diff --git a/.chloggen/add_interval_processor.yaml b/.chloggen/add_interval_processor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c1ae5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/add_interval_processor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: "new_component"
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: intervalprocessor
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Interval processor is now alpha and is included in the contrib and k8s distributions
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [804]
+
+# (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:
+
+# 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: [user]
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
index 0a1c8896..5a2fe95e 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ processors:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/geoipprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/groupbyattrsprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/groupbytraceprocessor v0.118.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/intervalprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sattributesprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/logdedupprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/metricsgenerationprocessor v0.118.0
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
index c0e67270..96f033ce 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ processors:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/filterprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/groupbyattrsprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/groupbytraceprocessor v0.118.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/intervalprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/k8sattributesprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/logdedupprocessor v0.118.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/metricstransformprocessor v0.118.0