diff --git a/.changesets/breaking_lb_next_apollo_otel_default.md b/.changesets/breaking_lb_next_apollo_otel_default.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae3c4a3d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/breaking_lb_next_apollo_otel_default.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+### Default to Apollo reporting over OTel ([PR #5741](https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/5741))
+
+BREAKING CHANGE: This change will cause traces in Apollo Studio to appear differently
+
+
+By [@lennyburdette](https://github.com/lennyburdette) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/5741
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diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/apollo.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/apollo.rs
index ecb8177e68..7f8cb5c11c 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/apollo.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/apollo.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ const fn default_field_level_instrumentation_sampler() -> SamplerOption {
 }
 
 const fn default_experimental_otlp_tracing_sampler() -> SamplerOption {
-    SamplerOption::Always(Sampler::AlwaysOff)
+    SamplerOption::Always(Sampler::AlwaysOn)
 }
 
 fn endpoint_default() -> Url {