diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 7d956abcb08..b9f99171d66 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
       day: sunday
+  - package-ecosystem: gomod
+    directory: /bridges/otelzap
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+      - go
+      - Skip Changelog
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      day: sunday
   - package-ecosystem: gomod
     directory: /bridges/prometheus
     labels:
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 3810d0a66ad..5633283d58d 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @MadVikingGod @pellared @dashpole
 
 bridges/otelslog                                                        @open-telemetry/go-approvers @MrAlias @pellared
 bridges/prometheus/                                                     @open-telemetry/go-approvers @dashpole
+bridges/otelzap/                                                        @open-telemetry/go-approvers @pellared @khushijain21
 
 config/                                                                 @open-telemetry/go-approvers @MadVikingGod @pellared @codeboten
 
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/core.go b/bridges/otelzap/core.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e934666c58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/core.go
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package otelzap provides a bridge between the [go.uber.org/zap] and
+// OpenTelemetry logging.
+package otelzap // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap"
+
+import (
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log/global"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
+)
+
+const (
+	bridgeName = "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap"
+)
+
+type config struct {
+	provider log.LoggerProvider
+	scope    instrumentation.Scope
+}
+
+func newConfig(options []Option) config {
+	var c config
+	for _, opt := range options {
+		c = opt.apply(c)
+	}
+
+	var emptyScope instrumentation.Scope
+	if c.scope == emptyScope {
+		c.scope = instrumentation.Scope{
+			Name:    bridgeName,
+			Version: version,
+		}
+	}
+
+	if c.provider == nil {
+		c.provider = global.GetLoggerProvider()
+	}
+
+	return c
+}
+
+func (c config) logger() log.Logger {
+	var opts []log.LoggerOption
+	if c.scope.Version != "" {
+		opts = append(opts, log.WithInstrumentationVersion(c.scope.Version))
+	}
+	if c.scope.SchemaURL != "" {
+		opts = append(opts, log.WithSchemaURL(c.scope.SchemaURL))
+	}
+	return c.provider.Logger(c.scope.Name, opts...)
+}
+
+// Option configures a [Core].
+type Option interface {
+	apply(config) config
+}
+
+type optFunc func(config) config
+
+func (f optFunc) apply(c config) config { return f(c) }
+
+// WithInstrumentationScope returns an [Option] that configures the scope of
+// the [log.Logger] used by a [Core].
+//
+// By default if this Option is not provided, [Core] will use a default
+// instrumentation scope describing this bridge package. It is recommended to
+// provide this so log data can be associated with its source package or
+// module.
+func WithInstrumentationScope(scope instrumentation.Scope) Option {
+	return optFunc(func(c config) config {
+		c.scope = scope
+		return c
+	})
+}
+
+// WithLoggerProvider returns an [Option] that configures [log.LoggerProvider]
+// used by a [Core] to create its [log.Logger].
+//
+// By default if this Option is not provided, the Handler will use the global
+// LoggerProvider.
+func WithLoggerProvider(provider log.LoggerProvider) Option {
+	return optFunc(func(c config) config {
+		c.provider = provider
+		return c
+	})
+}
+
+// Core is a [zapcore.Core] that sends logging records to OpenTelemetry.
+type Core struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+}
+
+// Compile-time check *Core implements zapcore.Core.
+var _ zapcore.Core = (*Core)(nil)
+
+// NewCore creates a new [zapcore.Core] that can be used with [go.uber.org/zap.New].
+func NewCore(opts ...Option) *Core {
+	cfg := newConfig(opts)
+	return &Core{
+		logger: cfg.logger(),
+	}
+}
+
+// TODO
+// LevelEnabler decides whether a given logging level is enabled when logging a message.
+func (o *Core) Enabled(level zapcore.Level) bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+// TODO
+// With adds structured context to the Core.
+func (o *Core) With(fields []zapcore.Field) zapcore.Core {
+	return o
+}
+
+// TODO
+// Sync flushes buffered logs (if any).
+func (o *Core) Sync() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// TODO
+// Check determines whether the supplied Entry should be logged using core.Enabled method.
