diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dea1de421..3aa9e2cc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Support for Python 3.12
 - Upgraded syntax to Python 3.9
 
+### Fixed
+- `telemetry` dependency is no longer a group (enables Poetry installation)
+
 ## [0.8.1] - 2024-03-11
 ### Added
 - Better human readable `__str__` representation of campaign
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 28139592d..591db0519 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ dependencies = [
     "scipy>=1.10.1",
     "setuptools-scm>=7.1.0",
     "torch>=1.13.1",
-    "baybe[telemetry]",
+
+    # Telemetry:
+    "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.16.0",
+    "opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray>=1.0.0",
+    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.16.0",
+    "opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws>=2.0.0",
+    "requests>=2.31.0", # see AUDIT NOTE
+    "urllib3>=2.0.7", # see AUDIT NOTE
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -80,7 +87,6 @@ dev = [
     "baybe[mypy]",
     "baybe[onnx]",
     "baybe[simulation]",
-    "baybe[telemetry]",
     "baybe[test]",
     "pip-audit>=2.5.5",
     "tox>=4.10.0",
@@ -130,15 +136,6 @@ simulation = [
     "xyzpy>=1.2.1",
 ]
 
-telemetry = [
-    "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.16.0",
-    "opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray>=1.0.0",
-    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.16.0",
-    "opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws>=2.0.0",
-    "requests>=2.31.0", # see AUDIT NOTE
-    "urllib3>=2.0.7", # see AUDIT NOTE
-]
-
 test = [
     "baybe[lint]", # The tests also include linting the code in the docs
     "hypothesis[pandas]>=6.88.4",