diff --git a/.changeset/brown-spies-burn.md b/.changeset/brown-spies-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df1b6dc51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brown-spies-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"trigger.dev": patch
+---
+
+cli v3: increase otel force flush timeout to 30s from 500ms
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/telemetry/tracing.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/telemetry/tracing.ts
index a85caea82..4df9a3e3b 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/telemetry/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/telemetry/tracing.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function initializeTracing(): NodeTracerProvider | undefined {
   );
 
   const traceProvider = new NodeTracerProvider({
-    forceFlushTimeoutMillis: 500,
+    forceFlushTimeoutMillis: 30_000,
     resource,
     spanLimits: {
       attributeCountLimit: 1000,