diff --git a/.chloggen/prometheus-version-name-in-metrics.yaml b/.chloggen/prometheus-version-name-in-metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..87828cbe4bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/prometheus-version-name-in-metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: prometheusreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: All receivers are setting receiver name and version when sending data. This change introduces the same behaviour to the prometheus receiver.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [20902]
+
+# (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/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
index b85620880f0e..2024b6b80e47 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/value"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/scrape"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/obsreport"
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	targetMetricName = "target_info"
+	receiverName     = "otelcol/prometheusreceiver"
 )
 
 type transaction struct {
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ type transaction struct {
 	externalLabels labels.Labels
 	nodeResource   pcommon.Resource
 	logger         *zap.Logger
+	buildInfo      component.BuildInfo
 	metricAdjuster MetricsAdjuster
 	obsrecv        *obsreport.Receiver
 	// Used as buffer to calculate series ref hash.
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ func newTransaction(
 		metricAdjuster: metricAdjuster,
 		externalLabels: externalLabels,
 		logger:         settings.Logger,
+		buildInfo:      settings.BuildInfo,
 		obsrecv:        obsrecv,
 		bufBytes:       make([]byte, 0, 1024),
 		normalizer:     prometheustranslator.NewNormalizer(registry),
@@ -207,7 +211,10 @@ func (t *transaction) getMetrics(resource pcommon.Resource) (pmetric.Metrics, er
 	md := pmetric.NewMetrics()
 	rms := md.ResourceMetrics().AppendEmpty()
 	resource.CopyTo(rms.Resource())
-	metrics := rms.ScopeMetrics().AppendEmpty().Metrics()
+	ils := rms.ScopeMetrics().AppendEmpty()
+	ils.Scope().SetName(receiverName)
+	ils.Scope().SetVersion(t.buildInfo.Version)
+	metrics := ils.Metrics()
 
 	for _, mf := range t.families {
 		mf.appendMetric(metrics, t.normalizer)
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction_test.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction_test.go
index 24d9ea46e2ba..bc6e4a33e6b3 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction_test.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,28 @@ func TestTransactionAppendResource(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, expectedResource, gotResource)
 }
 
+func TestReceiverVersionAndNameAreAttached(t *testing.T) {
+	sink := new(consumertest.MetricsSink)
+	tr := newTransaction(scrapeCtx, &startTimeAdjuster{startTime: startTimestamp}, sink, nil, receivertest.NewNopCreateSettings(), nopObsRecv(t), featuregate.GlobalRegistry())
+	_, err := tr.Append(0, labels.FromMap(map[string]string{
+		model.InstanceLabel:   "localhost:8080",
+		model.JobLabel:        "test",
+		model.MetricNameLabel: "counter_test",
+	}), time.Now().Unix()*1000, 1.0)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NoError(t, tr.Commit())
+
+	expectedResource := CreateResource("test", "localhost:8080", labels.FromStrings(model.SchemeLabel, "http"))
+	mds := sink.AllMetrics()
+	require.Len(t, mds, 1)
+	gotResource := mds[0].ResourceMetrics().At(0).Resource()
+	require.Equal(t, expectedResource, gotResource)
+
+	gotScope := mds[0].ResourceMetrics().At(0).ScopeMetrics().At(0).Scope()
+	require.Equal(t, receiverName, gotScope.Name())
+	require.Equal(t, component.NewDefaultBuildInfo().Version, gotScope.Version())
+}
+
 func TestTransactionCommitErrorWhenAdjusterError(t *testing.T) {
 	goodLabels := labels.FromMap(map[string]string{
 		model.InstanceLabel:   "localhost:8080",