diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93e8e93f58..e3fabbbe25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ the release.
   ([#1522](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1522))
 * [frontend] Pass down image optimization requests to imageprovider
   ([#1522](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1522))
+* [otelcollector] Add `redisreceiver`
+  ([#1537](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1537))
 
 ## 1.9.0
 
diff --git a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml
index afe2d712e1..a6aebeb293 100644
--- a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml
+++ b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-config.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ receivers:
   httpcheck/frontendproxy:
     targets:
       - endpoint: http://frontendproxy:${env:ENVOY_PORT}
+  redis:
+    endpoint: "redis-cart:6379"
+    collection_interval: 10s
 
 exporters:
   debug:
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ service:
       processors: [batch]
       exporters: [otlp, debug, spanmetrics]
     metrics:
-      receivers: [httpcheck/frontendproxy, otlp, spanmetrics]
+      receivers: [httpcheck/frontendproxy, redis, otlp, spanmetrics]
       processors: [batch]
       exporters: [otlphttp/prometheus, debug]
     logs: