diff --git a/changelog/18589.txt b/changelog/18589.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e1ef4878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/18589.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+vault/diagnose: Upgrade `go.opentelemetry.io/otel`, `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk`, `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace` to v1.11.2
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 02997af7d..ba7446dae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3 v3.5.0
 	go.mongodb.org/atlas v0.15.0
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.7.3
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.20.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.11.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.11.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.11.2
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220817201139-bc19a97f63c8
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldif v0.0.0-20200320164324-fd88d9b715b3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/analysis v0.20.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.19.9 // indirect
@@ -423,7 +424,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.2 // indirect
 	go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3 v3.5.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.20.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eaf7ecbc4..353496b0d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -633,8 +633,11 @@ github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.0/go.mod h1:wCYkCAKZfumFQihp8CzCvQ3paCTfi41vtzG
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.2.0/go.mod h1:z6/tIYblkpsD+a4lm/fGIIU9mZ+XfAiaFtq7xTgseGU=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 h1:2DntVwHkVopvECVRSlL5PSo9eG+cAkDCuckLubN+rq0=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-martini/martini v0.0.0-20170121215854-22fa46961aab h1:xveKWz2iaueeTaUgdetzel+U7exyigDYBryyVfV/rZk=
 github.com/go-martini/martini v0.0.0-20170121215854-22fa46961aab/go.mod h1:/P9AEU963A2AYjv4d1V5eVL1CQbEJq6aCNHDDjibzu8=
 github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.6 h1:/Fpf6oFPoeFik9ty7siob0G6Ke8QvQEuVcuChpwXzpY=
@@ -1875,16 +1878,12 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.5/go.mod h1:5pWMHQbX5EPX2/62yrJeAkowc+lfs/XD7Uxpq3pI6kk=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 h1:gqCw0LfLxScz8irSi8exQc7fyQ0fKQU/qnC/X8+V/1M=
 go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0 h1:eaP0Fqu7SXHwvjiqDq83zImeehOHX8doTvU9AwXON8g=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0/go.mod h1:Y3ugLH2oa81t5QO+Lty+zXf8zC9L26ax4Nzoxm/dooo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.20.0 h1:4kzhXFP+btKm4jwxpjIqjs41A7MakRFUS86bqLHTIw8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.20.0/go.mod h1:598I5tYlH1vzBjn+BTuhzTCSb/9debfNp6R3s7Pr1eU=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.20.0 h1:HiITxCawalo5vQzdHfKeZurV8x7ljcqAgiWzF6Vaeaw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.20.0/go.mod h1:L7bgKf9ZB7qCwT9Up7i9/pn0PWIa9FqQ2IQ8LoxiGnw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.20.0 h1:JsxtGXd06J8jrnya7fdI/U/MR6yXA5DtbZy+qoHQlr8=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.20.0/go.mod h1:g/IcepuwNsoiX5Byy2nNV0ySUF1em498m7hBWC279Yc=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0 h1:1DL6EXUdcg95gukhuRRvLDO/4X5THh/5dIV52lqtnbw=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0/go.mod h1:6GjCW8zgDjwGHGa6GkyeB8+/5vjT16gUEi0Nf1iBdgw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.11.2 h1:YBZcQlsVekzFsFbjygXMOXSs6pialIZxcjfO/mBDmR0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.11.2/go.mod h1:7p4EUV+AqgdlNV9gL97IgUZiVR3yrFXYo53f9BM3tRI=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.11.2 h1:GF4JoaEx7iihdMFu30sOyRx52HDHOkl9xQ8SMqNXUiU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.11.2/go.mod h1:wZ1WxImwpq+lVRo4vsmSOxdd+xwoUJ6rqyLc3SyX9aU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.11.2 h1:Xf7hWSF2Glv0DE3MH7fBHvtpSBsjcBUe5MYAmZM/+y0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.11.2/go.mod h1:4N+yC7QEz7TTsG9BSRLNAa63eg5E06ObSbKPmxQ/pKA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
diff --git a/vault/diagnose/helpers.go b/vault/diagnose/helpers.go
index 08f004a2b..28800a3a5 100644
--- a/vault/diagnose/helpers.go
+++ b/vault/diagnose/helpers.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (s *Session) Finalize(ctx context.Context) *Result {
 }
 
 // StartSpan starts a "diagnose" span, which is really just an OpenTelemetry Tracing span.
-func StartSpan(ctx context.Context, spanName string, options ...trace.SpanOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
+func StartSpan(ctx context.Context, spanName string, options ...trace.SpanStartOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
 	session := CurrentSession(ctx)
 	if session != nil {
 		return session.tracer.Start(ctx, spanName, options...)
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func SpotCheck(ctx context.Context, checkName string, f func() error) error {
 
 // Test creates a new named span, and executes the provided function within it.  If the function returns an error,
 // the span is considered to have failed.
-func Test(ctx context.Context, spanName string, function testFunction, options ...trace.SpanOption) error {
+func Test(ctx context.Context, spanName string, function testFunction, options ...trace.SpanStartOption) error {
 	ctx, span := StartSpan(ctx, spanName, options...)
 	defer span.End()
 	sess := CurrentSession(ctx)
diff --git a/vault/diagnose/output.go b/vault/diagnose/output.go
index 22d36b987..6579bd4d0 100644
--- a/vault/diagnose/output.go
+++ b/vault/diagnose/output.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (t *TelemetryCollector) getOrBuildResult(id trace.SpanID) *Result {
 	if !ok {
 		r = &Result{
 			Name:    s.Name(),
-			Message: s.StatusMessage(),
+			Message: s.Status().Description,
 			Time:    s.StartTime(),
 		}
 		for _, e := range s.Events() {
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (t *TelemetryCollector) getOrBuildResult(id trace.SpanID) *Result {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		switch s.StatusCode() {
+		switch s.Status().Code {
 		case codes.Unset:
 			if len(r.Warnings) > 0 {
 				r.Status = WarningStatus
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (t *TelemetryCollector) getOrBuildResult(id trace.SpanID) *Result {
 	return r
 }
 
-func findAttribute(e trace.Event, attr attribute.Key) string {
+func findAttribute(e sdktrace.Event, attr attribute.Key) string {
 	for _, a := range e.Attributes {
 		if a.Key == attr {
 			return a.Value.AsString()
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func findAttribute(e trace.Event, attr attribute.Key) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func findAttributes(e trace.Event, attr1, attr2 attribute.Key) (string, string) {
+func findAttributes(e sdktrace.Event, attr1, attr2 attribute.Key) (string, string) {
 	var av1, av2 string
 	for _, a := range e.Attributes {
 		switch a.Key {