diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml b/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml
index d8a8bb88b8e5..9a9713041fa0 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/all-in-one.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ extensions:
     # We can either use file or adaptive sampling strategy in remote_sampling
     file:
       path: 
+      reload_interval: 1s
     # adaptive:
     #   sampling_store: some_store
     #   initial_sampling_probability: 0.1
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config.go
index 7df4d0ff81b4..041f52655647 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package remotesampling
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/asaskevich/govalidator"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 var (
 	errNoProvider        = errors.New("no sampling strategy provider specified, expecting 'adaptive' or 'file'")
 	errMultipleProviders = errors.New("only one sampling strategy provider can be specified, 'adaptive' or 'file'")
+	errNegativeInterval  = errors.New("reload interval must be a positive value, or zero to disable automatic reloading")
 )
 
 var (
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ type Config struct {
 type FileConfig struct {
 	// File specifies a local file as the source of sampling strategies.
 	Path string `mapstructure:"path"`
+	// ReloadInterval is the time interval to check and reload sampling strategies file
+	ReloadInterval time.Duration `mapstructure:"reload_interval"`
 }
 
 type AdaptiveConfig struct {
@@ -86,6 +90,10 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 		return errMultipleProviders
 	}
 
+	if cfg.File != nil && cfg.File.ReloadInterval < 0 {
+		return errNegativeInterval
+	}
+
 	_, err := govalidator.ValidateStruct(cfg)
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config_test.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config_test.go
index 319b9b204639..4993f6410a09 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/config_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ func Test_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedErr: "",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "File provider has negative reload interval",
+			config: &Config{
+				File: &FileConfig{Path: "", ReloadInterval: -1},
+			},
+			expectedErr: "must be a positive value",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Invalid Adaptive provider",
 			config: &Config{
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ func Test_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 			if tt.expectedErr == "" {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			} else {
-				assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedErr, err.Error())
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tt.expectedErr)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/extension.go b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/extension.go
index 43a8661f07a7..1020dccda910 100644
--- a/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/extension.go
+++ b/cmd/jaeger/internal/extension/remotesampling/extension.go
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ func (ext *rsExtension) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (ext *rsExtension) startFileBasedStrategyProvider(_ context.Context) error {
 	opts := static.Options{
 		StrategiesFile: ext.cfg.File.Path,
+		ReloadInterval: ext.cfg.File.ReloadInterval,
 	}
 
 	// contextcheck linter complains about next line that context is not passed.
diff --git a/plugin/sampling/strategyprovider/static/provider.go b/plugin/sampling/strategyprovider/static/provider.go
index 8c801de8f797..f05ea4528c84 100644
--- a/plugin/sampling/strategyprovider/static/provider.go
+++ b/plugin/sampling/strategyprovider/static/provider.go
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ func (h *samplingProvider) samplingStrategyLoader(strategiesFile string) strateg
 	}
 
 	return func() ([]byte, error) {
-		h.logger.Info("Loading sampling strategies", zap.String("filename", strategiesFile))
 		currBytes, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(strategiesFile))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read strategies file %s: %w", strategiesFile, err)