diff --git a/.chloggen/add_cgroup_extension.yaml b/.chloggen/add_cgroup_extension.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d97b14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/add_cgroup_extension.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: cgroupruntime
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add the cgroupruntime extension to the Contrib and K8s distributions
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [789]
+
+# (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: []
+
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
index e35dfb61..6fba0b4b 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ extensions:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/awsproxy v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/basicauthextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/bearertokenauthextension v0.116.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/cgroupruntimeextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/encoding/jaegerencodingextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/encoding/jsonlogencodingextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/encoding/otlpencodingextension v0.116.0
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
index 13440623..a94aca97 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extensions:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/ackextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/basicauthextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/bearertokenauthextension v0.116.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/cgroupruntimeextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/headerssetterextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/healthcheckextension v0.116.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/httpforwarderextension v0.116.0