diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ae2789e..3d7d638 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ vars.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME }}
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT }}
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: ${{ vars.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL }}
+  OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: ${{ vars.OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != '' && format('{0},', vars.OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES) || '' }}${{ github.event.pull_request != null && format('vcs.repository.change.id={0},vcs.repository.change.title={1},', github.event.pull_request.number, github.event.pull_request.title) || '' }}cicd.pipeline.run.id=${{ github.run_number }},cicd.pipeline.run.url.full=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }},cicd.pipeline.name=${{ github.workflow }},vcs.revision.id=${{ github.sha }},vcs.ref.name=${{ github.ref_name }},vcs.repository.name=${{ github.repository }},user.id=${{ github.actor }}
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS: ${{ secrets.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS }}
+
 jobs:
   test:
     name: test (${{ matrix.os }})
@@ -32,9 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write
     env:
-      FORCE_COLOR: 1
       EARTHLY_CONVERSION_PARALLELISM: "5"
-      EARTHLY_INSTALL_ID: "earthbuild-dind-githubactions"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       # The dind (common+alpine-kind-test and common+ubuntu-kind-test) detects
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6b2e67c..bc61d93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [ closed ]
 
+env:
+  OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ vars.OTEL_SERVICE_NAME }}
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT }}
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: ${{ vars.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL }}
+  OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: ${{ vars.OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != '' && format('{0},', vars.OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES) || '' }}${{ github.event.pull_request != null && format('vcs.repository.change.id={0},vcs.repository.change.title={1},', github.event.pull_request.number, github.event.pull_request.title) || '' }}cicd.pipeline.run.id=${{ github.run_number }},cicd.pipeline.run.url.full=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }},cicd.pipeline.name=${{ github.workflow }},vcs.revision.id=${{ github.sha }},vcs.ref.name=${{ github.ref_name }},vcs.repository.name=${{ github.repository }},user.id=${{ github.actor }}
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS: ${{ secrets.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS }}
+
 jobs:
   release:
     name: release after merging ${{ github.head_ref }}
@@ -13,9 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       packages: write
     env:
-      FORCE_COLOR: 1
       EARTHLY_CONVERSION_PARALLELISM: "5"
-      EARTHLY_INSTALL_ID: "earthbuild-dind-githubactions"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
       # The dind (common+alpine-kind-test and common+ubuntu-kind-test) detects