diff --git a/services/opentelemetry-collector-config.yaml b/services/opentelemetry-collector-config.yaml
index 14640ab61da8..7386666956e4 100644
--- a/services/opentelemetry-collector-config.yaml
+++ b/services/opentelemetry-collector-config.yaml
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ service:
     traces:
       receivers: [otlp]
       exporters: [otlphttp]
-      processors: [batch,probabilistic_sampler]
+      processors: [batch,probabilistic_sampler,filter/drop_healthcheck]
 processors:
   batch:
     timeout: 5s
     send_batch_size: ${TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_BATCH_SIZE}
   probabilistic_sampler:
     sampling_percentage: ${TRACING_OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_SAMPLING_PERCENTAGE}
+  filter/drop_healthcheck:
+    error_mode: ignore
+    traces:
+      span:
+        - attributes["http.route"] == "healthcheck_readiness_probe"
+        - attributes["db.statement"] == "PING" and attributes["db.system"] == "redis"