diff --git a/.changeset/stale-pumas-appear.md b/.changeset/stale-pumas-appear.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7deac41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-pumas-appear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/node-opentelemetry': patch
+---
+
+feat: support OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL and OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/constants.ts b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/constants.ts
index e3004c92..585ae14b 100644
--- a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/constants.ts
@@ -36,13 +36,19 @@ export const DEFAULT_OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER_URL =
   (otelEnv.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
     ? `${otelEnv.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT}/v1/logs`
     : 'https://in-otel.hyperdx.io/v1/logs');
-export const DEFAULT_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER = (otelEnv as any)
-  .OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER; // not exist yet
+export const DEFAULT_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER = env.OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER; // not exist yet
 export const DEFAULT_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER_URL =
   otelEnv.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT ??
   (otelEnv.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
     ? `${otelEnv.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT}/v1/metrics`
     : 'https://in-otel.hyperdx.io/v1/metrics');
+export const DEFAULT_OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL =
+  env.OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL
+    ? Number(env.OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL)
+    : 60000; // not exist yet
+export const DEFAULT_OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_TIMEOUT = env.OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_TIMEOUT
+  ? Number(env.OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_TIMEOUT)
+  : 30000; // not exist yet
 export const DEFAULT_SERVICE_NAME = () =>
   getEnvWithoutDefaults().OTEL_SERVICE_NAME ?? defaultServiceName();
 export const DEFAULT_OTEL_LOG_LEVEL = otelEnvWithDefaults.OTEL_LOG_LEVEL;
diff --git a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/metrics.ts b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/metrics.ts
index 66849270..b9432f85 100644
--- a/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/metrics.ts
+++ b/packages/node-opentelemetry/src/metrics.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 import { OTLPMetricExporter } from '@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto';
 import { PeriodicExportingMetricReader } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics';
 
-import { DEFAULT_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER_URL } from './constants';
+import {
+  DEFAULT_OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL,
+  DEFAULT_OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_TIMEOUT,
+  DEFAULT_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER_URL,
+} from './constants';
 
 export const getHyperDXMetricReader = () =>
   new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
     exporter: new OTLPMetricExporter({
       url: DEFAULT_OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER_URL,
     }),
-    exportIntervalMillis: 1000,
+    exportIntervalMillis: DEFAULT_OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL,
+    exportTimeoutMillis: DEFAULT_OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_TIMEOUT,
   });