diff --git a/.chloggen/os-exporter-distrib.yaml b/.chloggen/os-exporter-distrib.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8373a076ae38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/os-exporter-distrib.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: opensearchexporter
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: added opensearch exporter to the contrib distribution metadata
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [30183]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/exporter/opensearchexporter/README.md b/exporter/opensearchexporter/README.md
index 17a66c9e42db..f7aa3cc67ec1 100644
--- a/exporter/opensearchexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/opensearchexporter/README.md
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 | ------------- |-----------|
 | Stability     | [alpha]: traces   |
 |               | [development]: logs   |
-| Distributions | [] |
+| Distributions | [contrib] |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aexporter%2Fopensearch%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aexporter%2Fopensearch) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aexporter%2Fopensearch%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aexporter%2Fopensearch) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@Aneurysm9](https://www.github.com/Aneurysm9), [@MitchellGale](https://www.github.com/MitchellGale), [@MaxKsyunz](https://www.github.com/MaxKsyunz), [@YANG-DB](https://www.github.com/YANG-DB) |
 
 [alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#alpha
 [development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#development
+[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 <!-- end autogenerated section -->
 
 OpenSearch exporter supports sending OpenTelemetry signals as documents to [OpenSearch](https://www.opensearch.org).
diff --git a/exporter/opensearchexporter/metadata.yaml b/exporter/opensearchexporter/metadata.yaml
index 51b4ed74f51e..a5c30ef47dec 100644
--- a/exporter/opensearchexporter/metadata.yaml
+++ b/exporter/opensearchexporter/metadata.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ status:
   stability:
     alpha: [traces]
     development: [logs]
+  distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [Aneurysm9, MitchellGale, MaxKsyunz, YANG-DB]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
index aba751801861..966721f8abee 100644
--- a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
+++ b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ components:
         - loki
         - mezmo
         - opencensus
+        - opensearch
         - prometheus
         - prometheusremotewrite
         - pulsar