diff --git a/bazel/workspace.bzl b/bazel/workspace.bzl
index 50ed186..4e369f0 100644
--- a/bazel/workspace.bzl
+++ b/bazel/workspace.bzl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ load("//third_party/xsimd:workspace.bzl", xsimd = "repo")
 load("//third_party/rapidjson:workspace.bzl", rapidjson = "repo")
 load("//third_party/arrow:workspace.bzl", arrow = "repo")
 load("//third_party/thrift:workspace.bzl", thrift = "repo")
+load("//third_party/opentelemetry_cpp:workspace.bzl", opentelemetry_cpp = "repo")
 
 # google cpp libraries
 load("//third_party/double_conversion:workspace.bzl", double_conversion = "repo")
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ def init_third_parties():
     arrow()
     libevent()
     thrift()
+    opentelemetry_cpp()
 
     double_conversion()
     absl()
diff --git a/third_party/arrow/workspace.bzl b/third_party/arrow/workspace.bzl
index b3c11f3..ba33a16 100644
--- a/third_party/arrow/workspace.bzl
+++ b/third_party/arrow/workspace.bzl
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ def repo():
    http_archive(
       name = "arrow",
       build_file = "//third_party/arrow:arrow.BUILD",
-      sha256 = "57e13c62f27b710e1de54fd30faed612aefa22aa41fa2c0c3bacd204dd18a8f3",
-      strip_prefix = "arrow-apache-arrow-7.0.0",
+      sha256 = "07cdb4da6795487c800526b2865c150ab7d80b8512a31793e6a7147c8ccd270f",
+      strip_prefix = "arrow-apache-arrow-14.0.2",
       urls = [
-         "https://github.com/apache/arrow/archive/apache-arrow-7.0.0.tar.gz",
+         "https://github.com/apache/arrow/archive/apache-arrow-14.0.2.tar.gz",
       ],
    )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/BUILD b/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffd0fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
diff --git a/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/README.md b/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1be04ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# OpenTelemetry C++: The OpenTelemetry C++ Client
+
+## Run [the GRPC example](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/tree/main/examples/grpc)
+
+Start the server (where PORT defaults to 8800)
+
+```
+bazel run -c opt @io_opentelemetry_cpp//examples/grpc:server_grpc [-- PORT]
+```
+
+In a separate terminal window, run the client to make a single request
+
+```
+bazel run -c opt @io_opentelemetry_cpp//examples/grpc:client_grpc [-- PORT]
+```
+
+And you should see console exporter output for both the client and server sessions.
+
+
diff --git a/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/workspace.bzl b/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/workspace.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6594213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/opentelemetry_cpp/workspace.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"""Loads the opentelemetry cpp library"""
+
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+def clean_dep(dep):
+    return str(Label(dep))
+
+def repo():
+    version = "1.3.0"
+    http_archive(
+        name = "io_opentelemetry_cpp",
+        strip_prefix = "opentelemetry-cpp-{}".format(version),
+        sha256 = "6a4c43b9c9f753841ebc0fe2717325271f02e2a1d5ddd0b52735c35243629ab3",
+        urls = [
+            "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/archive/refs/tags/v{}.tar.gz".format(version),
+        ],
+    )