diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java b/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java
index f815ea0ac54..ed5f1f7c1b1 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/prometheus/PrometheusHttpServer.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.export.MemoryMode;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.DaemonThreadFactory;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.InstrumentType;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.AggregationTemporality;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.CollectionRegistration;
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ public static PrometheusHttpServerBuilder builder() {
     // we configure prometheus with a single thread executor such that requests are handled
     // sequentially.
     if (memoryMode == MemoryMode.REUSABLE_DATA) {
-      executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+      executor =
+          Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(new DaemonThreadFactory("prometheus-http-server"));
     }
     try {
       this.httpServer =