.metric_exporter import OTLPMetricExporter
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
 from opentelemetry.metrics import (