diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index 40f2bcbbfa7..57eccab24be 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ All notable changes to experimental packages in this project will be documented
 
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 
+* fix: remove JSON syntax error and regenerate tsconfig files [#3566](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3566) @Flarna
+  * Fixes an error where the generated JS files were not included in the esnext package due to a failure of the tsconfig generation
 * fix(sdk-node): register instrumentations early [#3502](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3502) @flarna
 * fix: include tracestate in export [#3569](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/3569) @flarna
 
diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esm.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esm.json
index ae474033346..22887f7b0a0 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esm.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esm.json
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-core"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-resources"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-exporter-base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-proto-exporter-base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-transformer"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esnext.json b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esnext.json
index 5f6cf572d5a..199ea3b3251 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esnext.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esnext.json
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-core"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-resources"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-exporter-base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-proto-exporter-base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-transformer"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esm.json b/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esm.json
index ce8637cb82d..d5c055a8494 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esm.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esm.json
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-core"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-exporter-base"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esnext.json b/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esnext.json
index 4a1cb2c30b7..2eeda32b246 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esnext.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esnext.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.ts",
-    "src/generated/*.js",
+    "src/generated/*.js"
   ],
   "references": [
     {
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "../../../packages/opentelemetry-core"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../otlp-exporter-base"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.esm.json b/tsconfig.esm.json
index 3c3cb876dd8..afd8742243a 100644
--- a/tsconfig.esm.json
+++ b/tsconfig.esm.json
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-http/tsconfig.esm.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esm.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/opentelemetry-browser-detector/tsconfig.esm.json"
     },
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/tsconfig.esm.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esm.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/otlp-transformer/tsconfig.esm.json"
     },
diff --git a/tsconfig.esnext.json b/tsconfig.esnext.json
index 63c1e27aa49..c826225f261 100644
--- a/tsconfig.esnext.json
+++ b/tsconfig.esnext.json
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-http/tsconfig.esnext.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/tsconfig.esnext.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/opentelemetry-browser-detector/tsconfig.esnext.json"
     },
@@ -29,6 +32,9 @@
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/otlp-exporter-base/tsconfig.esnext.json"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "experimental/packages/otlp-proto-exporter-base/tsconfig.esnext.json"
+    },
     {
       "path": "experimental/packages/otlp-transformer/tsconfig.esnext.json"
     },