diff --git a/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts b/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
index 7c5d13e4..a5c500f2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     jmh(project(":client"))
+    jmh(libs.opentelemetry.sdk)
+    jmh(libs.opentelemetry.sdk.testing)
 }
 
 jmh {
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/jmh/java/io/oxia/client/metrics/MetricsBenchmark.java b/benchmarks/src/jmh/java/io/oxia/client/metrics/MetricsBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33419b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/src/jmh/java/io/oxia/client/metrics/MetricsBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2022-2026 The Oxia Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.oxia.client.metrics;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.exporter.InMemoryMetricReader;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.LongAdder;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.TearDown;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Threads;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+
+/**
+ * Compares recording into the OpenTelemetry SDK backed {@link Counter} and {@link LatencyHistogram}
+ * against a plain {@link LongAdder}. All the threads record into the same series, as the client
+ * does for a given operation type. The nested classes run the same benchmarks with a different
+ * number of threads. Run with {@code ./gradlew :benchmarks:jmh}.
+ */
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+@Fork(1)
+@Warmup(iterations = 3, time = 1)
+@Measurement(iterations = 5, time = 2)
+public abstract class MetricsBenchmark {
+
+    /** The instruments also add oxia.namespace, and the histogram oxia.response.status. */
+    private static final Attributes ATTRIBUTES =
+            Attributes.builder()
+                    .put("oxia.op", "put")
+                    .put("oxia.batch.type", "write")
+                    .put("oxia.client.id", "client-0")
+                    .put("oxia.shard", "3")
+                    .build();
+
+    @State(Scope.Benchmark)
+    public static class Instruments {
+        SdkMeterProvider meterProvider;
+        LongAdder longAdder;
+        Counter counter;
+        LatencyHistogram histogram;
+
+        @Setup
+        public void setup() {
+            // The SDK hands out noop instruments unless a reader is registered
+            meterProvider =
+                    SdkMeterProvider.builder().registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create()).build();
+            var instrumentProvider =
+                    new InstrumentProvider(
+                            OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setMeterProvider(meterProvider).build(), "default");
+
+            longAdder = new LongAdder();
+            counter = instrumentProvider.newCounter("counter", Unit.Bytes, "counter", ATTRIBUTES);
+            histogram = instrumentProvider.newLatencyHistogram("histogram", "histogram", ATTRIBUTES);
+        }
+
+        @TearDown
+        public void tearDown() {
+            meterProvider.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Latencies spread across the histogram buckets, from 100us to ~200ms. */
+    @State(Scope.Thread)
+    public static class Values {
+        private static final int MASK = 1023;
+
+        private final long[] values = new long[MASK + 1];
+        private int idx;
+
+        @Setup
+        public void setup() {
+            var random = ThreadLocalRandom.current();
+            for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+                values[i] = TimeUnit.MICROSECONDS.toNanos(100L << random.nextInt(12));
+            }
+        }
+
+        long next() {
+            return values[idx++ & MASK];
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void longAdder(Instruments instruments, Values values) {
+        instruments.longAdder.add(values.next());
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void counter(Instruments instruments, Values values) {
+        instruments.counter.add(values.next());
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void latencyHistogram(Instruments instruments, Values values) {
+        instruments.histogram.recordSuccess(values.next());
+    }
+
+    @Threads(1)
+    public static class Threads01 extends MetricsBenchmark {}
+
+    @Threads(4)
+    public static class Threads04 extends MetricsBenchmark {}
+
+    @Threads(8)
+    public static class Threads08 extends MetricsBenchmark {}
+
+    @Threads(16)
+    public static class Threads16 extends MetricsBenchmark {}
+}
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 6e4bf517..53ca4363 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 grpc = "1.84.0"
 netty = "4.2.18.Final"
 lightproto = "0.9.0"
-opentelemetry = "1.63.0"
+opentelemetry = "1.66.0"
 opentelemetry-semconv = "1.37.0"
 junit = "5.11.3"
 testcontainers = "1.20.4"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jmh-plugin = "0.7.3"
 grpc-bom = { module = "io.grpc:grpc-bom", version.ref = "grpc" }
 netty-bom = { module = "io.netty:netty-bom", version.ref = "netty" }
 opentelemetry-bom = { module = "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom", version.ref = "opentelemetry" }
-opentelemetry-bom-alpha = { module = "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom-alpha", version = "1.63.0-alpha" }
+opentelemetry-bom-alpha = { module = "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom-alpha", version = "1.66.0-alpha" }
 junit-bom = { module = "org.junit:junit-bom", version.ref = "junit" }
 
 # Compile dependencies