chore: update otel and unpin node 18 in tests

[pichlermarc]

• Updates to 1.24.1/0.51.1. Due to the used dependency ranges, this updates package-lock.json only.
• Also removes the workaround that pinned tests to use 18.18.2

Closes #2021
Partially enables #2169

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 90.47%. Comparing base (dfb2dff) to head (b06c0a7).
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