diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts
index 05da7b6e95..5c1662953f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.japicmp-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ if (!project.hasProperty("otel.release") && !project.name.startsWith("bom")) {
 
         //this is needed so that we only consider the current artifact, and not dependencies
         isIgnoreMissingClasses = true
-        // double wildcards don't seem to work here (*.internal.*)
-        packageExcludes = listOf("*.internal", "io.opentelemetry.internal.shaded.jctools.*")
+        packageExcludes = listOf("*.internal", "*.internal.*", "io.opentelemetry.internal.shaded.jctools.*")
         val baseVersionString = if (apiBaseVersion == null) "latest" else baselineVersion
         txtOutputFile = apiNewVersion?.let { file("$rootDir/docs/apidiffs/${apiNewVersion}_vs_${baselineVersion}/${base.archivesName.get()}.txt") }
           ?: file("$rootDir/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_${baseVersionString}/${base.archivesName.get()}.txt")
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt
index 002458ac08..df26146497 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,2 @@
 Comparing source compatibility of  against 
-+++  NEW CLASS: PUBLIC(+) FINAL(+) io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.internal.grpc.GrpcStatusUtil  (not serializable)
-	+++  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- n.a.
-	+++  NEW SUPERCLASS: java.lang.Object
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) STATIC(+) java.lang.String getStatusMessage(byte[])
-		+++  NEW EXCEPTION: java.io.IOException
-+++  NEW CLASS: PUBLIC(+) FINAL(+) io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.internal.grpc.ManagedChannelUtil  (not serializable)
-	+++  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- n.a.
-	+++  NEW SUPERCLASS: java.lang.Object
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) STATIC(+) void setTrustedCertificatesPem(io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder, byte[])
-		+++  NEW EXCEPTION: javax.net.ssl.SSLException
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) STATIC(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode shutdownChannel(io.grpc.ManagedChannel)
-+++  NEW CLASS: PUBLIC(+) FINAL(+) io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.internal.grpc.MarshalerInputStream  (not serializable)
-	+++  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- n.a.
-	+++  NEW SUPERCLASS: java.io.InputStream
-	+++  NEW CONSTRUCTOR: PUBLIC(+) MarshalerInputStream(io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.internal.Marshaler)
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) int available()
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) int drainTo(java.io.OutputStream)
-		+++  NEW EXCEPTION: java.io.IOException
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) int read()
-		+++  NEW EXCEPTION: java.io.IOException
-	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) int read(byte[], int, int)
-		+++  NEW EXCEPTION: java.io.IOException
+No changes.
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