diff --git a/.changeset/evil-seals-smell.md b/.changeset/evil-seals-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a533720434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/evil-seals-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Migrated OpenTelemetry metrics to use the `MetricsService` from `@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha` instead of the raw `@opentelemetry/api` meter.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
index ec7bdba97c..3ff1c1b9c2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.9.0",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "express": "^4.22.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts
index 17997da485..6cef0d3cde 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/ScaffolderPlugin.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import {
 import {
   actionsServiceRef,
   actionsRegistryServiceRef,
+  metricsServiceRef,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 import { createScaffolderActions } from './actions';
 
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ export const scaffolderPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
         actionsRegistry: actionsServiceRef,
         actionsRegistryService: actionsRegistryServiceRef,
         scaffolderService: scaffolderServiceRef,
+        metrics: metricsServiceRef,
       },
       async init({
         logger,
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ export const scaffolderPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
         actionsRegistry,
         actionsRegistryService,
         scaffolderService,
+        metrics,
       }) {
         const log = loggerToWinstonLogger(logger);
         const integrations = ScmIntegrations.fromConfig(config);
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@ export const scaffolderPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
           events,
           auditor,
           actionsRegistry,
+          metrics,
         });
         httpRouter.use(router);
       },
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/dryrun/createDryRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/dryrun/createDryRunner.ts
index e01e76064e..1c56248081 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/dryrun/createDryRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/dryrun/createDryRunner.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   BackstageCredentials,
   LoggerService,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import type { MetricsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 import type { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ export type TemplateTesterCreateOptions = {
   additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal>;
   permissions?: PermissionEvaluator;
   config?: Config;
+  metrics: MetricsService;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
index c063e38cb2..6b07936e57 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.test.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ import {
   mockCredentials,
   mockServices,
 } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { actionsRegistryServiceMock } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils/alpha';
+import {
+  actionsRegistryServiceMock,
+  metricsServiceMock,
+} from '@backstage/backend-test-utils/alpha';
 
 describe('NunjucksWorkflowRunner', () => {
   let actionRegistry: TemplateActionRegistry;
@@ -249,6 +252,7 @@ describe('NunjucksWorkflowRunner', () => {
       logger,
       permissions: mockedPermissionApi,
       config,
+      metrics: metricsServiceMock.mock(),
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index 589ad2e204..a6a2eb2483 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {
   TaskStep,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
 import { JsonArray, JsonObject, JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
-import { metrics } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { validate as validateJsonSchema } from 'jsonschema';
 import nunjucks from 'nunjucks';
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ import type {
   LoggerService,
   PermissionsService,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import type { MetricsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 import { UserEntity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   AuthorizeResult,
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ type NunjucksWorkflowRunnerOptions = {
   additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal>;
   permissions?: PermissionsService;
   config?: Config;
+  metrics: MetricsService;
 };
 
 type TemplateContext = {
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
     secrets?: Record<string, string>;
   } = { parameters: {}, secrets: {} };
 
+  private readonly tracker: ReturnType<typeof scaffoldingTracker>;
+
   constructor(options: NunjucksWorkflowRunnerOptions) {
     this.options = options;
     this.defaultTemplateFilters = convertFiltersToRecord(
@@ -195,10 +198,9 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
         integrations: this.options.integrations,
       }),
     );
+    this.tracker = scaffoldingTracker(options.metrics);
   }
 
-  private readonly tracker = scaffoldingTracker();
-
   async getEnvironmentConfig(): Promise<{
     parameters: JsonObject;
     secrets?: TaskSecrets;
@@ -700,7 +702,7 @@ export class NunjucksWorkflowRunner implements WorkflowRunner {
   }
 }
 
-function scaffoldingTracker() {
+function scaffoldingTracker(metrics: MetricsService) {
   // prom-client metrics are deprecated in favour of OpenTelemetry metrics.
   const promTaskCount = createCounterMetric({
     name: 'scaffolder_task_count',
@@ -723,23 +725,22 @@ function scaffoldingTracker() {
     labelNames: ['template', 'step', 'result'],
   });
 
-  const meter = metrics.getMeter('default');
-  const taskCount = meter.createCounter('scaffolder.task.count', {
-    description: 'Count of task runs',
+  const taskCount = metrics.createCounter('scaffolder.task.count', {
+    description: 'Total number of scaffolder tasks executed',
   });
 
-  const taskDuration = meter.createHistogram('scaffolder.task.duration', {
-    description: 'Duration of a task run',
-    unit: 'seconds',
+  const taskDuration = metrics.createHistogram('scaffolder.task.duration', {
+    description: 'Time taken to complete a scaffolder task end-to-end',
+    unit: 's',
   });
 
-  const stepCount = meter.createCounter('scaffolder.step.count', {
-    description: 'Count of step runs',
+  const stepCount = metrics.createCounter('scaffolder.step.count', {
+    description: 'Total number of individual scaffolder action steps executed',
   });
 
