diff --git a/extras/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml b/extras/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml
index 1eda42279..5f209e83e 100644
--- a/extras/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml
+++ b/extras/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ receivers:
   otlp:
     protocols:
       grpc:
+      http:
   # The hostmetrics receiver is required to get correct infrastructure metrics in Datadog.
   hostmetrics:
     collection_interval: 10s