diff --git a/pkg/promotel/exporter.go b/pkg/promotel/exporter.go
index bb571f2f4..bb681f861 100644
--- a/pkg/promotel/exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/promotel/exporter.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/promotel/internal"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 type MetricExporter interface {
 	Runnable
 	Consumer() consumer.Metrics
+	Export(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error
 }
 
 type metricExporter struct {
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ type metricExporter struct {
 	exporter exporter.Metrics
 }
 
+type NextFunc consumer.ConsumeMetricsFunc
+
 func (me *metricExporter) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return me.exporter.Start(ctx, me.host)
 }
@@ -32,10 +36,13 @@ func (me *metricExporter) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (me *metricExporter) Consumer() consumer.Metrics {
-	// Writes metrics data to stdout
 	return me.exporter
 }
 
+func (me *metricExporter) Export(ctx context.Context, md pmetric.Metrics) error {
+	return me.exporter.ConsumeMetrics(ctx, md)
+}
+
 func NewMetricExporter(config ExporterConfig, logger logger.Logger) (MetricExporter, error) {
 	factory := otlpexporter.NewFactory()
 	// Creates a metrics receiver with the context, settings, config, and consumer
diff --git a/pkg/promotel/promotel_test.go b/pkg/promotel/promotel_test.go
index 0ebb073b9..b9aa57582 100644
--- a/pkg/promotel/promotel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/promotel/promotel_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestExample(t *testing.T) {
 		if findMetric(testCounterMetricName, md) {
 			foundCh <- struct{}{}
 		}
-		return exporter.Consumer().ConsumeMetrics(ctx, md)
+		return exporter.Export(ctx, md)
 	}
 	receiver := startMetricReceiver(g, r, logger, nextFunc)
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func startExporter(ctx context.Context, logger logger.Logger) promotel.MetricExp
 	return exporter
 }
 
-func startMetricReceiver(g prometheus.Gatherer, r prometheus.Registerer, logger logger.Logger, next consumer.ConsumeMetricsFunc) promotel.Runnable {
+func startMetricReceiver(g prometheus.Gatherer, r prometheus.Registerer, logger logger.Logger, next promotel.NextFunc) promotel.Runnable {
 	logger.Info("Starting promotel metric receiver")
 	config, err := promotel.NewDefaultReceiverConfig()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func startMetricReceiver(g prometheus.Gatherer, r prometheus.Registerer, logger
 
 	// Gather metrics via promotel
 	// MetricReceiver fetches metrics from prometheus.Gatherer, then converts it to OTel format and writes formatted metrics to stdout
-	receiver, err := promotel.NewMetricReceiver(config, g, r, next, logger)
+	receiver, err := promotel.NewMetricReceiver(config, g, r, consumer.ConsumeMetricsFunc(next), logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatal("Failed to create debug metric receiver", zap.Error(err))
 	}