-  const stepDuration = meter.createHistogram('scaffolder.step.duration', {
-    description: 'Duration of a step runs',
-    unit: 'seconds',
+  const stepDuration = metrics.createHistogram('scaffolder.step.duration', {
+    description: 'Time taken to complete a single scaffolder action step',
+    unit: 's',
   });
 
   async function taskStart(task: TaskContext) {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
index 578786cc65..71ed6b9eb4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { WorkflowRunner } from './types';
 import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
 import waitForExpect from 'wait-for-expect';
 import { mockServices } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
+import { metricsServiceMock } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils/alpha';
 import { loggerToWinstonLogger } from '../../util/loggerToWinstonLogger';
 
 jest.mock('./NunjucksWorkflowRunner');
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ describe('TaskWorker', () => {
       integrations,
       taskBroker: broker,
       actionRegistry,
+      metrics: metricsServiceMock.mock(),
     });
 
     await broker.dispatch({
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ describe('TaskWorker', () => {
       integrations,
       taskBroker: broker,
       actionRegistry,
+      metrics: metricsServiceMock.mock(),
     });
 
     const { taskId } = await broker.dispatch({
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ describe('TaskWorker', () => {
           },
         },
       }),
+      metrics: metricsServiceMock.mock(),
     });
 
     await taskWorker.runOneTask({
@@ -261,6 +265,7 @@ describe('Concurrent TaskWorker', () => {
       taskBroker: broker,
       actionRegistry,
       concurrentTasksLimit: expectedConcurrentTasks,
+      metrics: metricsServiceMock.mock(),
     });
 
     taskWorker.start();
@@ -307,6 +312,7 @@ describe('Cancellable TaskWorker', () => {
       integrations,
       taskBroker,
       actionRegistry,
+      metrics: metricsServiceMock.mock(),
     });
 
     const steps = [...Array(10)].map(n => ({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
index b98badd9f6..fdae61a84b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import { AuditorService, LoggerService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import type { MetricsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 import { assertError, InputError, stringifyError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { PermissionEvaluator } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export type CreateWorkerOptions = {
   additionalTemplateGlobals?: Record<string, TemplateGlobal>;
   permissions?: PermissionEvaluator;
   gracefulShutdown?: boolean;
+  metrics: MetricsService;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ export class TaskWorker {
       additionalTemplateGlobals,
       permissions,
       gracefulShutdown,
+      metrics,
     } = options;
 
     const workflowRunner = new NunjucksWorkflowRunner({
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ export class TaskWorker {
       additionalTemplateGlobals,
       permissions,
       config,
+      metrics,
     });
 
     return new TaskWorker({
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index e778645983..9342385e15 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ import {
 import { createDefaultFilters } from '../lib/templating/filters/createDefaultFilters';
 import { createRouter } from './router';
 import { DatabaseTaskStore } from '../scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore';
-import { actionsRegistryServiceMock } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils/alpha';
+import {
+  actionsRegistryServiceMock,
+  metricsServiceMock,
+} from '@backstage/backend-test-utils/alpha';
 import { ActionsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 
 function createDatabase(): DatabaseService {
@@ -229,6 +232,7 @@ const createTestRouter = async (
       createDebugLogAction(),
     ],
     actionsRegistry: overrides.actionsRegistry ?? actionsRegistryServiceMock(),
+    metrics: metricsServiceMock.mock(),
   });
 
   router.use(mockErrorHandler());
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 9e84b38e39..a393df253e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@ import {
   scaffolderTaskRules,
   scaffolderTemplateRules,
 } from './rules';
-import { ActionsService } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
+import {
+  ActionsService,
+  MetricsService,
+} from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api/alpha';
 
 /**
  * RouterOptions
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ export interface RouterOptions {
   auditor?: AuditorService;
   autocompleteHandlers?: Record<string, AutocompleteHandler>;
   actionsRegistry: ActionsService;
+  metrics: MetricsService;
 }
 
 function isSupportedTemplate(entity: TemplateEntityV1beta3) {
@@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
     httpAuth,
     auditor,
     actionsRegistry,
+    metrics,
   } = options;
 
   const concurrentTasksLimit =
@@ -344,6 +349,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
       concurrentTasksLimit,
       permissions,
       gracefulShutdown,
+      metrics,
       ...templateExtensions,
     });
 
@@ -375,6 +381,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
     workingDirectory,
     permissions,
     config,
+    metrics,
     ...templateExtensions,
   });
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5036df2285..a681fdee50 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6818,7 +6818,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node-test-utils": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/repo-tools": "workspace:^"
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
-    "@opentelemetry/api": "npm:^1.9.0"
     "@types/express": "npm:^4.17.6"
     "@types/fs-extra": "npm:^11.0.0"
     "@types/luxon": "npm:^3.0.0"