diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index d763730cd..f19e02baa 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="9.7.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="9.4.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="1.13.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.13.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.13.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.13.0" />
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="GitHubActionsTestLogger" Version="2.4.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2024.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.14.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory" Version="1.13.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers" Version="22.0.16" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Unquote" Version="7.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.0">
@@ -102,4 +104,4 @@
     </PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.v3" Version="2.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/DocsSyncTests.cs b/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/DocsSyncTests.cs
index e4af40b8a..025cc5ef2 100644
--- a/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/DocsSyncTests.cs
+++ b/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/DocsSyncTests.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
 
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers;
 using Amazon.S3;
 using Amazon.S3.Model;
@@ -11,9 +12,12 @@
 using Elastic.Documentation.Configuration;
 using Elastic.Documentation.Configuration.Assembler;
 using Elastic.Documentation.Diagnostics;
+using Elastic.Documentation.ServiceDefaults.Telemetry;
 using FakeItEasy;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using OpenTelemetry;
+using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
 
 namespace Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests;
 
@@ -268,12 +272,20 @@ public async Task TestApply()
 			{
 				transferredFiles = fileSystem.Directory.GetFiles(request.Directory, request.SearchPattern, request.SearchOption);
 			});
+
+		// Configure OpenTelemetry to capture telemetry
+		var exportedActivities = new List<Activity>();
+		using var tracerProvider = Sdk.CreateTracerProviderBuilder()
+			.AddSource(TelemetryConstants.AssemblerSyncInstrumentationName)
+			.AddInMemoryExporter(exportedActivities)
+			.Build();
+
 		var applier = new AwsS3SyncApplyStrategy(new LoggerFactory(), moxS3Client, moxTransferUtility, "fake", context, collector);
 
 		// Act
 		await applier.Apply(plan, Cancel.None);
 
-		// Assert
+		// Assert - File operations
 		transferredFiles.Length.Should().Be(4); // 3 add requests + 1 update request
 		transferredFiles.Should().NotContain("docs/skip.md");
 
@@ -282,5 +294,18 @@ public async Task TestApply()
 
 		A.CallTo(() => moxTransferUtility.UploadDirectoryAsync(A<TransferUtilityUploadDirectoryRequest>._, A<Cancel>._))
 			.MustHaveHappenedOnceExactly();
+
+		// Assert - Telemetry spans are created
+		exportedActivities.Should().Contain(a => a.DisplayName == "sync apply");
+		exportedActivities.Should().Contain(a => a.DisplayName == "upload files");
+		exportedActivities.Should().Contain(a => a.DisplayName == "delete files");
+
+		// Assert - Telemetry tags contain correct aggregate counts
+		var syncActivity = exportedActivities.First(a => a.DisplayName == "sync apply");
+		var tagObjects = syncActivity.TagObjects.ToList();
+		tagObjects.Should().Contain(t => t.Key == "docs.sync.files.added" && Convert.ToInt64(t.Value, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) == 3);
+		tagObjects.Should().Contain(t => t.Key == "docs.sync.files.updated" && Convert.ToInt64(t.Value, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) == 1);
+		tagObjects.Should().Contain(t => t.Key == "docs.sync.files.deleted" && Convert.ToInt64(t.Value, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) == 1);
+		tagObjects.Should().Contain(t => t.Key == "docs.sync.files.total" && Convert.ToInt64(t.Value, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) == 5);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests.csproj b/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests.csproj
index 73d9c4b12..93949d094 100644
--- a/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests.csproj
+++ b/tests-integration/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests/Elastic.Assembler.IntegrationTests.csproj
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(SolutionRoot)\src\Elastic.Documentation\Elastic.Documentation.csproj"/>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(SolutionRoot)\src\tooling\docs-builder\docs-builder.csproj"/>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(SolutionRoot)\aspire\aspire.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(SolutionRoot)\src\Elastic.Documentation.ServiceDefaults\Elastic.Documentation.ServiceDefaults.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="FakeItEasy" />
     <PackageReference Include="AngleSharp" />
     <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting.Testing"/>
     <PackageReference Include="InMemoryLogger"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.InMemory" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>