diff --git a/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry.rb b/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry.rb
index 165a2c6c..cd0b1f7a 100644
--- a/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry.rb
+++ b/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 require 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp'
 require 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-metrics'
 require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-all'
+require 'opentelemetry-logs-sdk'
+require 'opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-logs'
+require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-logger'
 
 require_relative 'opentelemetry/solarwinds_propagator'
 require_relative 'opentelemetry/solarwinds_response_propagator'
diff --git a/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/solarwinds_response_propagator.rb b/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/solarwinds_response_propagator.rb
index e9ab90a5..4eeff61f 100644
--- a/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/solarwinds_response_propagator.rb
+++ b/lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry/solarwinds_response_propagator.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def inject(carrier, context: ::OpenTelemetry::Context.current,
         end
 
         private
+
         # SW_XTRACEOPTIONS_RESPONSE_KEY -> xtrace_options_response
         def recover_response_from_tracestate(span_context)
           sanitized = span_context.tracestate.value(SW_XTRACEOPTIONS_RESPONSE_KEY)
diff --git a/lib/solarwinds_apm/otel_config.rb b/lib/solarwinds_apm/otel_config.rb
index 2c15e285..388897a1 100644
--- a/lib/solarwinds_apm/otel_config.rb
+++ b/lib/solarwinds_apm/otel_config.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ def self.initialize
         ENV['OTEL_LOG_LEVEL'] = SolarWindsAPM::Config::SW_LOG_LEVEL_MAPPING.dig(log_level, :otel)
       end
 
+      # disable log bridge by default
+      ENV['OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED'] = 'false' unless %w[true false].include?(ENV['OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED'].to_s)
+
       ::OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure do |c|
         c.resource = final_attributes
         c.use_all(@@config_map)
diff --git a/lib/solarwinds_apm/version.rb b/lib/solarwinds_apm/version.rb
index a6f7f6d7..943b0c5e 100644
--- a/lib/solarwinds_apm/version.rb
+++ b/lib/solarwinds_apm/version.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ module SolarWindsAPM
   # solarwinds_apm.gemspec during gem build process
   module Version
     MAJOR  = 7 # breaking,
-    MINOR  = 0 # feature,
-    PATCH  = 2 # fix => BFF
+    MINOR  = 1 # feature,
+    PATCH  = 0 # fix => BFF
     PRE    = 'prev1'
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH, PRE].compact.join('.')
diff --git a/solarwinds_apm.gemspec b/solarwinds_apm.gemspec
index 2ef34e66..c4e3312b 100644
--- a/solarwinds_apm.gemspec
+++ b/solarwinds_apm.gemspec
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files -= ['Rakefile']
 
   s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-exporter-otlp', '>= 0.29.1')
+  s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-logs', '>= 0.2.1')
   s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-metrics', '>= 0.3.0')
   s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-instrumentation-all', '>= 0.31.0')
+  s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-instrumentation-logger', '>= 0.1.0')
+  s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-logs-sdk', '>= 0.4.0')
   s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-metrics-sdk', '>= 0.2.0')
   s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws', '>= 0.1.0')
   s.add_dependency('opentelemetry-resource-detector-azure', '>= 0.2.0')
diff --git a/test/solarwinds_apm/otel_config_log_bridge_test.rb b/test/solarwinds_apm/otel_config_log_bridge_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb9ed5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/solarwinds_apm/otel_config_log_bridge_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SolarWinds, LLC.
+# All rights reserved.
+
+require 'minitest_helper'
+require './lib/solarwinds_apm/config'
+require './lib/solarwinds_apm/opentelemetry'
+require './lib/solarwinds_apm/support/txn_name_manager'
+require './lib/solarwinds_apm/otel_config'
+
+describe 'Log Bridge Initialization Test' do
+  describe 'check if log bridge is enabled' do
+    after do
+      ENV.delete('OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED')
+    end
+
+    it 'OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED=true -> enabled' do
+      ENV['OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED'] = 'true'
+      SolarWindsAPM::OTelConfig.initialize
+      _(ENV.fetch('OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED', nil)).must_equal 'true'
+    end
+
+    it 'OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED=false -> enabled' do
+      ENV['OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED'] = 'false'
+      SolarWindsAPM::OTelConfig.initialize
+      _(ENV.fetch('OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED', nil)).must_equal 'false'
+    end
+
+    it 'OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED=empty -> disabled' do
+      ENV['OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED'] = ''
+      SolarWindsAPM::OTelConfig.initialize
+      _(ENV.fetch('OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED', nil)).must_equal 'false'
+    end
+
+    it 'OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED=nil -> disabled' do
+      ENV['OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED'] = nil
+      SolarWindsAPM::OTelConfig.initialize
+      _(ENV.fetch('OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED', nil)).must_equal 'false'
+    end
+    it 'OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED=djisdfes -> disabled' do
+      ENV['OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED'] = 'djisdfes'
+      SolarWindsAPM::OTelConfig.initialize
+      _(ENV.fetch('OTEL_RUBY_INSTRUMENTATION_LOGGER_ENABLED', nil)).must_equal 'false'
+    end
+  end
+end