diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5fc10d449..7441ee99e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.53.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.27.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
@@ -110,7 +111,6 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3 v3.5.13 // indirect
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3 v3.5.13 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.28.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/server/options/tracing.go b/pkg/server/options/tracing.go
index d56e7df51..7be62fad0 100644
--- a/pkg/server/options/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/server/options/tracing.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"net"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/noop"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.12.0"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -48,6 +50,12 @@ var (
 	codecs    = serializer.NewCodecFactory(cfgScheme)
 )
 
+func init() {
+	// Prevent memory leak from OTel metrics, which we don't use:
+	// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-contrib/issues/5190
+	otel.SetMeterProvider(noop.NewMeterProvider())
+}
+
 func init() {
 	install.Install(cfgScheme)
 }