diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 5427041391e..2cca15f1d14 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ linters-settings:
         files:
           - "**_test.go"
 
+      # TODO: enable after import is not used anywhere
+      # disallow-otel-contrib-translator:
+      #   deny:
+      #     - pkg: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger
+      #       desc: "Use jptrace package instead of opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger"
+      #   files:
+      #     - "!**/jptrace/**"
+
   goimports:
     local-prefixes: github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger
   gosec:
diff --git a/cmd/collector/app/handler/otlp_receiver.go b/cmd/collector/app/handler/otlp_receiver.go
index ba450e4a298..ebde8d2ba38 100644
--- a/cmd/collector/app/handler/otlp_receiver.go
+++ b/cmd/collector/app/handler/otlp_receiver.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	otlp2jaeger "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/collector/app/flags"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/collector/app/processor"
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/jptrace"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/tenancy"
 )
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ type consumerDelegate struct {
 }
 
 func (c *consumerDelegate) consume(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) error {
-	batches := otlp2jaeger.ProtoFromTraces(td)
+	batches := jptrace.ProtoFromTraces(td)
 	for _, batch := range batches {
 		err := c.batchConsumer.consume(ctx, batch)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/processors/adaptivesampling/processor.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/processors/adaptivesampling/processor.go
index 4d14f7f99c4..7a0ca2a0641 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/processors/adaptivesampling/processor.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/processors/adaptivesampling/processor.go
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	otlp2jaeger "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/collector/app/sampling/samplingstrategy"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling"
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/jptrace"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/metrics/otelmetrics"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/plugin/sampling/strategyprovider/adaptive"
 )
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (tp *traceProcessor) close(context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (tp *traceProcessor) processTraces(_ context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) (ptrace.Traces, error) {
-	batches := otlp2jaeger.ProtoFromTraces(td)
+	batches := jptrace.ProtoFromTraces(td)
 	for _, batch := range batches {
 		for _, span := range batch.Spans {
 			if span.Process == nil {
diff --git a/cmd/query/app/otlp_translator.go b/cmd/query/app/otlp_translator.go
index 06f7c63e440..daaaabf2aeb 100644
--- a/cmd/query/app/otlp_translator.go
+++ b/cmd/query/app/otlp_translator.go
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ package app
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	model2otel "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/jptrace"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/model"
 )
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func otlp2traces(otlpSpans []byte) ([]*model.Trace, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal OTLP : %w", err)
 	}
-	jaegerBatches := model2otel.ProtoFromTraces(otlpTraces)
+	jaegerBatches := jptrace.ProtoFromTraces(otlpTraces)
 	var traces []*model.Trace
 	traceMap := make(map[model.TraceID]*model.Trace)
 	for _, batch := range jaegerBatches {
diff --git a/internal/jptrace/translator.go b/internal/jptrace/translator.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7480b2b5075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/jptrace/translator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 The Jaeger Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package jptrace
+
+import (
+	jaegerTranslator "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
+
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/model"
+)
+
+// ProtoFromTraces converts OpenTelemetry traces (ptrace.Traces)
+// to Jaeger model batches ([]*model.Batch).
+func ProtoFromTraces(traces ptrace.Traces) []*model.Batch {
+	batches := jaegerTranslator.ProtoFromTraces(traces)
+	spanMap := createSpanMapFromBatches(batches)
+	transferWarnings(traces, spanMap)
+	return batches
+}
+
+func createSpanMapFromBatches(batches []*model.Batch) map[model.SpanID]*model.Span {
+	spanMap := make(map[model.SpanID]*model.Span)
+	for _, batch := range batches {
+		for _, span := range batch.Spans {
+			spanMap[span.SpanID] = span
+		}
+	}
+	return spanMap
+}
+
+func transferWarnings(traces ptrace.Traces, spanMap map[model.SpanID]*model.Span) {
+	resources := traces.ResourceSpans()
+	for i := 0; i < resources.Len(); i++ {
+		scopes := resources.At(i).ScopeSpans()
+		for j := 0; j < scopes.Len(); j++ {
+			spans := scopes.At(j).Spans()
+			for k := 0; k < spans.Len(); k++ {
+				otelSpan := spans.At(k)
+				warnings := GetWarnings(otelSpan)
+				span := spanMap[model.SpanIDFromOTEL(otelSpan.SpanID())]
+				span.Warnings = append(span.Warnings, warnings...)
+				// filter out the warning tag
+				span.Tags = filterTags(span.Tags, warningsAttribute)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func filterTags(tags []model.KeyValue, keyToRemove string) []model.KeyValue {
+	var filteredTags []model.KeyValue
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		if tag.Key != keyToRemove {
+			filteredTags = append(filteredTags, tag)
+		}
+	}
+	return filteredTags
+}
