diff --git a/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/README.md b/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/README.md
index e57d610..c3e0205 100644
--- a/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/README.md
+++ b/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/README.md
@@ -53,13 +53,17 @@ npm run start -- --mcp
 ## Notes
 
 The LLM should generate something like "The latest stable version of
-Elasticsearch is 8.17.4", unless it hallucinates. Just run it again, if you
-see something else.
+Elasticsearch is 8.18.0," unless it hallucinates. Run it again, if you see
+something else.
 
 Vercel AI's OpenTelemetry instrumentation only produces traces (not logs or
 metrics).
 
+This uses [OpenInference][openinference] to propagate trace identifiers when
+using MCP.
+
 ---
 [flow]: ../README.md#example-application-flow
 [vercel-ai]: https://github.com/vercel/ai
 [flow-mcp]: ../README.md#model-context-protocol-flow
+[openinference]: https://github.com/Arize-ai/openinference/tree/main/js/packages/openinference-instrumentation-mcp
diff --git a/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/package.json b/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/package.json
index f803afb..5a71c83 100644
--- a/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/package.json
+++ b/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/package.json
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
     "node": ">=22"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "node --env-file .env -r @elastic/opentelemetry-node index.js"
+    "start": "node --env-file .env --import @elastic/opentelemetry-node --import ./telemetry.js index.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ai-sdk/azure": "^1.3.8",
-    "@ai-sdk/openai": "^1.3.7",
+    "ai": "^4.3.9",
+    "@ai-sdk/azure": "^1.3.19",
+    "@ai-sdk/openai": "^1.3.18",
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.10.2",
     "@elastic/opentelemetry-node": "^1",
-    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.9.0",
-    "ai": "^4.3.2"
+    "@arizeai/openinference-instrumentation-mcp": "^0.2.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/telemetry.js b/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/telemetry.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62a4b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/genai-function-calling/vercel-ai/telemetry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const { MCPInstrumentation } = require("@arizeai/openinference-instrumentation-mcp");
+
+const mcpInstrumentation = new MCPInstrumentation();
+// MCP must be manually instrumented as it doesn't have a traditional module structure
+mcpInstrumentation.manuallyInstrument({
+    clientStdioModule: require("@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/stdio.js"),
+    serverStdioModule: require("@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js"),
+});