diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/transform/metricdata.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/transform/metricdata.go
index 47901d46c02..e13dfdca505 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/transform/metricdata.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/transform/metricdata.go
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ func metric(m metricdata.Metrics) (*mpb.Metric, error) {
 	}
 	switch a := m.Data.(type) {
 	case metricdata.Gauge[int64]:
-		out.Data = Gauge[int64](a)
+		out.Data = Gauge(a)
 	case metricdata.Gauge[float64]:
-		out.Data = Gauge[float64](a)
+		out.Data = Gauge(a)
 	case metricdata.Sum[int64]:
-		out.Data, err = Sum[int64](a)
+		out.Data, err = Sum(a)
 	case metricdata.Sum[float64]:
-		out.Data, err = Sum[float64](a)
+		out.Data, err = Sum(a)
 	case metricdata.Histogram[int64]:
 		out.Data, err = Histogram(a)
 	case metricdata.Histogram[float64]:
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/transform/metricdata.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/transform/metricdata.go
index ad1b0b0f35f..bede7e85171 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/transform/metricdata.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/transform/metricdata.go
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ func metric(m metricdata.Metrics) (*mpb.Metric, error) {
 	}
 	switch a := m.Data.(type) {
 	case metricdata.Gauge[int64]:
-		out.Data = Gauge[int64](a)
+		out.Data = Gauge(a)
 	case metricdata.Gauge[float64]:
-		out.Data = Gauge[float64](a)
+		out.Data = Gauge(a)
 	case metricdata.Sum[int64]:
-		out.Data, err = Sum[int64](a)
+		out.Data, err = Sum(a)
 	case metricdata.Sum[float64]:
-		out.Data, err = Sum[float64](a)
+		out.Data, err = Sum(a)
 	case metricdata.Histogram[int64]:
 		out.Data, err = Histogram(a)
 	case metricdata.Histogram[float64]:
diff --git a/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/transform/metricdata.go.tmpl b/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/transform/metricdata.go.tmpl
index 72e59ef0aca..313d08cd16c 100644
--- a/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/transform/metricdata.go.tmpl
+++ b/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/transform/metricdata.go.tmpl
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ func metric(m metricdata.Metrics) (*mpb.Metric, error) {
 	}
 	switch a := m.Data.(type) {
 	case metricdata.Gauge[int64]:
-		out.Data = Gauge[int64](a)
+		out.Data = Gauge(a)
 	case metricdata.Gauge[float64]:
-		out.Data = Gauge[float64](a)
+		out.Data = Gauge(a)
 	case metricdata.Sum[int64]:
-		out.Data, err = Sum[int64](a)
+		out.Data, err = Sum(a)
 	case metricdata.Sum[float64]:
-		out.Data, err = Sum[float64](a)
+		out.Data, err = Sum(a)
 	case metricdata.Histogram[int64]:
 		out.Data, err = Histogram(a)
 	case metricdata.Histogram[float64]: