diff --git a/.changelog/5668.fixed b/.changelog/5668.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d61b3fa76c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/5668.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc`: Fix incorrect default port for OTLP gRPC exporter self-metrics
diff --git a/docs/getting_started/tests/requirements.txt b/docs/getting_started/tests/requirements.txt
index aa9e5ab7ca0..9c82a82acdb 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/getting_started/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ wrapt==1.15.0
 -e opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
 -e opentelemetry-proto
 -e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
+-e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common
 -e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 -e opentelemetry-api
 -e opentelemetry-sdk
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_exporter_metrics.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/common/_exporter_metrics.py
similarity index 85%
rename from exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_exporter_metrics.py
rename to exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/common/_exporter_metrics.py
index 1524e1dc932..8d51674ef47 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/common/_exporter_metrics.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/common/_exporter_metrics.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from time import perf_counter
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Protocol
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from opentelemetry.metrics import MeterProvider, get_meter_provider
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes.otel_attributes import (
@@ -33,12 +34,19 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Literal
-    from urllib.parse import ParseResult as UrlParseResult
 
     from opentelemetry.util.types import AnyValue, Attributes
 
 _component_counter = Counter()
 
+_GRPC_COMPONENT_TYPES = frozenset(
+    {
+        OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_GRPC_SPAN_EXPORTER,
+        OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_GRPC_LOG_EXPORTER,
+        OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_GRPC_METRIC_EXPORTER,
+    }
+)
+
 
 @dataclass
 class ExportResult:
@@ -52,6 +60,7 @@ def export_operation(self, num_items: int) -> AbstractContextManager[ExportResul
 
 class NoOpExporterMetrics:
     @contextmanager
+    # pylint: disable-next=no-self-use
     def export_operation(self, num_items: int) -> Iterator[ExportResult]:
         yield ExportResult()
 
@@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         component_type: OtelComponentTypeValues | None,
         signal: Literal["traces", "metrics", "logs"],
-        endpoint: UrlParseResult,
+        endpoint: str,
         meter_provider: MeterProvider | None,
     ) -> None:
         if signal == "traces":
@@ -74,11 +83,15 @@ def __init__(
             create_exported = create_otel_sdk_exporter_metric_data_point_exported
             create_inflight = create_otel_sdk_exporter_metric_data_point_inflight
 
-        port = endpoint.port
+        if not endpoint.startswith("//") and "://" not in endpoint:
+            endpoint = f"//{endpoint}"
+        parsed_endpoint = urlparse(endpoint)
+
+        port = parsed_endpoint.port
         if port is None:
-            if endpoint.scheme == "https":
+            if component_type in _GRPC_COMPONENT_TYPES or parsed_endpoint.scheme == "https":
                 port = 443
-            elif endpoint.scheme == "http":
+            elif parsed_endpoint.scheme == "http":
                 port = 80
 
         component_type_value = component_type.value if component_type else "unknown_otlp_exporter"
@@ -88,8 +101,8 @@ def __init__(
             OTEL_COMPONENT_TYPE: component_type_value,
             OTEL_COMPONENT_NAME: f"{component_type_value}/{count}",
         }
-        if endpoint.hostname:
-            self._standard_attrs[SERVER_ADDRESS] = endpoint.hostname
+        if parsed_endpoint.hostname:
+            self._standard_attrs[SERVER_ADDRESS] = parsed_endpoint.hostname
         if port is not None:
             self._standard_attrs[SERVER_PORT] = port
 
@@ -124,7 +137,7 @@ def export_operation(self, num_items: int) -> Iterator[ExportResult]:
 def create_exporter_metrics(
     component_type: OtelComponentTypeValues | None,
     signal: Literal["traces", "metrics", "logs"],
-    endpoint: UrlParseResult,
+    endpoint: str,
     meter_provider: MeterProvider | None,
     enabled: bool,
 ) -> ExporterMetricsT:
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common/tests/test_exporter_metrics.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common/tests/test_exporter_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4830e54e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common/tests/test_exporter_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common._exporter_metrics import (
+    ExporterMetrics,
+    NoOpExporterMetrics,
+    create_exporter_metrics,
+)
+from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes.otel_attributes import (
+    OtelComponentTypeValues,
+)
+from opentelemetry.semconv.attributes.server_attributes import (
+    SERVER_ADDRESS,
+    SERVER_PORT,
+)
+
+
+class TestExporterMetrics(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_factory_returns_noop_when_disabled(self):
+        meter_provider = Mock()
+
+        with patch("opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common._exporter_metrics.get_meter_provider") as get_meter_provider:
+            metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
+                OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_SPAN_EXPORTER,
+                "traces",
+                "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces",
+                meter_provider,
+                False,
+            )
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(metrics, NoOpExporterMetrics)
+        meter_provider.get_meter.assert_not_called()
+        get_meter_provider.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_factory_returns_exporter_metrics_when_enabled(self):
+        meter_provider = Mock()
+        meter_provider.get_meter.return_value = Mock()
+
+        metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
+            OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_SPAN_EXPORTER,
+            "traces",
+            "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces",
+            meter_provider,
+            True,
+        )
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(metrics, ExporterMetrics)
+        meter_provider.get_meter.assert_called_once_with("opentelemetry-sdk")
+
+    def test_noop_export_operation_yields_result(self):
+        metrics = NoOpExporterMetrics()
+
+        with metrics.export_operation(1) as result:
+            result.error = RuntimeError("error")
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(result.error, RuntimeError)
+
+    def test_grpc_uses_static_port(self):
+        meter_provider = Mock()
+        meter_provider.get_meter.return_value = Mock()
+
+        cases: list[tuple[OtelComponentTypeValues, str, str, int]] = [
+            (
+                OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_GRPC_SPAN_EXPORTER,
+                "http://otlp.example.com",
+                "otlp.example.com",
+                443,
+            ),
+            (
+                OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_GRPC_LOG_EXPORTER,
+                "https://otlp.example.com",
+                "otlp.example.com",
+                443,
+            ),
+            (
+                OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_GRPC_METRIC_EXPORTER,
+                "otlp.example.com:4317",
+                "otlp.example.com",
+                4317,
+            ),
+            (
+                OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_GRPC_SPAN_EXPORTER,
+                "http://localhost:4317",
+                "localhost",
+                4317,
+            ),
+        ]
+
+        for component_type, endpoint, expected_address, expected_port in cases:
+            with self.subTest(component_type=component_type, endpoint=endpoint):
+                metrics = ExporterMetrics(component_type, "traces", endpoint, meter_provider)
+                # pylint: disable-next=protected-access
+                self.assertEqual(metrics._standard_attrs[SERVER_ADDRESS], expected_address)
+                # pylint: disable-next=protected-access
+                self.assertEqual(metrics._standard_attrs[SERVER_PORT], expected_port)
+
+    def test_http_port_defaults_by_scheme(self):
+        meter_provider = Mock()
+        meter_provider.get_meter.return_value = Mock()
+
+        cases: list[tuple[str, int]] = [
+            ("http://otlp.example.com", 80),
+            ("https://otlp.example.com", 443),
+        ]
+
+        for endpoint, expected_port in cases:
+            with self.subTest(endpoint=endpoint):
+                metrics = ExporterMetrics(
+                    OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_SPAN_EXPORTER,
+                    "traces",
+                    endpoint,
+                    meter_provider,
+                )
+                # pylint: disable-next=protected-access
+                self.assertEqual(metrics._standard_attrs[SERVER_ADDRESS], "otlp.example.com")
+                # pylint: disable-next=protected-access
+                self.assertEqual(metrics._standard_attrs[SERVER_PORT], expected_port)
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/tests/test_exporter_metrics.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/tests/test_exporter_metrics.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f61dc0edea..00000000000
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common/tests/test_exporter_metrics.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-import unittest
-from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._exporter_metrics import (
-    ExporterMetrics,
-    NoOpExporterMetrics,
-    create_exporter_metrics,
-)
-from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes.otel_attributes import (
-    OtelComponentTypeValues,
-)
-
-
-class TestExporterMetrics(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_factory_returns_noop_when_disabled(self):
-        meter_provider = Mock()
-
-        with patch(
-            "opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._exporter_metrics.get_meter_provider"
-        ) as get_meter_provider:
-            metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
-                OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_SPAN_EXPORTER,
-                "traces",
-                urlparse("http://localhost:4318/v1/traces"),
-                meter_provider,
-                False,
-            )
-
-        self.assertIsInstance(metrics, NoOpExporterMetrics)
-        meter_provider.get_meter.assert_not_called()
-        get_meter_provider.assert_not_called()
-
-    def test_factory_returns_exporter_metrics_when_enabled(self):
-        meter_provider = Mock()
-        meter_provider.get_meter.return_value = Mock()
-
-        metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
-            OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_SPAN_EXPORTER,
-            "traces",
-            urlparse("http://localhost:4318/v1/traces"),
-            meter_provider,
-            True,
-        )
-
-        self.assertIsInstance(metrics, ExporterMetrics)
-        meter_provider.get_meter.assert_called_once_with("opentelemetry-sdk")
-
-    def test_noop_export_operation_yields_result(self):
-        metrics = NoOpExporterMetrics()
-
-        with metrics.export_operation(1) as result:
-            result.error = RuntimeError("error")
-
-        self.assertIsInstance(result.error, RuntimeError)
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/pyproject.toml b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/pyproject.toml
index 8fa96cdcf80..c4906d97690 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/pyproject.toml
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "opentelemetry-proto == 1.45.0.dev",
   "opentelemetry-sdk ~= 1.45.0.dev",
   "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common == 1.45.0.dev",
+  "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common == 0.66b0.dev",
   "typing-extensions >= 4.6.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
index f898153dee9..175bd04d653 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/grpc/exporter.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     secure_channel,
     ssl_channel_credentials,
 )
-from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._exporter_metrics import (
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common._exporter_metrics import (
     create_exporter_metrics,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
@@ -358,11 +358,10 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._component_type = component_type
         self._signal: Literal["traces", "metrics", "logs"] = signal
-        self._parsed_url = parsed_url
         self._metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
             self._component_type,
             signal,
-            parsed_url,
+            self._endpoint,
             meter_provider,
             os.environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_SDK_INTERNAL_METRICS_ENABLED, "").strip().lower() == "true",
         )
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ def _set_meter_provider(self, meter_provider: MeterProvider) -> None:
         self._metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
             self._component_type,
             self._signal,
-            self._parsed_url,
+            self._endpoint,
             meter_provider,
             os.environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_SDK_INTERNAL_METRICS_ENABLED, "").strip().lower() == "true",
         )
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
index ca9fa054f9c..45cd7b8ce55 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pytest>=9.0.3
 -e opentelemetry-api
 -e tests/opentelemetry-test-utils
 -e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
+-e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common
 -e opentelemetry-proto
 -e opentelemetry-sdk
 -e opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.latest.txt b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.latest.txt
index d7d668f5a13..fea71187ed5 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.latest.txt
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.latest.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
 #    uv pip compile --python-version=3.10 --universal --constraints=dev-requirements.txt exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in --output-file=exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.latest.txt
+-e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common
+    # via
+    #   -r exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 -e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
     # via
     #   -r exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@
 -e opentelemetry-sdk
     # via
     #   -r exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-test-utils
 -e opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.oldest.txt b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.oldest.txt
index 0f0f6147f77..68793194e89 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.oldest.txt
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.oldest.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
 #    uv pip compile --python-version=3.10 --universal --resolution=lowest --constraints=dev-requirements.txt exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in --output-file=exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.oldest.txt
+-e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common
+    # via
+    #   -r exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
 -e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common
     # via
     #   -r exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@
 -e opentelemetry-sdk
     # via
     #   -r exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
+    #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-test-utils
 -e opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ asgiref==3.7.2
     # via
     #   -c dev-requirements.txt
     #   opentelemetry-test-utils
-certifi==2017.4.17
+certifi==2023.5.7
     # via requests
 charset-normalizer==2.0.0
     # via requests
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ pytest==9.0.3
     # via
     #   -c dev-requirements.txt
     #   -r exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc/test-requirements.in
-requests==2.32.3
+requests==2.33.0
     # via
     #   -c dev-requirements.txt
     #   opentelemetry-test-utils
@@ -96,5 +101,5 @@ typing-extensions==4.12.0 ; python_full_version >= '3.14'
     #   opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
     #   opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
-urllib3==1.21.1
+urllib3==1.26.0
     # via requests
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
index bbc707267f3..247855233ad 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/_log_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 import os
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, overload
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common import http as _http
-from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._exporter_metrics import (
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common._exporter_metrics import (
     create_exporter_metrics,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._log_encoder import encode_logs
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
             OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_LOG_EXPORTER,
             "logs",
-            urlparse(self._endpoint),
+            self._endpoint,
             meter_provider,
             os.environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_SDK_INTERNAL_METRICS_ENABLED, "").strip().lower() == "true",
         )
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py
index 942fc0417ee..f26e29e7a22 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/metric_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     Optional,
     overload,
 )
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from typing_extensions import deprecated
 
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
     _get_aggregation,
     _get_temporality,
 )
-from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._exporter_metrics import (
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common._exporter_metrics import (
     create_exporter_metrics,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._internal import (
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
             OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_METRIC_EXPORTER,
             "metrics",
-            urlparse(self._endpoint),
+            self._endpoint,
             meter_provider,
             os.environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_SDK_INTERNAL_METRICS_ENABLED, "").strip().lower() == "true",
         )
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ def set_meter_provider(self, meter_provider: MeterProvider) -> None:
         self._metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
             OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_METRIC_EXPORTER,
             "metrics",
-            urlparse(self._endpoint),
+            self._endpoint,
             meter_provider,
             os.environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_SDK_INTERNAL_METRICS_ENABLED, "").strip().lower() == "true",
         )
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py
index 7da717ea1e5..d4875363bb2 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 import os
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, overload
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common import http as _http
-from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common._exporter_metrics import (
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.common._exporter_metrics import (
     create_exporter_metrics,
 )
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.common.trace_encoder import (
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._metrics = create_exporter_metrics(
             OtelComponentTypeValues.OTLP_HTTP_SPAN_EXPORTER,
             "traces",
-            urlparse(self._endpoint),
+            self._endpoint,
             meter_provider,
             os.environ.get(OTEL_PYTHON_SDK_INTERNAL_METRICS_ENABLED, "").strip().lower() == "true",
         )
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 98ca024ee9d..c656861a683 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "googleapis-common-protos" },
     { name = "grpcio" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-api" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-proto" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-sdk" },
@@ -1014,6 +1015,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "grpcio", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.14'", specifier = ">=1.75.1,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-api", editable = "opentelemetry-api" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-credential-provider-gcp", marker = "extra == 'gcp-auth'", specifier = ">=0.59b0" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common", editable = "exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common", editable = "exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-proto", editable = "opentelemetry-proto" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-sdk", editable = "opentelemetry-sdk" },