diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryProducer.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryProducer.java
index 4df1f69659ba9..dd3da134b07a0 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryProducer.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryProducer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Any;
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Instance;
@@ -154,10 +155,20 @@ private Map<String, String> getOtelConfigs() {
                 if (configValue.getValue() != null) {
                     NameIterator name = new NameIterator(propertyName);
                     name.next();
-                    oTelConfigs.put(name.getName().substring(name.getPosition() + 1), configValue.getValue());
+                    String propertyValue = getConfigPropertyValue(propertyName, configValue);
+                    oTelConfigs.put(name.getName().substring(name.getPosition() + 1), propertyValue);
                 }
             }
         }
         return oTelConfigs;
     }
+
+    private static String getConfigPropertyValue(String propertyName, ConfigValue smallRyeConfig) {
+        Function<String, String> converter = OpenTelemetryUtil.OTEL_CONFIGURATION_AS_DURATION.get(propertyName);
+        if (converter == null) {
+            return smallRyeConfig.getValue();
+        } else {
+            return converter.apply(smallRyeConfig.getValue());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryUtil.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryUtil.java
index 6ab6ffac43112..6e4f68230cd82 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryUtil.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/OpenTelemetryUtil.java
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 package io.quarkus.opentelemetry.runtime;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanContext;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.ReadableSpan;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.configuration.DurationConverter;
 import io.quarkus.vertx.core.runtime.VertxMDC;
 
 public final class OpenTelemetryUtil {
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ public final class OpenTelemetryUtil {
     public static final String SPAN_ID = "spanId";
     public static final String SAMPLED = "sampled";
     public static final String PARENT_ID = "parentId";
+    public static final Map<String, Function<String, String>> OTEL_CONFIGURATION_AS_DURATION = Map.of(
+           "quarkus.otel.bsp.schedule.delay",
+            OpenTelemetryUtil::convertDuration,
+            "quarkus.otel.bsp.export.timeout",
+            OpenTelemetryUtil::convertDuration,
+            "quarkus.otel.exporter.otlp.traces.timeout",
+            OpenTelemetryUtil::convertDuration
+    );
+
+    static String convertDuration(String propertyValue) {
+        Duration duration = DurationConverter.parseDuration(propertyValue);
+        return Long.toString(duration.toMillis()).concat("ms");
+    };
 
     private OpenTelemetryUtil() {
     }