diff --git a/internal/jptrace/translator_test.go b/internal/jptrace/translator_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ff3129a00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/jptrace/translator_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 The Jaeger Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package jptrace
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
+
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/model"
+)
+
+func TestProtoFromTraces_AddsWarnings(t *testing.T) {
+	traces := ptrace.NewTraces()
+	rs1 := traces.ResourceSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	ss1 := rs1.ScopeSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	span1 := ss1.Spans().AppendEmpty()
+	span1.SetName("test-span-1")
+	span1.SetSpanID(pcommon.SpanID([8]byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}))
+	AddWarning(span1, "test-warning-1")
+	AddWarning(span1, "test-warning-2")
+	span1.Attributes().PutStr("key", "value")
+
+	ss2 := rs1.ScopeSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	span2 := ss2.Spans().AppendEmpty()
+	span2.SetName("test-span-2")
+	span2.SetSpanID(pcommon.SpanID([8]byte{9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16}))
+
+	rs2 := traces.ResourceSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	ss3 := rs2.ScopeSpans().AppendEmpty()
+	span3 := ss3.Spans().AppendEmpty()
+	span3.SetName("test-span-3")
+	span3.SetSpanID(pcommon.SpanID([8]byte{17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24}))
+	AddWarning(span3, "test-warning-3")
+
+	batches := ProtoFromTraces(traces)
+
+	assert.Len(t, batches, 2)
+
+	assert.Len(t, batches[0].Spans, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test-span-1", batches[0].Spans[0].OperationName)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"test-warning-1", "test-warning-2"}, batches[0].Spans[0].Warnings)
+	assert.Equal(t, []model.KeyValue{{Key: "key", VStr: "value"}}, batches[0].Spans[0].Tags)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test-span-2", batches[0].Spans[1].OperationName)
+	assert.Empty(t, batches[0].Spans[1].Warnings)
+	assert.Empty(t, batches[0].Spans[1].Tags)
+
+	assert.Len(t, batches[1].Spans, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "test-span-3", batches[1].Spans[0].OperationName)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"test-warning-3"}, batches[1].Spans[0].Warnings)
+	assert.Empty(t, batches[1].Spans[0].Tags)
+}
diff --git a/model/ids.go b/model/ids.go
index 5bf93dc43be..4c7b77c6aa9 100644
--- a/model/ids.go
+++ b/model/ids.go
@@ -261,3 +261,19 @@ func (s *SpanID) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 func (s *SpanID) UnmarshalJSONPB(_ *jsonpb.Unmarshaler, b []byte) error {
 	return s.UnmarshalJSON(b)
 }
+
+// ToOTELSpanID converts the SpanID to OTEL's representation of a span identitfier.
+// This was taken from
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/internal/coreinternal/idutils/big_endian_converter.go.
+func (s SpanID) ToOTELSpanID() pcommon.SpanID {
+	spanID := [8]byte{}
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(spanID[:], uint64(s))
+	return pcommon.SpanID(spanID)
+}
+
+// ToOTELSpanID converts OTEL's SpanID to the model representation of a span identitfier.
+// This was taken from
+// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/internal/coreinternal/idutils/big_endian_converter.go.
+func SpanIDFromOTEL(spanID pcommon.SpanID) SpanID {
+	return SpanID(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(spanID[:]))
+}
diff --git a/model/ids_test.go b/model/ids_test.go
index 40c6f801a5c..ef2a9a65beb 100644
--- a/model/ids_test.go
+++ b/model/ids_test.go
@@ -137,3 +137,55 @@ func TestTraceIDFromOTEL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	require.Equal(t, expected, model.TraceIDFromOTEL(otelTraceID))
 }
+
+func TestToOTELSpanID(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		spanID   model.SpanID
+		expected pcommon.SpanID
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "zero span ID",
+			spanID:   model.NewSpanID(0),
+			expected: pcommon.NewSpanIDEmpty(),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "non-zero span ID",
+			spanID:   model.NewSpanID(1),
+			expected: pcommon.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := test.spanID.ToOTELSpanID()
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSpanIDFromOTEL(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		otelSpanID pcommon.SpanID
+		expected   model.SpanID
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "zero span ID",
+			otelSpanID: pcommon.NewSpanIDEmpty(),
+			expected:   model.NewSpanID(0),
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "non-zero span ID",
+			otelSpanID: pcommon.SpanID([8]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}),
+			expected:   model.NewSpanID(1),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := model.SpanIDFromOTEL(test.otelSpanID)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/storage_v2/v1adapter/writer.go b/storage_v2/v1adapter/writer.go
index c0a9d4ced99..b16b54ed43e 100644
--- a/storage_v2/v1adapter/writer.go
+++ b/storage_v2/v1adapter/writer.go
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 
-	otlp2jaeger "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/jptrace"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/storage/spanstore"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/storage_v2/tracestore"
 )
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func NewTraceWriter(spanWriter spanstore.Writer) tracestore.Writer {
 
 // WriteTraces implements tracestore.Writer.
 func (t *TraceWriter) WriteTraces(ctx context.Context, td ptrace.Traces) error {
-	batches := otlp2jaeger.ProtoFromTraces(td)
+	batches := jptrace.ProtoFromTraces(td)
 	var errs []error
 	for _, batch := range batches {
 		for _, span := range batch.Spans {