diff --git a/.chloggen/130-upgrade.yaml b/.chloggen/130-upgrade.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e627c4c8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/130-upgrade.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', '4198', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. collector, target allocator, auto-instrumentation, opamp, github action)
+component: collector upgrade
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Adds an upgrade script for version v0.130.0 of the collector to handle a bug with internal telemetry metric names.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [4198]
+
+# (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:
diff --git a/pkg/collector/upgrade/upgrade_test.go b/pkg/collector/upgrade/upgrade_test.go
index 622fb6530f..4a2cc50653 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/upgrade/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/upgrade/upgrade_test.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func TestEnvVarUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, collectorInstance.Status.Version, persisted.Status.Version)
 
 	currentV := version.Get()
-	currentV.OpenTelemetryCollector = "0.122.0"
+	currentV.OpenTelemetryCollector = "0.130.0"
 	up := &upgrade.VersionUpgrade{
 		Log:      logger,
 		Version:  currentV,
diff --git a/pkg/collector/upgrade/v0_130_0.go b/pkg/collector/upgrade/v0_130_0.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e07b0ad0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/collector/upgrade/v0_130_0.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package upgrade
+
+import (
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/apis/v1beta1"
+)
+
+func upgrade0_130_0(u VersionUpgrade, otelcol *v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector) (*v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector, error) { //nolint:unparam
+
+	tel := otelcol.Spec.Config.Service.GetTelemetry()
+
+	if tel == nil || len(tel.Metrics.Readers) == 0 {
+		return otelcol, nil
+	}
+
+	for i, reader := range tel.Metrics.Readers {
+		if reader.Pull != nil && reader.Pull.Exporter.Prometheus.WithoutUnits == nil {
+			t := true
+			tel.Metrics.Readers[i].Pull.Exporter.Prometheus.WithoutUnits = &t
+		}
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	otelcol.Spec.Config.Service.Telemetry, err = tel.ToAnyConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return otelcol, err
+	}
+
+	return otelcol, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/collector/upgrade/v0_130_0_test.go b/pkg/collector/upgrade/v0_130_0_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..762bbe0dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/collector/upgrade/v0_130_0_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package upgrade
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/apis/v1beta1"
+)
+
+func TestUpgrade0_130_0(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		initialConfig  *v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector
+		expectedConfig *v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "should set without_units if not set",
+			initialConfig: &v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind:       "OpenTelemetryCollector",
+					APIVersion: "v1beta1",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-collector",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+				Spec: v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+					Config: v1beta1.Config{
+						Service: v1beta1.Service{
+							Telemetry: &v1beta1.AnyConfig{
+								Object: map[string]interface{}{
+									"metrics": map[string]interface{}{
+										"readers": []interface{}{
+											map[string]interface{}{
+												"pull": map[string]interface{}{
+													"exporter": map[string]interface{}{
+														"prometheus": map[string]interface{}{
+															"host": "0.0.0.0",
+															"port": int32(8888),
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedConfig: &v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind:       "OpenTelemetryCollector",
+					APIVersion: "v1beta1",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-collector",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+				Spec: v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+					Config: v1beta1.Config{
+						Service: v1beta1.Service{
+							Telemetry: &v1beta1.AnyConfig{
+								Object: map[string]interface{}{
+									"metrics": map[string]interface{}{
+										"readers": []interface{}{
+											map[string]interface{}{
+												"pull": map[string]interface{}{
+													"exporter": map[string]interface{}{
+														"prometheus": map[string]interface{}{
+															"host":          "0.0.0.0",
+															"port":          int32(8888),
+															"without_units": true,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not set without_units if false",
+			initialConfig: &v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind:       "OpenTelemetryCollector",
+					APIVersion: "v1beta1",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-collector",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+				Spec: v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+					Config: v1beta1.Config{
+						Service: v1beta1.Service{
+							Telemetry: &v1beta1.AnyConfig{
+								Object: map[string]interface{}{
+									"metrics": map[string]interface{}{
+										"readers": []interface{}{
+											map[string]interface{}{
+												"pull": map[string]interface{}{
+													"exporter": map[string]interface{}{
+														"prometheus": map[string]interface{}{
+															"host":          "0.0.0.0",
+															"port":          int32(8888),
+															"without_units": false,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedConfig: &v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind:       "OpenTelemetryCollector",
+					APIVersion: "v1beta1",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-collector",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+				Spec: v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+					Config: v1beta1.Config{
+						Service: v1beta1.Service{
+							Telemetry: &v1beta1.AnyConfig{
+								Object: map[string]interface{}{
+									"metrics": map[string]interface{}{
+										"readers": []interface{}{
+											map[string]interface{}{
+												"pull": map[string]interface{}{
+													"exporter": map[string]interface{}{
+														"prometheus": map[string]interface{}{
+															"host":          "0.0.0.0",
+															"port":          int32(8888),
+															"without_units": false,
+														},
+													},
+												},
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "should not set without_units if no prometheus exporter",
+			initialConfig: &v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind:       "OpenTelemetryCollector",
+					APIVersion: "v1beta1",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-collector",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+				Spec: v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+					Config: v1beta1.Config{
+						Service: v1beta1.Service{
+							Telemetry: &v1beta1.AnyConfig{
+								Object: map[string]interface{}{
+									"metrics": map[string]interface{}{
+										"readers": []interface{}{},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedConfig: &v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollector{
+				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+					Kind:       "OpenTelemetryCollector",
+					APIVersion: "v1beta1",
+				},
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "test-collector",
+					Namespace: "default",
+				},
+				Spec: v1beta1.OpenTelemetryCollectorSpec{
+					Config: v1beta1.Config{
+						Service: v1beta1.Service{
+							Telemetry: &v1beta1.AnyConfig{
+								Object: map[string]interface{}{
+									"metrics": map[string]interface{}{
+										"readers": []interface{}{},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			up := VersionUpgrade{
+				Log: logger,
+			}
+
+			result, err := upgrade0_130_0(up, tt.initialConfig)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NotNil(t, result)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedConfig.Spec.Config.Service.Telemetry, result.Spec.Config.Service.Telemetry)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/collector/upgrade/versions.go b/pkg/collector/upgrade/versions.go
index 71069fa909..8634fd7e5c 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/upgrade/versions.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/upgrade/versions.go
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ var (
 			Version:        *semver.MustParse("0.122.0"),
 			upgradeV1beta1: upgrade0_122_0,
 		},
+		{
+			Version:        *semver.MustParse("0.130.0"),
+			upgradeV1beta1: upgrade0_130_0,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// Latest represents the latest version that we need to upgrade. This is not necessarily the latest known version.