diff --git a/internal/controller/telemetry/otel_conf_gen.go b/internal/controller/telemetry/otel_conf_gen.go
index 26f376d9..3bab8843 100644
--- a/internal/controller/telemetry/otel_conf_gen.go
+++ b/internal/controller/telemetry/otel_conf_gen.go
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@ func generateCountConnectors() map[string]any {
 					{
 						Key: "k8s.pod.labels.app.kubernetes.io/name",
 					},
+					{
+						Key: "k8s.pod.labels.app",
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -498,6 +501,9 @@ func generateCountConnectors() map[string]any {
 					{
 						Key: "k8s.pod.labels.app.kubernetes.io/name",
 					},
+					{
+						Key: "k8s.pod.labels.app",
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -555,11 +561,6 @@ func generateMetricsProcessors() map[string]any {
 
 	metricsProcessors["attributes/metricattributes"] = AttributesProcessor{
 		Actions: []AttributesProcessorAction{
-			{
-				Action:        "insert",
-				Key:           "app",
-				FromAttribute: "k8s.pod.labels.app.kubernetes.io/name",
-			},
 			{
 				Action:        "insert",
 				Key:           "host",