diff --git a/opentelemetry-quickstart/pom.xml b/opentelemetry-quickstart/pom.xml
index 6eb29347d0..f99a54563e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-quickstart/pom.xml
+++ b/opentelemetry-quickstart/pom.xml
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-observability-devservices-lgtm</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9.5</version>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResource.java b/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResource.java
index ff775ee8f7..5eacc1d1d3 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResource.java
+++ b/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/main/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResource.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package org.acme.opentelemetry;
 
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.AtomicDouble;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.LongCounter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
@@ -24,18 +24,21 @@ public class TracedResource {
     @Context
     UriInfo uriInfo;
 
+    @Inject
+    OpenTelemetry openTelemetry;
+
     private Meter meter;
 
-    private AtomicDouble xValue = new AtomicDouble(0.0);
+    private LongCounter longCounter;
 
     @PostConstruct
     public void init() {
-        meter = GlobalOpenTelemetry.getMeter("myservice");
+        meter = openTelemetry.getMeter("myservice");
 
-        meter.gaugeBuilder("service.xvalue")
+         longCounter = meter.counterBuilder("service.xvalue")
                 .setDescription("Current value of X in the service")
                 .setUnit("units")
-                .buildWithCallback(measurement -> measurement.record(xValue.get()));
+                .build();
     }
 
     @GET
@@ -59,13 +62,14 @@ public String chain() {
     @GET
     @Path("/metrics/set")
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-    public String setMetric(@QueryParam("value") Double value) {
-        if (value == null) {
-            LOG.warn("Attempted to set metric without providing a value.");
-            return "{\"status\":\"failure\", \"message\":\"Value parameter is missing\"}";
+    public String setMetric(@QueryParam("value") long value) {
+        if (value <= 0) {
+            LOG.warn("Attempted to set metric with a non-positive value.");
+            return "{\"status\":\"failure\", \"message\":\"Value parameter must be positive\"}";
         }
-        xValue.set(value);
-        LOG.infof("Metric 'xvalue' set to: %f", value);
+        longCounter.add(value);
+
+        LOG.infof("Metric 'xvalue' set to: %d", value);
         return "{\"status\":\"success\", \"xvalue\":" + value + "}";
     }
 }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResourceTest.java b/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResourceTest.java
index 423e6e302e..e54bf63781 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResourceTest.java
+++ b/opentelemetry-quickstart/src/test/java/org/acme/opentelemetry/TracedResourceTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public void testChainEndpoint() {
 
     @Test
     public void testSetMetricEndpoint() {
-        Double testValue = 42.0;
+        long testValue = 42L;
 
         given()
                 .queryParam("value", testValue)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public void testSetMetricEndpoint() {
                 .then()
                 .statusCode(200)
                 .body("status", is("success"))
-                .body("xvalue", is(testValue.floatValue()));
+                .body("xvalue", is((int)testValue));
     }
 
 }