diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 9868cacbdc..5331e33426 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -675,7 +675,11 @@ sumologic.com/component: metrics
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{- define "sumologic.labels.events" -}}
+{{- if eq .Values.sumologic.events.provider "fluentd" -}}
 sumologic.com/app: fluentd-events
+{{- else -}}
+sumologic.com/app: otelcol-events
+{{- end }}
 sumologic.com/component: events
 {{- end -}}
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events/otelcol/statefulset.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events/otelcol/statefulset.yaml
index 88be7a64a5..740611e400 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events/otelcol/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/events/otelcol/statefulset.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
       labels:
         app: {{ template "sumologic.labels.app.events.pod" . }}
+        {{- include "sumologic.labels.scrape.events" . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- include "sumologic.labels.common" . | nindent 8 }}
 {{- if .Values.sumologic.podLabels }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.sumologic.podLabels | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
index 97e4248d39..6f5a753bfa 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
@@ -520,6 +520,18 @@ sumologic:
           matchLabels:
             sumologic.com/app: otelcol-logs-collector
             sumologic.com/scrape: "true"
+      - name: collection-sumologic-otelcol-events
+        additionalLabels:
+          sumologic.com/app: otelcol-events
+        endpoints:
+          - port: otelcol-metrics
+        namespaceSelector:
+          matchNames:
+            - $(NAMESPACE)
+        selector:
+          matchLabels:
+            sumologic.com/app: otelcol-events
+            sumologic.com/scrape: "true"
       - name: collection-sumologic-otelcol-traces
         additionalLabels:
           sumologic.com/app: otelcol
diff --git a/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/annotations_labels.output.yaml b/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/annotations_labels.output.yaml
index b36e1ae4a9..91d223dcfc 100644
--- a/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/annotations_labels.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/annotations_labels.output.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ spec:
         release: "RELEASE-NAME"
         heritage: "Helm"
         sumoLabel: sumoValue
+        sumologic.com/app: otelcol-events
+        sumologic.com/component: events
         statefulsetLabel: statefulsetValue
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic
diff --git a/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/basic.output.yaml b/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/basic.output.yaml
index 81e01ecc0d..741b26c9df 100644
--- a/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/basic.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/events_otc_statefulset/static/basic.output.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ spec:
         release: "RELEASE-NAME"
         heritage: "Helm"
         someLabel: someValue
+        sumologic.com/app: otelcol-events
+        sumologic.com/component: events
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic
       nodeSelector:
diff --git a/tests/helm/kube-prometheus-stack/servicemonitors/basic-sumo.output.yaml b/tests/helm/kube-prometheus-stack/servicemonitors/basic-sumo.output.yaml
index eb7ec1fd27..545ba75eb2 100644
--- a/tests/helm/kube-prometheus-stack/servicemonitors/basic-sumo.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/kube-prometheus-stack/servicemonitors/basic-sumo.output.yaml
@@ -186,6 +186,32 @@ items:
         matchLabels:
           sumologic.com/app: otelcol-logs-collector
           sumologic.com/scrape: "true"
+  - apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+    kind: ServiceMonitor
+    metadata:
+      name: collection-sumologic-otelcol-events
+      namespace: sumologic
+      labels:
+        app: sumologic-prometheus
+        
+        app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+        app.kubernetes.io/instance: RELEASE-NAME
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: "%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%"
+        app.kubernetes.io/part-of: sumologic
+        chart: sumologic-%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        release: "RELEASE-NAME"
+        heritage: "Helm"
+        sumologic.com/app: otelcol-events
+    spec:
+      endpoints:
+        - port: metrics
+      namespaceSelector:
+        matchNames:
+        - $(NAMESPACE)
+      selector:
+        matchLabels:
+          sumologic.com/app: otelcol-events
+          sumologic.com/scrape: "true"
   - apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
     kind: ServiceMonitor
     metadata:
diff --git a/tests/helm/prometheus_test.go b/tests/helm/prometheus_test.go
index be8a7b0ec6..94dd3e3699 100644
--- a/tests/helm/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/tests/helm/prometheus_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ kube-prometheus-stack:
 				"collection-sumologic-fluentd-events",
 				"collection-fluent-bit",
 				"collection-sumologic-otelcol-logs-collector",
+				"collection-sumologic-otelcol-events",
 				"collection-sumologic-otelcol-traces",
 				"collection-sumologic-prometheus",
 				"collection-sumologic-fluentd-logs-test",
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ sumologic:
 			TemplatePaths: allTemplatePaths,
 		},
 		{
-			Name: "default",
+			Name:       "default",
 			ValuesYaml: "",
 			ExpectedNames: []string{
 				"collection-sumologic-fluentd-logs",
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ sumologic:
 				"collection-sumologic-fluentd-events",
 				"collection-fluent-bit",
 				"collection-sumologic-otelcol-logs-collector",
+				"collection-sumologic-otelcol-events",
 				"collection-sumologic-otelcol-traces",
 				"collection-sumologic-prometheus",
 			},