diff --git a/connectrpc-otel/pyproject.toml b/connectrpc-otel/pyproject.toml
index 76770aa..5b652e6 100644
--- a/connectrpc-otel/pyproject.toml
+++ b/connectrpc-otel/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ dev = [
   # a transitive dependency, so we go ahead and leave it out.
   "connectrpc>=0.8.0",
 
-  "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.61b0",
-  "opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi==0.61b0",
-  "opentelemetry-sdk==1.40.0",
-
   "connect-python-example",
   "pytest",
 ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2663be8..b3b8a7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ dev = [
   "uvicorn==0.42.0",
   "zstandard==0.25.0",
 
+  # dev dependencies only used in subprojects. Optimal structure would include these
+  # in the subproject itself, but then `uv sync` does not install them from the
+  # workspace root. We strategically keep them here instead so the entire workspace
+  # is ready for editing in an IDE with a simple sync command.
+  # If the below issue is resolved, we can move them back to subprojects and configure
+  # our default sync setting as --all-packages.
+  # https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/5737
+  "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi==0.61b0",
+  "opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi==0.61b0",
+  "opentelemetry-sdk==1.40.0",
+
   # Versions locked in constraint-dependencies
   "pytest",
   "pytest-asyncio",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 3bce48f..bfe5fe7 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ dev = [
     { name = "gunicorn" },
     { name = "hypercorn" },
     { name = "just-bin", marker = "sys_platform != 'win32'" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-sdk" },
     { name = "pyright", extra = ["nodejs"] },
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "pytest-asyncio" },
@@ -417,6 +420,9 @@ dev = [
     { name = "gunicorn", specifier = "==25.3.0" },
     { name = "hypercorn", specifier = "==0.18.0" },
     { name = "just-bin", marker = "sys_platform != 'win32'", specifier = "==1.47.1" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi", specifier = "==0.61b0" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi", specifier = "==0.61b0" },
+    { name = "opentelemetry-sdk", specifier = "==1.40.0" },
     { name = "pyright", extras = ["nodejs"], specifier = "==1.1.408" },
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "pytest-asyncio" },
@@ -448,9 +454,6 @@ dependencies = [
 dev = [
     { name = "connect-python-example" },
     { name = "connectrpc" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-sdk" },
     { name = "pytest" },
 ]
 
@@ -464,9 +467,6 @@ requires-dist = [
 dev = [
     { name = "connect-python-example", editable = "example" },
     { name = "connectrpc", editable = "." },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi", specifier = "==0.61b0" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi", specifier = "==0.61b0" },
-    { name = "opentelemetry-sdk", specifier = "==1.40.0" },
     { name = "pytest" },
 ]