diff --git a/packages/@contentlayer/utils/package.json b/packages/@contentlayer/utils/package.json
index 849dedb1..d219628a 100644
--- a/packages/@contentlayer/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/@contentlayer/utils/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@effect-ts/core": "^0.60.5",
     "@effect-ts/otel": "^0.15.1",
-    "@effect-ts/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": "^0.15.1",
     "@effect-ts/otel-sdk-trace-node": "^0.15.1",
     "@js-temporal/polyfill": "^0.4.4",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.8.0",
diff --git a/packages/@contentlayer/utils/src/tracing-effect/index.ts b/packages/@contentlayer/utils/src/tracing-effect/index.ts
index 5fdc1220..bde2b885 100644
--- a/packages/@contentlayer/utils/src/tracing-effect/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@contentlayer/utils/src/tracing-effect/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Clock } from '@effect-ts/core/Effect/Clock'
 import type * as L from '@effect-ts/core/Effect/Layer'
 import type { Has } from '@effect-ts/core/Has'
 import * as OT from '@effect-ts/otel'
-import { LiveSimpleProcessor, makeOTLPTraceExporterConfigLayer } from '@effect-ts/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc'
+import { LiveSimpleProcessor, makeOTLPTraceExporterConfigLayer } from './otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc.js'
 import * as OTNode from '@effect-ts/otel-sdk-trace-node'
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources'
 import { SemanticResourceAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions'
diff --git a/packages/@contentlayer/utils/src/tracing-effect/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc.ts b/packages/@contentlayer/utils/src/tracing-effect/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a1a9457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@contentlayer/utils/src/tracing-effect/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Inline to avoid peer dependency issues
+// https://github.com/Effect-Deprecated/otel/blob/ee7aa57e42e1bcdf9af98815bc601279f54e26ec/packages/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/src/index.ts
+import * as T from '@effect-ts/core/Effect'
+import * as L from '@effect-ts/core/Effect/Layer'
+import * as M from '@effect-ts/core/Effect/Managed'
+import { pipe } from '@effect-ts/core/Function'
+import { tag } from '@effect-ts/core/Has'
+import { SimpleProcessor } from '@effect-ts/otel'
+import { OTLPTraceExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc'
+import type { OTLPGRPCExporterConfigNode } from '@opentelemetry/otlp-grpc-exporter-base'
+
+export const OTLPTraceExporterConfigSymbol = Symbol()
+
+export class OTLPTraceExporterConfig {
+  readonly [OTLPTraceExporterConfigSymbol] = OTLPTraceExporterConfigSymbol
+  constructor(readonly config: OTLPGRPCExporterConfigNode) {}
+}
+
+export const OTLPTraceExporterConfigTag = tag<OTLPTraceExporterConfig>(OTLPTraceExporterConfigSymbol)
+
+export const makeOTLPTraceExporterConfigLayer = (config: OTLPGRPCExporterConfigNode) =>
+  L.fromEffect(OTLPTraceExporterConfigTag)(T.succeedWith(() => new OTLPTraceExporterConfig(config))).setKey(
+    OTLPTraceExporterConfigTag.key,
+  )
+
+export const makeOTLPTraceExporterConfigLayerM = <R, E>(config: T.Effect<R, E, OTLPGRPCExporterConfigNode>) =>
+  L.fromEffect(OTLPTraceExporterConfigTag)(T.map_(config, (_) => new OTLPTraceExporterConfig(_))).setKey(
+    OTLPTraceExporterConfigTag.key,
+  )
+
+export const makeTracingSpanExporter = M.gen(function* (_) {
+  const { config } = yield* _(OTLPTraceExporterConfigTag)
+
+  const spanExporter = yield* _(
+    pipe(
+      T.succeedWith(() => new OTLPTraceExporter(config)),
+      // NOTE Unfortunately this workaround/"hack" is currently needed since Otel doesn't yet provide a graceful
+      // way to shutdown.
+      //
+      // Related issue: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues/987
+      M.make((p) =>
+        T.gen(function* (_) {
+          while (1) {
+            yield* _(T.sleep(0))
+            const promises = p['_sendingPromises'] as any[]
+            if (promises.length > 0) {
+              yield* _(T.result(T.promise(() => Promise.all(promises))))
+            } else {
+              break
+            }
+          }
+        }),
+      ),
+    ),
+  )
+
+  return spanExporter
+})
+
+export const LiveSimpleProcessor = SimpleProcessor(makeTracingSpanExporter)
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d26c6b96..7e5bafdb 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@effect-ts/core": ^0.60.5
     "@effect-ts/otel": ^0.15.1
-    "@effect-ts/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": ^0.15.1
     "@effect-ts/otel-sdk-trace-node": ^0.15.1
     "@js-temporal/polyfill": ^0.4.4
     "@opentelemetry/api": ^1.8.0
@@ -484,21 +483,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@effect-ts/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc@npm:^0.15.1":
-  version: 0.15.1
-  resolution: "@effect-ts/otel-exporter-trace-otlp-grpc@npm:0.15.1"
-  dependencies:
-    "@effect-ts/otel": ^0.15.1
-  peerDependencies:
-    "@effect-ts/core": ^0.60.2
-    "@opentelemetry/api": ^1.4.0
-    "@opentelemetry/core": ^1.13.0
-    "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": ^0.39.0
-    "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": ^1.13.0
-  checksum: 5f81693c725f9bdf515374752437c0d20d65b123ca2235ba9cedf477308e43c115edb8b8b4934e19d8e89f52307d5001efe6299e4ca43734459fc37aab9bad30
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@effect-ts/otel-sdk-trace-node@npm:^0.15.1":
   version: 0.15.1
   resolution: "@effect-ts/otel-sdk-trace-node@npm:0.15.1"