diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Program.cs b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Program.cs
index 5192452051..dda6c4779c 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Program.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server.Circuits;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
-using Sentry.OpenTelemetry;
+using Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter;
 using Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.Services;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
 builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
 builder.Services.AddServerSideBlazor();
 
+#if SENTRY_DSN_DEFINED_IN_ENV
+var dsn = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SENTRY_DSN")
+          ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("SENTRY_DSN environment variable is not set");
+#else
+// A DSN is required. You can set here in code, or you can set it in the SENTRY_DSN environment variable.
+// See https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/dsn-explainer/
+var dsn = SamplesShared.Dsn;
+#endif
+
 #if NET10_0_OR_GREATER
 // OpenTelemetry is required for the new .NET 10 Blazor telemetry features
 builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
@@ -19,19 +28,15 @@
         tracing.AddSource("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server.Circuits");
         tracing.AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation();
         // Add Sentry as an exporter
-        tracing.AddSentry();
+        tracing.AddSentryOtlpExporter(dsn);
     });
 #endif
 
 builder.WebHost.UseSentry(options =>
 {
-#if !SENTRY_DSN_DEFINED_IN_ENV
-    // A DSN is required. You can set here in code, in the SENTRY_DSN environment variable or in your appsettings.json
-    // See https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/dsn-explainer/
-    options.Dsn = SamplesShared.Dsn;
-#endif
+    options.Dsn = dsn;
 #if NET10_0_OR_GREATER
-    options.UseOpenTelemetry();
+    options.UseOtlp();
     options.AddEventProcessor(new BlazorEventProcessor());
 #endif
     options.TracesSampleRate = 1.0;
diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj
index 7dac418922..d547b02518 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server/Sentry.Samples.AspNetCore.Blazor.Server.csproj
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.AspNetCore.Blazor.WebAssembly\Sentry.AspNetCore.Blazor.WebAssembly.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.AspNetCore\Sentry.AspNetCore.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.OpenTelemetry\Sentry.OpenTelemetry.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter\Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="1.18.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.18.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore" Version="1.18.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.18.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Program.cs b/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Program.cs
index ab38e073b6..5eb4f9f537 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Program.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 using GraphQL.Types;
 using OpenTelemetry.Resources;
 using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
-using Sentry.OpenTelemetry;
+using Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter;
 using Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server.Notes;
 
 namespace Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server;
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ public static WebApplication BuildWebApplication(string[] args)
     {
         var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+#if SENTRY_DSN_DEFINED_IN_ENV
+        var dsn = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SENTRY_DSN")
+                  ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("SENTRY_DSN environment variable is not set");
+#else
+        // A DSN is required. You can set here in code, or you can set it in the SENTRY_DSN environment variable.
+        // See https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/dsn-explainer/
+        var dsn = SamplesShared.Dsn;
+#endif
+
         builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
             .WithTracing(tracerProviderBuilder =>
                 tracerProviderBuilder
@@ -36,21 +45,17 @@ public static WebApplication BuildWebApplication(string[] args)
                     .ConfigureResource(resource => resource.AddService("Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server"))
                     .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation()
                     .AddHttpClientInstrumentation()
-                    .AddSentry() // <-- Ensure telemetry is sent to Sentry
+                    .AddSentryOtlpExporter(dsn) // <-- Ensure telemetry is sent to Sentry
                 );
 
         builder.WebHost.UseSentry(options =>
         {
-#if !SENTRY_DSN_DEFINED_IN_ENV
-            // A DSN is required. You can set here in code, or you can set it in the SENTRY_DSN environment variable.
-            // See https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/dsn-explainer/
-            options.Dsn = SamplesShared.Dsn;
-#endif
+            options.Dsn = dsn;
 
             options.TracesSampleRate = 1.0;
             options.Debug = true;
             options.SendDefaultPii = true;
-            options.UseOpenTelemetry(); // <-- Configure Sentry to use OpenTelemetry trace information
+            options.UseOtlp(); // <-- Configure Sentry to use OpenTelemetry trace information
         });
 
         builder.Services
diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server.csproj b/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server.csproj
index 86170f0edc..baabb06778 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server.csproj
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server/Sentry.Samples.GraphQL.Server.csproj
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.18.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore" Version="1.18.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.18.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.18.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.AspNetCore\Sentry.AspNetCore.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.OpenTelemetry\Sentry.OpenTelemetry.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter\Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Sentry\Sentry.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/README.md b/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/README.md
index e97237ae1c..2fdcb82755 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/README.md
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.AspNetCore/README.md
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
             .ConfigureResource(resource => resource.AddService(Telemetry.ServiceName))
             .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation()
             .AddHttpClientInstrumentation()
-            .AddSentry() // <-- Configure OpenTelemetry to send trace information to Sentry
+            .AddSentryOtlpExporter(dsn) // <-- Configure OpenTelemetry to send trace information to Sentry
     );
 
