diff --git a/bazel/repository.bzl b/bazel/repository.bzl
index 0d26e280b4..b4c618b830 100644
--- a/bazel/repository.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repository.bzl
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@ def opentelemetry_cpp_deps():
 
     # OTLP Protocol definition
     maybe(
-        native.new_local_repository,
+        http_archive,
         name = "com_github_opentelemetry_proto",
         build_file = "//bazel:opentelemetry_proto.BUILD",
-        path = "third_party/opentelemetry-proto",
+        sha256 = "08f090570e0a112bfae276ba37e9c45bf724b64d902a7a001db33123b840ebd6",
+        strip_prefix = "opentelemetry-proto-0.6.0",
+        urls = [
+            "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/archive/v0.6.0.tar.gz",
+        ],
     )
 
     # JSON library
diff --git a/third_party/opentelemetry-proto b/third_party/opentelemetry-proto
index f11e0538fd..59c488bfb8 160000
--- a/third_party/opentelemetry-proto
+++ b/third_party/opentelemetry-proto
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f11e0538fd7dc30127ca6bfb2062e5d9f782b77b
+Subproject commit 59c488bfb8fb6d0458ad6425758b70259ff4a2bd