diff --git a/.chloggen/add-k8s-leader-elector-component.yaml b/.chloggen/add-k8s-leader-elector-component.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a5f7b24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/add-k8s-leader-elector-component.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: new_component
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: k8sleaderelectorextension
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: add k8sleaderelector extension to otelcol-contrib and otelcol-k8s distributions
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [943]
+
+# (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:
+
+# 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: [user]
+
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
index d2e0266b5..bad189172 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extensions:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/storage/dbstorage v0.125.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/storage/redisstorageextension v0.125.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/sumologicextension v0.125.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/k8sleaderelector v0.125.0
 
 exporters:
   - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter v0.125.0
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
index 5327f0442..0e038340b 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extensions:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/opampextension v0.125.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/pprofextension v0.125.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/storage/filestorage v0.125.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/k8sleaderelector v0.125.0
 
 exporters:
   - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter v0.125.0