diff --git a/cmd/tesseract/gcp/main.go b/cmd/tesseract/gcp/main.go
index ba9cfdf8..4d9d348c 100644
--- a/cmd/tesseract/gcp/main.go
+++ b/cmd/tesseract/gcp/main.go
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ func newGCPStorage(gc *gcs.Client, hc *http.Client) func(ctx context.Context, si
 			return nil, errors.New("missing spannerDB")
 		}
 
+		spanner.EnableOpenTelemetryMetrics()
 		spannerClient, err := spanner.NewClient(ctx, *spannerDB, option.WithGRPCConnectionPool(*spannerConnections))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create new Spanner client: %v", err)