diff --git a/libs/telemetry/src/capturing/ng/collector.rs b/libs/telemetry/src/capturing/ng/collector.rs
index e4c7fdb34a7..3dff5ed6a91 100644
--- a/libs/telemetry/src/capturing/ng/collector.rs
+++ b/libs/telemetry/src/capturing/ng/collector.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::HashMap, num::NonZeroU64, sync::Arc};
 
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tracing::Level;
 
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ impl Serialize for SerializableNonZeroU64 {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for SerializableNonZeroU64 {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<SerializableNonZeroU64, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let value = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let value = value.parse().map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+        Ok(SerializableNonZeroU64(
+            NonZeroU64::new(value).ok_or_else(|| serde::de::Error::custom("value must be non-zero"))?,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Serialize)]
 pub struct SpanId(SerializableNonZeroU64);