diff --git a/crates/apollo-router/Cargo.toml b/crates/apollo-router/Cargo.toml
index ae8637508dc..32b6fdaae07 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apollo-router/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ name = "router"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [features]
-default = ["otlp-tonic"]
+default = ["otlp-grpc"]
 # activates OTLP/gRPC
-otlp-tonic = [
+otlp-grpc = [
     "opentelemetry-otlp/tonic",
     "opentelemetry-otlp/tonic-build",
     "opentelemetry-otlp/prost",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ otlp-tonic = [
 ]
 # activates OTLP/HTTP
 otlp-http = ["opentelemetry-otlp/http-proto"]
-tls = ["opentelemetry-otlp/tls", "tonic/transport", "tonic/tls", "otlp-tonic"]
+tls = ["opentelemetry-otlp/tls", "tonic/transport", "tonic/tls", "otlp-grpc"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.47"
diff --git a/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/mod.rs b/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/mod.rs
index eeb184f075d..9b528babc4d 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Logic for loading configuration in to an object model
 
-#[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-tonic", feature = "otlp-http"))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-grpc", feature = "otlp-http"))]
 pub mod otlp;
 
 use apollo_router_core::prelude::*;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl Cors {
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 pub enum OpenTelemetry {
     Jaeger(Option<Jaeger>),
-    #[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-tonic", feature = "otlp-http"))]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-grpc", feature = "otlp-http"))]
     Otlp(otlp::Otlp),
 }
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_config_snapshot!("testdata/config_opentelemetry_jaeger_full.yml");
     }
 
-    #[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-tonic", feature = "otlp-http"))]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-grpc", feature = "otlp-http"))]
     #[test]
     fn ensure_configuration_api_does_not_change_common() {
         // NOTE: don't take a snapshot here because the optional fields appear with ~ and they vary
@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@ mod tests {
         ))
         .unwrap();
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "otlp-tonic")]
+        #[cfg(feature = "otlp-grpc")]
         serde_yaml::from_str::<Configuration>(include_str!(
             "testdata/config_opentelemetry_otlp_tracing_tonic_common.yml"
         ))
         .unwrap();
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "otlp-tonic")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "otlp-grpc")]
     #[test]
     fn ensure_configuration_api_does_not_change_tonic() {
         assert_config_snapshot!("testdata/config_opentelemetry_otlp_tracing_tonic_basic.yml");
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_config_snapshot!("testdata/config_opentelemetry_otlp_tracing_http_full.yml");
     }
 
-    #[cfg(all(feature = "tls", feature = "otlp-tonic"))]
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "tls", feature = "otlp-grpc"))]
     #[test]
     fn ensure_configuration_api_does_not_change_tls_config() {
         assert_config_snapshot!("testdata/config_opentelemetry_otlp_tracing_tonic_tls.yml");
diff --git a/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/otlp/mod.rs b/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/otlp/mod.rs
index 17d73822846..8e5cc4d98cd 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/otlp/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo-router/src/configuration/otlp/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "otlp-http")]
 mod http;
-#[cfg(feature = "otlp-tonic")]
+#[cfg(feature = "otlp-grpc")]
 mod tonic;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "otlp-http")]
 pub use self::http::*;
-#[cfg(feature = "otlp-tonic")]
+#[cfg(feature = "otlp-grpc")]
 pub use self::tonic::*;
 use crate::configuration::ConfigurationError;
 use opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub struct Tracing {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields, rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub enum Exporter {
-    #[cfg(feature = "otlp-tonic")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "otlp-grpc")]
     Grpc(TonicExporter),
     #[cfg(feature = "otlp-http")]
     Http(HttpExporter),
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub enum Exporter {
 impl Exporter {
     pub fn exporter(&self) -> Result<opentelemetry_otlp::SpanExporterBuilder, ConfigurationError> {
         match &self {
-            #[cfg(feature = "otlp-tonic")]
+            #[cfg(feature = "otlp-grpc")]
             Exporter::Grpc(exporter) => Ok(exporter.exporter()?.into()),
             #[cfg(feature = "otlp-http")]
             Exporter::Http(exporter) => Ok(exporter.exporter()?.into()),
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl Exporter {
         match std::env::var("ROUTER_TRACING").as_deref() {
             #[cfg(feature = "otlp-http")]
             Ok("http") => Ok(HttpExporter::exporter_from_env().into()),
-            #[cfg(feature = "otlp-tonic")]
+            #[cfg(feature = "otlp-grpc")]
             Ok("tonic") => Ok(TonicExporter::exporter_from_env().into()),
             Ok(val) => Err(ConfigurationError::InvalidEnvironmentVariable(format!(
                 "unrecognized value for ROUTER_TRACING: {}",
diff --git a/crates/apollo-router/src/lib.rs b/crates/apollo-router/src/lib.rs
index b2cd09e7598..5e0b4197dc4 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-router/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo-router/src/lib.rs
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ fn try_initialize_subscriber(
             opentelemetry::global::set_error_handler(handle_error)?;
             return Ok(Some(Arc::new(subscriber.with(telemetry))));
         }
-        #[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-tonic", feature = "otlp-http"))]
+        #[cfg(any(feature = "otlp-grpc", feature = "otlp-http"))]
         Some(OpenTelemetry::Otlp(configuration::otlp::Otlp::Tracing(tracing))) => {
             let tracer = if let Some(tracing) = tracing.as_ref() {
                 tracing.tracer()?
diff --git a/xtask/src/commands/test.rs b/xtask/src/commands/test.rs
index 47c0d9f5c1d..b84fcf17e59 100644
--- a/xtask/src/commands/test.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/commands/test.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::{ensure, Result};
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use xtask::*;
 
-const FEATURE_SETS: &[&[&str]] = &[&[], &["otlp-http"], &["otlp-tonic"], &["otlp-tonic", "tls"]];
+const FEATURE_SETS: &[&[&str]] = &[&[], &["otlp-http"], &["otlp-grpc"], &["otlp-grpc", "tls"]];
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 pub struct Test {