diff --git a/src/Elastic.Apm/Logging/GlobalLogConfiguration.cs b/src/Elastic.Apm/Logging/GlobalLogConfiguration.cs
index 4ffcda2fb..d5f81f135 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Apm/Logging/GlobalLogConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Apm/Logging/GlobalLogConfiguration.cs
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ internal enum GlobalLogTarget
 public static class LogEnvironmentVariables
 {
 	// ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
-	public const string ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL = nameof(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL);
-	public const string ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY = nameof(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY);
+	public const string OTEL_LOG_LEVEL = nameof(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL);
+	public const string OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY = nameof(OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY);
 	public const string ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_TARGETS = nameof(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_TARGETS);
 
 	public const string ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL = nameof(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL);
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ private GlobalLogConfiguration(bool isActive, LogLevel logLevel, GlobalLogTarget
 	internal static GlobalLogConfiguration FromEnvironment(IDictionary environmentVariables = null)
 	{
 		var config = new EnvironmentLoggingConfiguration(environmentVariables);
-		var logLevel = config.GetLogLevel(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL);
-		var logFileDirectory = config.GetLogDirectory(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY, ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR, ELASTIC_APM_LOG_DIRECTORY);
+		var logLevel = config.GetLogLevel(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL);
+		var logFileDirectory = config.GetLogDirectory(OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY, ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR, ELASTIC_APM_LOG_DIRECTORY);
 		var logFilePrefix = GetLogFilePrefix();
 		var logTarget = config.ParseLogTargets(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_TARGETS, ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_TARGETS);
 
diff --git a/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationPrecedenceTests.cs b/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationPrecedenceTests.cs
index 96121d8da..75c0db47d 100644
--- a/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationPrecedenceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationPrecedenceTests.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class GlobalLogConfigurationPrecedenceTests
 	public void CheckLogLevelPrecedence()
 	{
 		var config = CreateConfig([
-			(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "trace"),
+			(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "trace"),
 			(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, "info"),
 			(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL, "error"),
 		]);
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ public void CheckLogLevelPrecedence()
 	public void CheckLogDirPrecedence()
 	{
 		var config = CreateConfig([
-			(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY, nameof(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY)),
+			(OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY, nameof(OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY)),
 			(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR, nameof(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR)),
 			(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_DIRECTORY, nameof(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_DIRECTORY)),
 		]);
-		config.LogFileDirectory.Should().Be(nameof(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY));
+		config.LogFileDirectory.Should().Be(nameof(OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY));
 
 		config = CreateConfig([
 			(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR, nameof(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR)),
diff --git a/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationTests.cs b/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationTests.cs
index 2c6495a1c..7b9b34222 100644
--- a/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationTests.cs
+++ b/test/Elastic.Apm.Tests/Config/GlobalLogConfigurationTests.cs
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ public void Check_Defaults()
 
 		//
 		[Theory]
-		[InlineData(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "Info")]
+		[InlineData(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "Info")]
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, "Info")]
 
-		[InlineData(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY, "1")]
+		[InlineData(OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY, "1")]
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_DIRECTORY, "1")]
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR, "1")]
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_APM_STARTUP_HOOKS_LOGGING, "1")]
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public void CheckActivation(string environmentVariable, string value)
 
 		//
 		[Theory]
-		[InlineData(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "none")]
+		[InlineData(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "none")]
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, "None")]
 		//only if explicitly specified to 'none' should we not default to file logging.
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_TARGETS, "none")]
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public void CheckDeactivation(string environmentVariable, string value)
 		{
 			var config = GlobalLogConfiguration.FromEnvironment(new Hashtable
 			{
-				{ ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY, "" },
+				{ OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY, "" },
 				{ environmentVariable, value }
 			});
 			config.IsActive.Should().BeFalse();
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public void CheckDeactivation(string environmentVariable, string value)
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_TARGETS, "None")]
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_TARGETS, "None")]
 		//setting file log level to none will result in no global trace logging
-		[InlineData(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "None")]
+		[InlineData(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, "None")]
 		//setting profiler log level to none will result in no global trace logging
 		[InlineData(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, "None")]
 		public void CheckNonActivation(string environmentVariable, string value)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public void Check_LogLevelValues_AreMappedCorrectly(string envVarValue, LogLevel
 		{
 			Check(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, envVarValue, logLevel);
 			Check(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL, envVarValue, logLevel);
-			Check(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, envVarValue, logLevel);
+			Check(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, envVarValue, logLevel);
 			return;
 
 			static void Check(string key, string envVarValue, LogLevel level)
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public void Check_InvalidLogLevelValues_AreMappedToDefaultWarn(string envVarValu
 		{
 			Check(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG, envVarValue);
 			Check(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL, envVarValue);
-			Check(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, envVarValue);
+			Check(OTEL_LOG_LEVEL, envVarValue);
 			return;
 
 			static void Check(string key, string envVarValue)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void Check_LogDir_IsEvaluatedCorrectly()
 		{
 			Check(ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_DIR, "/foo/bar");
 			Check(ELASTIC_APM_LOG_DIRECTORY, "/foo/bar");
-			Check(ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY, "/foo/bar");
+			Check(OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY, "/foo/bar");
 			return;
 
 			static void Check(string key, string envVarValue)
diff --git a/test/profiler/Elastic.Apm.Profiler.Managed.Tests/ProfiledApplication.cs b/test/profiler/Elastic.Apm.Profiler.Managed.Tests/ProfiledApplication.cs
index aa1194c8a..d4b98a126 100644
--- a/test/profiler/Elastic.Apm.Profiler.Managed.Tests/ProfiledApplication.cs
+++ b/test/profiler/Elastic.Apm.Profiler.Managed.Tests/ProfiledApplication.cs
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ public void Start(
 			environmentVariables["ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_INTEGRATIONS"] =
 				Path.Combine(SolutionPaths.Root, "src", "profiler", "Elastic.Apm.Profiler.Managed", "integrations.yml");
 
-			environmentVariables[ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL] = "trace";
+			environmentVariables[OTEL_LOG_LEVEL] = "trace";
 			// log to relative logs directory for managed loader
-			environmentVariables[ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_DIRECTORY] = Path.Combine(SolutionPaths.Root, "logs");
+			environmentVariables[OTEL_DOTNET_AUTO_LOG_DIRECTORY] = Path.Combine(SolutionPaths.Root, "logs");
 
 			environmentVariables[ELASTIC_OTEL_LOG_TARGETS] = "file;stdout";
 			//environmentVariables["ELASTIC_APM_PROFILER_LOG_IL"] = "true";