 builder.WebHost.UseSentry(options =>
 {
-    options.Dsn = "...Your DSN...";
+    options.Dsn = dsn;
     options.Debug = builder.Environment.IsDevelopment();
     options.TracesSampleRate = 1.0;
-    options.UseOpenTelemetry(); // <-- Configure Sentry to use OpenTelemetry trace information
+    options.UseOtlp(); // <-- Configure Sentry to use OpenTelemetry trace information
 });
 ```
 
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ and/or to downstream services.
 
 If you need to further customize header propagation in your application (e.g. propagating other vendor specific headers)
 then you can do so by creating a `CompositeTextMapPropagator` consisting of the custom propagator(s) you need plus the
-`SentryPropagator`. You can supply this as an optional parameter to the `AddSentry` method.
+`SentryPropagator`. You can supply this as an optional parameter to the `AddSentryOtlpExporter` method.
diff --git a/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console/README.md b/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console/README.md
index 78558b0b7a..0bc3ede1e8 100644
--- a/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console/README.md
+++ b/samples/Sentry.Samples.OpenTelemetry.Console/README.md
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ using var tracerProvider = Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
         resource.AddService(
             serviceName: serviceName,
             serviceVersion: serviceVersion))
-    .AddSentry() // <-- Configure OpenTelemetry to send traces to Sentry
+    .AddSentryOtlpExporter(dsn) // <-- Configure OpenTelemetry to send traces to Sentry
     .Build();
 
 SentrySdk.Init(o =>
 {
-    options.Dsn = "...Your DSN...";
+    options.Dsn = dsn;
     options.TracesSampleRate = 1.0;
-    options.UseOpenTelemetry(); // <-- Configure Sentry to use OpenTelemetry trace information
+    options.UseOtlp(); // <-- Configure Sentry to use OpenTelemetry trace information
 });
 ```
 
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ and/or to downstream services.
 
 If you need to further customize header propagation in your application (e.g. propagating other vendor specific headers)
 then you can do so by creating a `CompositeTextMapPropagator` consisting of the custom propagator(s) you need plus the
-`SentryPropagator`. You can supply this as an optional parameter to the `AddSentry` method.
+`SentryPropagator`. You can supply this as an optional parameter to the `AddSentryOtlpExporter` method.
diff --git a/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/SentryOptionsExtensions.cs b/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/SentryOptionsExtensions.cs
index e6bacbfd8a..8d237870ee 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/SentryOptionsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/SentryOptionsExtensions.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ namespace Sentry.OpenTelemetry;
 /// </summary>
 public static class SentryOptionsExtensions
 {
+    internal const string ObsoleteMessage =
+        "Use UseOtlp from the Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter package instead. " +
+        "This method will be removed in future versions.";
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Enables OpenTelemetry instrumentation with Sentry
     /// </summary>
@@ -28,10 +32,7 @@ public static class SentryOptionsExtensions
     /// It's recommended that you set this to <c>true</c> since mixing OpenTelemetry and Sentry traces may yield
     /// unexpected results. It is <c>false</c> by default for backward compatibility only.
     /// </param>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// This method of initialising the Sentry OpenTelemetry integration will be deprecated in a future major release.
-    /// We recommend you use the Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter integration instead.
-    /// </remarks>
+    [Obsolete(ObsoleteMessage)]
     public static void UseOpenTelemetry(this SentryOptions options, TracerProviderBuilder traceProviderBuilder,
         TextMapPropagator? defaultTextMapPropagator = null, bool disableSentryTracing = false)
     {
@@ -52,10 +53,7 @@ public static void UseOpenTelemetry(this SentryOptions options, TracerProviderBu
     /// It's recommended that you set this to <c>true</c> since mixing OpenTelemetry and Sentry traces may yield
     /// unexpected results. It is <c>false</c> by default for backward compatibility only.
     /// </param>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// This method of initialising the Sentry OpenTelemetry integration will be deprecated in a future major release.
-    /// We recommend you use the Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter integration instead.
-    /// </remarks>
+    [Obsolete(ObsoleteMessage)]
     public static void UseOpenTelemetry(this SentryOptions options, bool disableSentryTracing = false)
     {
         options.Instrumenter = Instrumenter.OpenTelemetry;
diff --git a/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/TracerProviderBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/TracerProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
index 573942131f..2c382a2803 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/TracerProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry.OpenTelemetry/TracerProviderBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ namespace Sentry.OpenTelemetry;
 /// </summary>
 public static class TracerProviderBuilderExtensions
 {
+    internal const string ObsoleteMessage =
+        "Use AddSentryOtlpExporter from the Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter package instead. " +
+        "This method will be removed in version 7.0.0.";
+
     /// <summary>
     /// <para>
     /// Ensures OpenTelemetry trace information is sent to Sentry. OpenTelemetry spans will be converted to Sentry spans
@@ -35,10 +39,7 @@ public static class TracerProviderBuilderExtensions
     ///     </para>
     /// </param>
     /// <returns>The supplied <see cref="TracerProviderBuilder"/> for chaining.</returns>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// This method of initialising the Sentry OpenTelemetry integration will be deprecated in a future major release.
-    /// We recommend you use the Sentry.OpenTelemetry.Exporter integration instead.
-    /// </remarks>
+    [Obsolete(ObsoleteMessage)]
     public static TracerProviderBuilder AddSentry(this TracerProviderBuilder tracerProviderBuilder,
         TextMapPropagator? defaultTextMapPropagator = null)
     {