diff --git a/plugins/in_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.h b/plugins/in_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.h
index 7fc438b6d6b..4c78f941086 100644
--- a/plugins/in_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.h
+++ b/plugins/in_opentelemetry/opentelemetry.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct flb_opentelemetry {
     flb_sds_t listen;
     flb_sds_t tcp_port;
     const char *tag_key;
-    bool raw_traces;
+    int raw_traces;
     int  tag_from_uri;
     flb_sds_t logs_metadata_key;