diff --git a/exporters/geneva/.gitignore b/exporters/geneva/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d16386367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/geneva/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/
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diff --git a/exporters/geneva/src/exporter.cc b/exporters/geneva/src/exporter.cc
index cb7d569ea..633806efb 100644
--- a/exporters/geneva/src/exporter.cc
+++ b/exporters/geneva/src/exporter.cc
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ Exporter::Exporter(const ExporterOptions &options)
 
 sdk::metrics::AggregationTemporality Exporter::GetAggregationTemporality(
     sdk::metrics::InstrumentType instrument_type) const noexcept {
-  if (instrument_type == sdk::metrics::InstrumentType::kUpDownCounter)
-    {
-      return sdk::metrics::AggregationTemporality::kCumulative;
-    }
+  if (instrument_type == sdk::metrics::InstrumentType::kUpDownCounter ||
+      instrument_type == sdk::metrics::InstrumentType::kObservableUpDownCounter) {
+    return sdk::metrics::AggregationTemporality::kCumulative;
+  }
   return sdk::metrics::AggregationTemporality::kDelta;
 }
 
diff --git a/exporters/geneva/test/metrics_exporter_test.cc b/exporters/geneva/test/metrics_exporter_test.cc
index 058b66346..4af472028 100644
--- a/exporters/geneva/test/metrics_exporter_test.cc
+++ b/exporters/geneva/test/metrics_exporter_test.cc
@@ -379,4 +379,24 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(GenericMetricsExporterText,
                          GenericMetricsExporterTextFixture,
                          ::testing::Values(kUnixDomainPathUDS, kUnixDomainPathAbstractSocket));
 
+// Test for GetAggregationTemporality method
+TEST(GenevaExporterTest, GetAggregationTemporalityTest) {
+  ExporterOptions options{"Endpoint=unix:///tmp/test;Account=test;Namespace=test"};
+  Exporter exporter(options);
+  
+  // Test that kUpDownCounter returns kCumulative
+  EXPECT_EQ(exporter.GetAggregationTemporality(InstrumentType::kUpDownCounter), 
+            AggregationTemporality::kCumulative);
+            
+  // Test that kObservableUpDownCounter returns kCumulative
+  EXPECT_EQ(exporter.GetAggregationTemporality(InstrumentType::kObservableUpDownCounter), 
+            AggregationTemporality::kCumulative);
+            
+  // Test that other instrument types return kDelta
+  EXPECT_EQ(exporter.GetAggregationTemporality(InstrumentType::kCounter), 
+            AggregationTemporality::kDelta);
+  EXPECT_EQ(exporter.GetAggregationTemporality(InstrumentType::kHistogram), 
+            AggregationTemporality::kDelta);
+}
+
 #endif
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