diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d4a7add3c6..a3dce1ed8e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#3776](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3776))
 - Add support for OTEL_SDK_DISABLED environment variable
   ([#3648](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3648))
+- Don't exit ticker thread on collection failure
+  ([#3788](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3788))
 - Fix ValueError message for PeriodicExportingMetricsReader
   ([#3769](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3769))
 - Make span.record_exception more robust
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
index 14546636a94..520bdb755eb 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
@@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ def _ticker(self) -> None:
                     interval_secs,
                     exc_info=True,
                 )
+            except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except,invalid-name
+                _logger.exception(
+                    "Exception while collecting metrics %s", str(e)
+                )
         # one last collection below before shutting down completely
         self.collect(timeout_millis=self._export_interval_millis)