diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/client.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/client.go
index 16747887640..fc5d911f7b5 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/client.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/client.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package otlploghttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/o
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	logpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/logs/v1"
+	logpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/logs/v1"
 )
 
 type client struct {
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/exporter_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/exporter_test.go
index 418a3148df1..5123298f302 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/exporter_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log"
-	logpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/logs/v1"
+	logpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/logs/v1"
 )
 
 func TestExporterExportErrors(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.mod
index 2dccee7a7cd..bb7321e0b13 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.mod
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.0.0-20240403115316-6c6e1e7416e9
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.25.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.2.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp v1.2.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.sum
index b0e38ec717e..46a5388d5e5 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.sum
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.sum
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.2.0 h1:pVeZGk7nXDC9O2hncA6nHldxEjm6LByfA2aN8IOkz94=
-go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gGpR8txAl5M03pDhMC79G6SdqNV26naRm/KDsgaHD8A=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp v1.2.0 h1:90eMxPHyObsdi/dB1ZP8FP3s3txzxVXjArYqLxPuLZg=
+go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp v1.2.0/go.mod h1:DeSHUkdUaCemrUs/Nmnsdo8BtM+XmdTEVjYWYFiLQhU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 h1:q5f1RH2jigJ1MoAWp2KTp3gm5zAGFUTarQZ5U386+4o=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/attr_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/attr_test.go
index 99320b4eae0..86d8bf1d66d 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/attr_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/attr_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
-	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/common/v1"
+	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/common/v1"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log.go
index a59536aa704..0ad67e1f68e 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ package transform // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otl
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/common/v1"
-	lpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/logs/v1"
-	rpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/resource/v1"
+	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/common/v1"
+	lpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/logs/v1"
+	rpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/resource/v1"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	api "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log"
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_attr_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_attr_test.go
index 570a6927cad..c3165164b18 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_attr_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_attr_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log"
-	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/common/v1"
+	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/common/v1"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_test.go
index 2ce4557f7e9..db8063e1587 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_test.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/internal/transform/log_test.go
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
-	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/common/v1"
-	lpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/logs/v1"
+	cpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/common/v1"
+	lpb "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/slim/otlp/logs/v1"
 
 	api "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log"