diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d946d825d1..e840f0c4fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2`: migrate off the deprecated events API to use the logs API
+  ([#3625](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3628))
+
 ## Version 1.35.0/0.56b0 (2025-07-11)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/pyproject.toml
index 5007bc6448..2ce22fe34e 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/pyproject.toml
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "opentelemetry-api ~= 1.30",
-  "opentelemetry-instrumentation ~= 0.51b0",
-  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions ~= 0.51b0"
+  "opentelemetry-api >= 1.35.0",
+  "opentelemetry-instrumentation ~= 0.56b0",
+  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions ~= 0.56b0"
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/__init__.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/__init__.py
index ab4b6f9d7b..1775b704cf 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper
 
-from opentelemetry._events import get_event_logger
+from opentelemetry._logs import get_logger
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.openai_v2.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.openai_v2.utils import is_content_enabled
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
             tracer_provider,
             schema_url=Schemas.V1_28_0.value,
         )
-        event_logger_provider = kwargs.get("event_logger_provider")
-        event_logger = get_event_logger(
+        logger_provider = kwargs.get("logger_provider")
+        logger = get_logger(
             __name__,
             "",
             schema_url=Schemas.V1_28_0.value,
-            event_logger_provider=event_logger_provider,
+            logger_provider=logger_provider,
         )
         meter_provider = kwargs.get("meter_provider")
         self._meter = get_meter(
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
             module="openai.resources.chat.completions",
             name="Completions.create",
             wrapper=chat_completions_create(
-                tracer, event_logger, instruments, is_content_enabled()
+                tracer, logger, instruments, is_content_enabled()
             ),
         )
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
             module="openai.resources.chat.completions",
             name="AsyncCompletions.create",
             wrapper=async_chat_completions_create(
-                tracer, event_logger, instruments, is_content_enabled()
+                tracer, logger, instruments, is_content_enabled()
             ),
         )
 
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py
index 072365abb7..1ee87b6029 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/patch.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 from openai import Stream
 
-from opentelemetry._events import Event, EventLogger
+from opentelemetry._logs import Logger, LogRecord
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     gen_ai_attributes as GenAIAttributes,
 )
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 def chat_completions_create(
     tracer: Tracer,
-    event_logger: EventLogger,
+    logger: Logger,
     instruments: Instruments,
     capture_content: bool,
 ):
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def traced_method(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
             end_on_exit=False,
         ) as span:
             for message in kwargs.get("messages", []):
-                event_logger.emit(message_to_event(message, capture_content))
+                logger.emit(message_to_event(message, capture_content))
 
             start = default_timer()
             result = None
@@ -65,16 +65,14 @@ def traced_method(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
             try:
                 result = wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
                 if is_streaming(kwargs):
-                    return StreamWrapper(
-                        result, span, event_logger, capture_content
-                    )
+                    return StreamWrapper(result, span, logger, capture_content)
 
                 if span.is_recording():
                     _set_response_attributes(
-                        span, result, event_logger, capture_content
+                        span, result, logger, capture_content
                     )
                 for choice in getattr(result, "choices", []):
-                    event_logger.emit(choice_to_event(choice, capture_content))
+                    logger.emit(choice_to_event(choice, capture_content))
 
                 span.end()
                 return result
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ def traced_method(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
 
 def async_chat_completions_create(
     tracer: Tracer,
-    event_logger: EventLogger,
+    logger: Logger,
     instruments: Instruments,
     capture_content: bool,
 ):
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ async def traced_method(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
             end_on_exit=False,
         ) as span:
             for message in kwargs.get("messages", []):
-                event_logger.emit(message_to_event(message, capture_content))
+                logger.emit(message_to_event(message, capture_content))
 
             start = default_timer()
             result = None
@@ -123,16 +121,14 @@ async def traced_method(wrapped, instance, args, kwargs):
             try:
                 result = await wrapped(*args, **kwargs)
                 if is_streaming(kwargs):
-                    return StreamWrapper(
-                        result, span, event_logger, capture_content
-                    )
+                    return StreamWrapper(result, span, logger, capture_content)
 
                 if span.is_recording():
                     _set_response_attributes(
-                        span, result, event_logger, capture_content
+                        span, result, logger, capture_content
                     )
                 for choice in getattr(result, "choices", []):
-                    event_logger.emit(choice_to_event(choice, capture_content))
+                    logger.emit(choice_to_event(choice, capture_content))
 
                 span.end()
                 return result
@@ -221,7 +217,7 @@ def _record_metrics(
 
 
 def _set_response_attributes(
-    span, result, event_logger: EventLogger, capture_content: bool
+    span, result, logger: Logger, capture_content: bool
 ):
     set_span_attribute(
         span, GenAIAttributes.GEN_AI_RESPONSE_MODEL, result.model
@@ -311,7 +307,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         stream: Stream,
         span: Span,
-        event_logger: EventLogger,
+        logger: Logger,
         capture_content: bool,
     ):
         self.stream = stream
@@ -320,7 +316,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._span_started = False
         self.capture_content = capture_content
 
-        self.event_logger = event_logger
+        self.logger = logger
         self.setup()
 
     def setup(self):
@@ -399,9 +395,9 @@ def cleanup(self):
 
                 # this span is not current, so we need to manually set the context on event
                 span_ctx = self.span.get_span_context()
-                self.event_logger.emit(
-                    Event(
-                        name="gen_ai.choice",
+                self.logger.emit(
+                    LogRecord(
+                        event_name="gen_ai.choice",
                         attributes=event_attributes,
                         body=body,
                         trace_id=span_ctx.trace_id,
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
index f8a837259e..7ff1cc509a 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/openai_v2/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from httpx import URL
 from openai import NOT_GIVEN
 
