diff --git a/.changeset/large-monkeys-dress.md b/.changeset/large-monkeys-dress.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..369a3994c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-monkeys-dress.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': minor
+---
+
+Added OpenTelemetry support to Scaffolder metrics
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index a8413f9931..45d4c33eb9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
+    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.3.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "concat-stream": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index 3b88fd0f10..3d7d8b8b1d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { generateExampleOutput, isTruthy } from './helper';
 import { validate as validateJsonSchema } from 'jsonschema';
 import { TemplateActionRegistry } from '../actions';
+import { metrics } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import {
   SecureTemplater,
   SecureTemplateRenderer,
@@ -520,36 +521,62 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
 }
 
 function scaffoldingTracker() {
-  const taskCount = createCounterMetric({
+  // prom-client metrics are deprecated in favour of OpenTelemetry metrics.
+  const promTaskCount = createCounterMetric({
     name: 'scaffolder_task_count',
     help: 'Count of task runs',
     labelNames: ['template', 'user', 'result'],
   });
-  const taskDuration = createHistogramMetric({
+  const promTaskDuration = createHistogramMetric({
     name: 'scaffolder_task_duration',
     help: 'Duration of a task run',
     labelNames: ['template', 'result'],
   });
-  const stepCount = createCounterMetric({
+  const promtStepCount = createCounterMetric({
     name: 'scaffolder_step_count',
     help: 'Count of step runs',
     labelNames: ['template', 'step', 'result'],
   });
-  const stepDuration = createHistogramMetric({
+  const promStepDuration = createHistogramMetric({
     name: 'scaffolder_step_duration',
     help: 'Duration of a step runs',
     labelNames: ['template', 'step', 'result'],
   });
 
+  const meter = metrics.getMeter('default');
+  const taskCount = meter.createCounter('scaffolder.task.count', {
+    description: 'Count of task runs',
+  });
+
+  const taskDuration = meter.createHistogram('scaffolder.task.duration', {
+    description: 'Duration of a task run',
+    unit: 'seconds',
+  });
+
+  const stepCount = meter.createCounter('scaffolder.step.count', {
+    description: 'Count of step runs',
+  });
+
+  const stepDuration = meter.createHistogram('scaffolder.step.duration', {
+    description: 'Duration of a step runs',
+    unit: 'seconds',
+  });
+
   async function taskStart(task: TaskContext) {
     await task.emitLog(`Starting up task with ${task.spec.steps.length} steps`);
     const template = task.spec.templateInfo?.entityRef || '';
     const user = task.spec.user?.ref || '';
 
-    const taskTimer = taskDuration.startTimer({
+    const startTime = process.hrtime();
+    const taskTimer = promTaskDuration.startTimer({
       template,
     });
 
+    function endTime() {
+      const delta = process.hrtime(startTime);
+      return delta[0] + delta[1] / 1e9;
+    }
+
     async function skipDryRun(
       step: TaskStep,
       action: TemplateAction<JsonObject>,
@@ -561,12 +588,17 @@ function scaffoldingTracker() {
     }
 
     async function markSuccessful() {
-      taskCount.inc({
+      promTaskCount.inc({
         template,
         user,
         result: 'ok',
       });
       taskTimer({ result: 'ok' });
+
+      taskCount.add(1, { template, user, result: 'ok' });
+      taskDuration.record(endTime(), {
+        result: 'ok',
+      });
     }
 
     async function markFailed(step: TaskStep, err: Error) {
@@ -574,12 +606,17 @@ function scaffoldingTracker() {
         stepId: step.id,
         status: 'failed',
       });
-      taskCount.inc({
+      promTaskCount.inc({
         template,
         user,
         result: 'failed',
       });
       taskTimer({ result: 'failed' });
+
+      taskCount.add(1, { template, user, result: 'failed' });
+      taskDuration.record(endTime(), {
+        result: 'failed',
+      });
     }
 
     async function markCancelled(step: TaskStep) {
@@ -587,12 +624,17 @@ function scaffoldingTracker() {
         stepId: step.id,
         status: 'cancelled',
       });
-      taskCount.inc({
+      promTaskCount.inc({
         template,
         user,
         result: 'cancelled',
       });
       taskTimer({ result: 'cancelled' });
+
+      taskCount.add(1, { template, user, result: 'cancelled' });
+      taskDuration.record(endTime(), {
+        result: 'cancelled',
+      });
     }
 
     return {
@@ -610,40 +652,61 @@ function scaffoldingTracker() {
     });
     const template = task.spec.templateInfo?.entityRef || '';
 
-    const stepTimer = stepDuration.startTimer({
+    const startTime = process.hrtime();
+    const stepTimer = promStepDuration.startTimer({
       template,
       step: step.name,
     });
 
+    function endTime() {
+      const delta = process.hrtime(startTime);
+      return delta[0] + delta[1] / 1e9;
+    }
+
     async function markSuccessful() {
       await task.emitLog(`Finished step ${step.name}`, {
         stepId: step.id,
         status: 'completed',
       });
-      stepCount.inc({
+      promtStepCount.inc({
         template,
         step: step.name,
         result: 'ok',
       });
       stepTimer({ result: 'ok' });
+
+      stepCount.add(1, { template, step: step.name, result: 'ok' });
+      stepDuration.record(endTime(), {
+        result: 'ok',
+      });
     }
 
     async function markCancelled() {
-      stepCount.inc({
+      promtStepCount.inc({
         template,
         step: step.name,
         result: 'cancelled',
       });
       stepTimer({ result: 'cancelled' });
+
+      stepCount.add(1, { template, step: step.name, result: 'cancelled' });
+      stepDuration.record(endTime(), {
+        result: 'cancelled',
+      });
     }
 
     async function markFailed() {
-      stepCount.inc({
+      promtStepCount.inc({
         template,
         step: step.name,
         result: 'failed',
       });
       stepTimer({ result: 'failed' });
+
+      stepCount.add(1, { template, step: step.name, result: 'failed' });
+      stepDuration.record(endTime(), {
+        result: 'failed',
+      });
     }
 
     async function skipFalsy() {
@@ -652,6 +715,11 @@ function scaffoldingTracker() {
         { stepId: step.id, status: 'skipped' },
       );
       stepTimer({ result: 'skipped' });
+
+      stepCount.add(1, { template, step: step.name, result: 'skipped' });
+      stepDuration.record(endTime(), {
+        result: 'skipped',
+      });
     }
 
     return {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fe8c64dd81..293b532159 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7209,6 +7209,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
+    "@opentelemetry/api": ^1.3.0
     "@types/express": ^4.17.6
     "@types/fs-extra": ^11.0.0
     "@types/luxon": ^3.0.0