+func (o *Core) Check(ent zapcore.Entry, ce *zapcore.CheckedEntry) *zapcore.CheckedEntry {
+	return ce
+}
+
+// TODO
+// Write method encodes zap fields to OTel logs and emits them.
+func (o *Core) Write(ent zapcore.Entry, fields []zapcore.Field) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/core_test.go b/bridges/otelzap/core_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d41da03d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/core_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otelzap
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log/global"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log/logtest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
+)
+
+func TestNewCoreConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Default", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := logtest.NewRecorder()
+		prev := global.GetLoggerProvider()
+		defer global.SetLoggerProvider(prev)
+		global.SetLoggerProvider(r)
+
+		var h *Core
+		require.NotPanics(t, func() { h = NewCore() })
+		require.NotNil(t, h.logger)
+		require.IsType(t, &logtest.Recorder{}, h.logger)
+		l := h.logger.(*logtest.Recorder)
+		require.Len(t, l.Result(), 1)
+
+		want := &logtest.ScopeRecords{Name: bridgeName, Version: version}
+		got := l.Result()[0]
+		assert.Equal(t, want, got)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Options", func(t *testing.T) {
+		r := logtest.NewRecorder()
+		scope := instrumentation.Scope{Name: "name", Version: "ver", SchemaURL: "url"}
+		var h *Core
+		require.NotPanics(t, func() {
+			h = NewCore(
+				WithLoggerProvider(r),
+				WithInstrumentationScope(scope),
+			)
+		})
+		require.NotNil(t, h.logger)
+		require.IsType(t, &logtest.Recorder{}, h.logger)
+		l := h.logger.(*logtest.Recorder)
+		require.Len(t, l.Result(), 1)
+
+		want := &logtest.ScopeRecords{Name: scope.Name, Version: scope.Version, SchemaURL: scope.SchemaURL}
+		got := l.Result()[0]
+		assert.Equal(t, want, got)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/go.mod b/bridges/otelzap/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51781478671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap
+
+go 1.21
+
+require (
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.2.0-alpha
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.26.0
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/go.sum b/bridges/otelzap/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91b4bbf7fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0 h1:LQwgL5s/1W7YiiRwxf03QGnWLb2HW4pLiAhaA5cZXBs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.26.0/go.mod h1:UmLkJHUAidDval2EICqBMbnAd0/m2vmpf/dAM+fvFs4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.2.0-alpha h1:ixOPvMzserpqA07SENHvRzkZOsnG0XbPr74hv1AQ+n0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.2.0-alpha/go.mod h1:vbFZc65yq4c4ssvXY43y/nIqkNJLxORrqw0L85P59LA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0 h1:7S39CLuY5Jgg9CrnA9HHiEjGMF/X2VHvoXGgSllRz30=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.26.0/go.mod h1:SY+rHOI4cEawI9a7N1A4nIg/nTQXe1ccCNWYOJUrpX4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.26.0 h1:Y7bumHf5tAiDlRYFmGqetNcLaVUZmh4iYfmGxtmz7F8=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.26.0/go.mod h1:0p8MXpqLeJ0pzcszQQN4F0S5FVjBLgypeGSngLsmirs=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0 h1:1ieeAUb4y0TE26jUFrCIXKpTuVK7uJGN9/Z/2LP5sQA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.26.0/go.mod h1:4iDxvGDQuUkHve82hJJ8UqrwswHYsZuWCBllGV2U2y0=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 h1:S0h4aNzvfcFsC3dRF1jLoaov7oRaKqRGC/pUEJ2yvPQ=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/bridges/otelzap/version.go b/bridges/otelzap/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c3a0431ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridges/otelzap/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otelzap // import "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap"
+
+// Version is the current release version of otelzap in use.
+const version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 2569e6d74a4..b49942eacbc 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ module-sets:
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/processors/baggage/baggagetrace
 excluded-modules:
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/bridges/otelzap
   - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrgen
   - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrgen/driver
   - go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrgen/testdata/interface