diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 4d4bd8f9..379675d2 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ bee-configs:
     swap-factory-address: "0xdD661f2500bA5831e3d1FEbAc379Ea1bF80773Ac"
     swap-initial-deposit: 500000000000000000
     tracing-enable: true
-    tracing-endpoint: "10.10.11.199:6831"
+    tracing-endpoint: "10.10.11.199:4318"
     tracing-service-name: "bee"
     verbosity: 5 # 1=error, 2=warn, 3=info, 4=debug, 5=trace
     warmup-time: 0s
diff --git a/config/staging.yaml b/config/staging.yaml
index 739b5093..e28ebeff 100644
--- a/config/staging.yaml
+++ b/config/staging.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ bee-configs:
     password: "beekeeper"
     swap-enable: true
     tracing-enable: true
-    tracing-endpoint: "10.10.11.199:6831"
+    tracing-endpoint: "10.10.11.199:4318"
     tracing-service-name: "bee"
     verbosity: 4
     welcome-message: Welcome to the bee staging environment created by Beekeeper!
diff --git a/pkg/orchestration/node.go b/pkg/orchestration/node.go
index 12a16569..8db6d4df 100644
--- a/pkg/orchestration/node.go
+++ b/pkg/orchestration/node.go
@@ -149,9 +149,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	SwapInitialDeposit          *string        `yaml:"swap-initial-deposit,omitempty"`           // initial deposit if deploying a new chequebook
 	TargetNeighborhood          *string        `yaml:"target-neighborhood,omitempty"`            // neighborhood to target in binary format (ex: 111111001) for mining the initial overlay
 	TracingEnabled              *bool          `yaml:"tracing-enable,omitempty"`                 // enable tracing
-	TracingEndpoint             *string        `yaml:"tracing-endpoint,omitempty"`               // endpoint to send tracing data
-	TracingHost                 *string        `yaml:"tracing-host,omitempty"`                   // host to send tracing data
-	TracingPort                 *string        `yaml:"tracing-port,omitempty"`                   // port to send tracing data
+	TracingEndpoint             *string        `yaml:"tracing-endpoint,omitempty"`               // OTLP collector endpoint for tracing data (host:port)
+	TracingInsecure             *bool          `yaml:"tracing-insecure,omitempty"`               // disable TLS for the OTLP exporter
+	TracingProtocol             *string        `yaml:"tracing-protocol,omitempty"`               // OTLP exporter transport: http or grpc
+	TracingSamplingRatio        *float64       `yaml:"tracing-sampling-ratio,omitempty"`         // head-based sampling ratio in [0,1]; 1 samples everything
 	TracingServiceName          *string        `yaml:"tracing-service-name,omitempty"`           // service name identifier for tracing
 	TransactionDebugMode        *bool          `yaml:"transaction-debug-mode,omitempty"`         // skips the gas estimate step for contract transactions
 	UseSIMD                     *bool          `yaml:"use-simd,omitempty"`                       // use SIMD BMT hasher (available only on linux amd64 platforms)