diff --git a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f916b240c1d..74d6975b2e33 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 1.0.0-beta.20 ()
+
+### Features Added
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+- Added exception handling for reading files to avoid concurrency errors.
+
+### Other Changes
+
 ## 1.0.0-beta.19 (2024-01-23)
 
 ### Features Added
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/platform/nodejs/persist/fileSystemHelpers.ts b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/platform/nodejs/persist/fileSystemHelpers.ts
index 25420d347669..73ac7e6b0e23 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/platform/nodejs/persist/fileSystemHelpers.ts
+++ b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/platform/nodejs/persist/fileSystemHelpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 
+import { diag } from "@opentelemetry/api";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { promisify } from "util";
@@ -15,20 +16,24 @@ const mkdirAsync = promisify(fs.mkdir);
  * @internal
  */
 export const getShallowDirectorySize = async (directory: string): Promise<number> => {
-  // Get the directory listing
-  const files = await readdirAsync(directory);
-
   let totalSize = 0;
+  try {
+    // Get the directory listing
+    const files = await readdirAsync(directory);
 
-  // Query all file sizes
-  for (const file of files) {
-    const fileStats = await statAsync(path.join(directory, file));
-    if (fileStats.isFile()) {
-      totalSize += fileStats.size;
+    // Query all file sizes
+    for (const file of files) {
+      const fileStats = await statAsync(path.join(directory, file));
+      if (fileStats.isFile()) {
+        totalSize += fileStats.size;
+      }
     }
-  }
 
-  return totalSize;
+    return totalSize;
+  } catch (err) {
+    diag.error(`Error getting directory size: ${err}`);
+    return 0;
+  }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/fileSystemPersist.test.ts b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/fileSystemPersist.test.ts
index 6f82d4183bee..f8c20a9e2564 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/fileSystemPersist.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/fileSystemPersist.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ const assertFirstFile = async (tempDir: string, expectation: unknown): Promise<v
 
   // Read the first file in tempDir
   const origFiles = await readdirAsync(tempDir);
-  const files = origFiles.filter((f) => path.basename(f).includes(".ai.json"));
+  const files = origFiles.filter((f) =>
+    path.basename(f).includes(FileSystemPersist.FILENAME_SUFFIX),
+  );
   assert.ok(files.length > 0);
 
   // Assert file matches expectation