-from opentelemetry._events import Event
+from opentelemetry._logs import LogRecord
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     gen_ai_attributes as GenAIAttributes,
 )
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ def message_to_event(message, capture_content):
         if tool_call_id:
             body["id"] = tool_call_id
 
-    return Event(
-        name=f"gen_ai.{role}.message",
+    return LogRecord(
+        event_name=f"gen_ai.{role}.message",
         attributes=attributes,
         body=body if body else None,
     )
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ def choice_to_event(choice, capture_content):
             message["content"] = content
         body["message"] = message
 
-    return Event(
-        name="gen_ai.choice",
+    return LogRecord(
+        event_name="gen_ai.choice",
         attributes=attributes,
         body=body,
     )
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/conftest.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/conftest.py
index 87505046aa..83a4ba8c67 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/conftest.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.openai_v2.utils import (
     OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT,
 )
-from opentelemetry.sdk._events import EventLoggerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LoggerProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs.export import (
     InMemoryLogExporter,
@@ -56,13 +55,11 @@ def fixture_tracer_provider(span_exporter):
     return provider
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="function", name="event_logger_provider")
-def fixture_event_logger_provider(log_exporter):
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function", name="logger_provider")
+def fixture_logger_provider(log_exporter):
     provider = LoggerProvider()
     provider.add_log_record_processor(SimpleLogRecordProcessor(log_exporter))
-    event_logger_provider = EventLoggerProvider(provider)
-
-    return event_logger_provider
+    return provider
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function", name="meter_provider")
@@ -105,9 +102,7 @@ def vcr_config():
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def instrument_no_content(
-    tracer_provider, event_logger_provider, meter_provider
-):
+def instrument_no_content(tracer_provider, logger_provider, meter_provider):
     os.environ.update(
         {OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT: "False"}
     )
@@ -115,7 +110,7 @@ def instrument_no_content(
     instrumentor = OpenAIInstrumentor()
     instrumentor.instrument(
         tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
-        event_logger_provider=event_logger_provider,
+        logger_provider=logger_provider,
         meter_provider=meter_provider,
     )
 
@@ -125,16 +120,14 @@ def instrument_no_content(
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
-def instrument_with_content(
-    tracer_provider, event_logger_provider, meter_provider
-):
+def instrument_with_content(tracer_provider, logger_provider, meter_provider):
     os.environ.update(
         {OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT: "True"}
     )
     instrumentor = OpenAIInstrumentor()
     instrumentor.instrument(
         tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
-        event_logger_provider=event_logger_provider,
+        logger_provider=logger_provider,
         meter_provider=meter_provider,
     )
 
@@ -145,7 +138,7 @@ def instrument_with_content(
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def instrument_with_content_unsampled(
-    span_exporter, event_logger_provider, meter_provider
+    span_exporter, logger_provider, meter_provider
 ):
     os.environ.update(
         {OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENT: "True"}
@@ -157,7 +150,7 @@ def instrument_with_content_unsampled(
     instrumentor = OpenAIInstrumentor()
     instrumentor.instrument(
         tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
-        event_logger_provider=event_logger_provider,
+        logger_provider=logger_provider,
         meter_provider=meter_provider,
     )
 
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/requirements.oldest.txt b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/requirements.oldest.txt
index 6b46a6eaa4..125dea9f70 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/requirements.oldest.txt
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/requirements.oldest.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pytest-vcr==1.0.2
 pytest-asyncio==0.21.0
 wrapt==1.16.0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http~=1.30
-opentelemetry-api==1.30  # when updating, also update in pyproject.toml
-opentelemetry-sdk==1.30  # when updating, also update in pyproject.toml
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.51b0  # when updating, also update in pyproject.toml
+opentelemetry-api==1.35  # when updating, also update in pyproject.toml
+opentelemetry-sdk==1.35  # when updating, also update in pyproject.toml
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions==0.56b0  # when updating, also update in pyproject.toml
 
 -e instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_async_chat_completions.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_async_chat_completions.py
index 468caa232c..6a3d0b28d0 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_async_chat_completions.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_async_chat_completions.py
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     error_attributes as ErrorAttributes,
 )
-from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
-    event_attributes as EventAttributes,
-)
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     gen_ai_attributes as GenAIAttributes,
 )
@@ -797,7 +794,7 @@ async def async_chat_completion_multiple_tools_streaming(
 
 
 def assert_message_in_logs(log, event_name, expected_content, parent_span):
-    assert log.log_record.attributes[EventAttributes.EVENT_NAME] == event_name
+    assert log.log_record.event_name == event_name
     assert (
         log.log_record.attributes[GenAIAttributes.GEN_AI_SYSTEM]
         == GenAIAttributes.GenAiSystemValues.OPENAI.value
diff --git a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_chat_completions.py b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_chat_completions.py
index 914d5b5b98..f849926e82 100644
--- a/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_chat_completions.py
+++ b/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2/tests/test_chat_completions.py
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     error_attributes as ErrorAttributes,
 )
-from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
-    event_attributes as EventAttributes,
-)
 from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.attributes import (
     gen_ai_attributes as GenAIAttributes,
 )
@@ -812,7 +809,7 @@ def chat_completion_multiple_tools_streaming(
 
 
 def assert_message_in_logs(log, event_name, expected_content, parent_span):
-    assert log.log_record.attributes[EventAttributes.EVENT_NAME] == event_name
+    assert log.log_record.event_name == event_name
     assert (
         log.log_record.attributes[GenAIAttributes.GEN_AI_SYSTEM]
         == GenAIAttributes.GenAiSystemValues.OPENAI.value