diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/events/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporter.java b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/events/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporter.java
index c7bc33402b312..748342d191dd7 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/events/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporter.java
+++ b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/events/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporter.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public OpenTelemetryEventReporter() {
     @Override
     public void open(MetricConfig metricConfig) {
         LOG.info("Starting OpenTelemetryEventReporter");
+        super.open(metricConfig);
         final String protocol =
                 Optional.ofNullable(
                                 metricConfig.getProperty(
diff --git a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/metrics/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporterTest.java b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/metrics/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporterTest.java
index dc49d9fdf82a2..545b76e6591af 100644
--- a/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/metrics/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporterTest.java
+++ b/flink-metrics/flink-metrics-otel/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/metrics/otel/OpenTelemetryEventReporterTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import org.apache.flink.shaded.jackson2.com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.Severity;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
+import io.opentelemetry.semconv.resource.attributes.ResourceAttributes;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -166,4 +168,79 @@ public void testReportLogRecord() throws Exception {
                             });
                 });
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testServiceNameAndVersionAppliedToResource() {
+        InspectableEventReporter inspectable = new InspectableEventReporter();
+        MetricConfig config = new MetricConfig();
+        config.setProperty(
+                OpenTelemetryReporterOptions.EXPORTER_ENDPOINT.key(), "http://localhost:4317");
+        config.setProperty(OpenTelemetryReporterOptions.SERVICE_NAME.key(), "my-flink-job");
+        config.setProperty(OpenTelemetryReporterOptions.SERVICE_VERSION.key(), "1.2.3");
+        inspectable.open(config);
+        inspectable.close();
+
+        Resource resource = inspectable.getResource();
+        assertThat(resource.getAttribute(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME))
+                .as(" service.name must be set from config; was null -super.open() not called")
+                .isEqualTo("my-flink-job");
+        assertThat(resource.getAttribute(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_VERSION))
+                .as(" service.version must be set from config; was null -super.open() not called")
+                .isEqualTo("1.2.3");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testServiceNameAppearsInExportedResourceAttributes() throws Exception {
+        MetricConfig config = createMetricConfig();
+
+        config.setProperty(
+                OpenTelemetryReporterOptions.SERVICE_NAME.key(), "exported-service-name");
+
+        reporter.open(config);
+        try {
+            reporter.notifyOfAddedEvent(
+                    Event.builder(this.getClass(), "service-name-verification-event")
+                            .setObservedTsMillis(1L)
+                            .build());
+        } finally {
+            reporter.close();
+        }
+
+        eventuallyConsumeJson(
+                (json) -> {
+                    JsonNode resourceAttributes =
+                            json.findPath("resourceLogs")
+                                    .findPath("resource")
+                                    .findPath("attributes");
+
+                    assertThat(resourceAttributes.isArray())
+                            .as("resource attributes should be a JSON array")
+                            .isTrue();
+
+                    boolean found = false;
+
+                    for (JsonNode attr : resourceAttributes) {
+                        if ("service.name".equals(attr.findPath("key").asText())) {
+                            assertThat(attr.at("/value/stringValue").asText())
+                                    .as("service.name attribute value")
+                                    .isEqualTo("exported-service-name");
+                            found = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    assertThat(found)
+                            .as(
+                                    "service.name was absent from exported resource attributes - "
+                                            + "super.open() was not called in OpenTelemetryEventReporter.open()")
+                            .isTrue();
+                });
+    }
+
+    private static class InspectableEventReporter extends OpenTelemetryEventReporter {
+
+        Resource getResource() {
+            return resource;
+        }
+    }
 }