diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index e04d9ef131..12469ae91d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ jobs:
             --env 'RELATED_IMAGE_POSTGRES_17=registry.developers.crunchydata.com/crunchydata/crunchy-postgres:ubi8-17.2-2' \
             --env 'RELATED_IMAGE_POSTGRES_17_GIS_3.4=registry.developers.crunchydata.com/crunchydata/crunchy-postgres-gis:ubi8-17.2-3.4-2' \
             --env 'RELATED_IMAGE_STANDALONE_PGADMIN=registry.developers.crunchydata.com/crunchydata/crunchy-pgadmin4:ubi8-8.14-1' \
+            --env 'RELATED_IMAGE_COLLECTOR=ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.119.0' \
             --env 'PGO_FEATURE_GATES=TablespaceVolumes=true' \
             --name 'postgres-operator' ubuntu \
             postgres-operator
diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index 8fb6bcf007..98a771bb32 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ spec:
           value: "registry.developers.crunchydata.com/crunchydata/crunchy-upgrade:latest"
         - name: RELATED_IMAGE_STANDALONE_PGADMIN
           value: "registry.developers.crunchydata.com/crunchydata/crunchy-pgadmin4:ubi8-8.14-1"
+        - name: RELATED_IMAGE_COLLECTOR
+          value: "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.119.0"
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities: { drop: [ALL] }
diff --git a/internal/collector/instance.go b/internal/collector/instance.go
index 8cb90be32a..a3ddc1ae8a 100644
--- a/internal/collector/instance.go
+++ b/internal/collector/instance.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 
+	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/config"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/feature"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/initialize"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/naming"
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ func AddToPod(
 
 	container := corev1.Container{
 		Name:            naming.ContainerCollector,
-		Image:           "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.117.0",
+		Image:           config.CollectorContainerImage(spec),
 		ImagePullPolicy: pullPolicy,
 		Command:         []string{"/otelcol-contrib", "--config", "/etc/otel-collector/config.yaml"},
 		Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index ff3c6507d0..2c5f1bf769 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ func PGExporterContainerImage(cluster *v1beta1.PostgresCluster) string {
 	return defaultFromEnv(image, "RELATED_IMAGE_PGEXPORTER")
 }
 
+// CollectorContainerImage returns the container image to use for the
+// collector container.
+func CollectorContainerImage(instrumentation *v1beta1.InstrumentationSpec) string {
+	var image string
+	if instrumentation != nil {
+		image = instrumentation.Image
+	}
+
+	return defaultFromEnv(image, "RELATED_IMAGE_COLLECTOR")
+}
+
 // PostgresContainerImage returns the container image to use for PostgreSQL.
 func PostgresContainerImage(cluster *v1beta1.PostgresCluster) string {
 	image := cluster.Spec.Image
@@ -143,6 +154,10 @@ func VerifyImageValues(cluster *v1beta1.PostgresCluster) error {
 		cluster.Spec.Monitoring.PGMonitor.Exporter != nil {
 		images = append(images, "crunchy-postgres-exporter")
 	}
+	if CollectorContainerImage(cluster.Spec.Instrumentation) == "" &&
+		cluster.Spec.Instrumentation != nil {
+		images = append(images, "crunchy-collector")
+	}
 	if PostgresContainerImage(cluster) == "" {
 		if cluster.Spec.PostGISVersion != "" {
 			images = append(images, "crunchy-postgres-gis")