diff --git a/.chloggen/niwoerner_promote-gitlabreceiver-to-alpha.yaml b/.chloggen/niwoerner_promote-gitlabreceiver-to-alpha.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa4647e7f8288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/niwoerner_promote-gitlabreceiver-to-alpha.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# 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. receiver/filelog)
+component: receiver/gitlab
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Promote GitLab receiver to Alpha stability
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [41592]
+
+# (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:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml b/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml
index 1d2fbdcabb91b..de1898b99b9b3 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ receivers:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/flinkmetricsreceiver v0.138.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/fluentforwardreceiver v0.138.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/githubreceiver v0.138.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/gitlabreceiver v0.138.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/googlecloudmonitoringreceiver v0.138.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/googlecloudpubsubreceiver v0.138.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/googlecloudspannerreceiver v0.138.0
diff --git a/receiver/gitlabreceiver/README.md b/receiver/gitlabreceiver/README.md
index c3968e0ab40b5..740942e29eca7 100644
--- a/receiver/gitlabreceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/gitlabreceiver/README.md
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
-| Stability     | [development]: traces   |
-| Distributions | [] |
+| Stability     | [alpha]: traces   |
+| Distributions | [contrib] |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Areceiver%2Fgitlab%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Areceiver%2Fgitlab) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Areceiver%2Fgitlab%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Areceiver%2Fgitlab) |
 | Code coverage | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/github/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/graph/main/badge.svg?component=receiver_gitlab)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/?components%5B0%5D=receiver_gitlab&displayType=list) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@adrielp](https://www.github.com/adrielp), [@atoulme](https://www.github.com/atoulme) |
 
-[development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#development
+[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#alpha
+[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 <!-- end autogenerated section -->
 
 ## Traces - Getting Started
diff --git a/receiver/gitlabreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/receiver/gitlabreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
index 733e05fb0fd6e..7c6446d44512a 100644
--- a/receiver/gitlabreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
+++ b/receiver/gitlabreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	TracesStability = component.StabilityLevelDevelopment
+	TracesStability = component.StabilityLevelAlpha
 )
diff --git a/receiver/gitlabreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/gitlabreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 4df4990025da9..3818e2bc5923a 100644
--- a/receiver/gitlabreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/gitlabreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ type: gitlab
 status: 
   class: receiver
   stability: 
-    development: [traces]
-  distributions: []
+    alpha: [traces]
+  distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [adrielp, atoulme]
 tests:
diff --git a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
index 3143ea2132933..dd643b62ac38d 100644
--- a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
+++ b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ components:
         - flinkmetrics
         - fluentforward
         - github
+        - gitlab
         - googlecloudmonitoring
         - googlecloudpubsub
         - googlecloudspanner