diff --git a/jwtproxy/requirements.txt b/jwtproxy/requirements.txt
index e4c005d0..676054cf 100644
--- a/jwtproxy/requirements.txt
+++ b/jwtproxy/requirements.txt
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@ aiohttp==3.13.4
 aiosignal==1.4.0
 async-timeout==4.0.2
 attrs==25.4.0
+azure-monitor-opentelemetry==1.8.7
 cffi>=2.0.0
 charset-normalizer==3.4.6
 cryptography==46.0.7
-Deprecated==1.3.1
 frozenlist==1.8.0
 idna==3.11
 jwcrypto==1.5.6
 multidict==6.7.1
 pycparser==3.0
-wrapt==2.1.2
 yarl===1.23.0
-opencensus-ext-azure==1.1.15
diff --git a/jwtproxy/requirements_dev.txt b/jwtproxy/requirements_dev.txt
index 169449ad..ec57338f 100644
--- a/jwtproxy/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/jwtproxy/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ ruff==0.15.6
 six==1.17.0
 sniffio==1.3.1
 watchgod==0.8.2
-wrapt==2.1.2
 yarl==1.23.0
diff --git a/jwtproxy/src/server.py b/jwtproxy/src/server.py
index 49073845..f3cac150 100755
--- a/jwtproxy/src/server.py
+++ b/jwtproxy/src/server.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 log_fmt = base_log_fmt.copy()
 audit_log_fmt = {"audit": True}
 audit_log_fmt.update(log_fmt)
+
 log_cfg = {
     "version": 1,
     "disable_existing_loggers": False,
@@ -43,18 +44,6 @@
             "formatter": "json",
             "level": LOG_LEVEL,
         },
-        "appinsights": {
-            "class": "opencensus.ext.azure.log_exporter.AzureLogHandler",
-            "connection_string": AZURE_APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNSTRING,
-            "formatter": "json-audit",
-            "level": "DEBUG",
-        },
-        "appinsightsaccess": {
-            "class": "opencensus.ext.azure.log_exporter.AzureLogHandler",
-            "connection_string": AZURE_APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNSTRING,
-            "formatter": "json",
-            "level": "DEBUG",
-        },
     },
     "loggers": {
         "jwtproxy.applogs": {
@@ -64,26 +53,42 @@
         },
         "jwtproxy.auditlogs": {
             "propagate": False,
-            "handlers": ["appinsights"],
+            "handlers": ["console"], # changed below if Azure Connection string is set
             "level": "DEBUG",  # Send everything
         },
         "jwtproxy.accesslogs": {
             "propagate": False,
-            "handlers": ["appinsightsaccess"],
+            "handlers": ["console"], # changed below if Azure Connection string is set
             "level": "DEBUG",  # Send everything
         },
     },
 }
 
-if not AZURE_APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNSTRING:
-    log_cfg["handlers"].pop("appinsights")
-    log_cfg["handlers"].pop("appinsightsaccess")
-    log_cfg["loggers"]["jwtproxy.auditlogs"]["handlers"] = [
-        "console",
-    ]
-    log_cfg["loggers"]["jwtproxy.accesslogs"]["handlers"] = [
-        "console",
-    ]
+if AZURE_APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNSTRING:
+    from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter import AzureMonitorLogExporter
+    from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LoggerProvider
+    from opentelemetry.sdk._logs.export import BatchLogRecordProcessor
+
+    logger_provider = LoggerProvider()
+    logger_provider.add_log_record_processor(
+        BatchLogRecordProcessor(
+            AzureMonitorLogExporter(connection_string=AZURE_APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNSTRING)
+        )
+    )
+    log_cfg["handlers"]["appinsights"] = {
+        "class": "opentelemetry.sdk._logs.LoggingHandler",
+        "logger_provider": logger_provider,
+        "formatter": "json-audit",
+        "level": "DEBUG",
+    }
+    log_cfg["handlers"]["appinsightsaccess"] = {
+        "class": "opentelemetry.sdk._logs.LoggingHandler",
+        "logger_provider": logger_provider,
+        "formatter": "json",
+        "level": "DEBUG",
+    }
+    log_cfg["loggers"]["jwtproxy.auditlogs"]["handlers"] = ["appinsights"]
+    log_cfg["loggers"]["jwtproxy.accesslogs"]["handlers"] = ["appinsightsaccess"]
 dictConfig(log_cfg)
 
 app_logger = logging.getLogger("jwtproxy.applogs")