diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
index 0719e931e28..7f4aad0b88c 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/internal/transaction.go
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	portAttr   = "port"
-	schemeAttr = "scheme"
+	portAttr     = "port"
+	schemeAttr   = "scheme"
+	jobAttr      = "job"
+	instanceAttr = "instance"
 
 	transport  = "http"
 	dataformat = "prometheus"
@@ -227,8 +229,10 @@ func createNodeAndResource(job, instance, scheme string) (*commonpb.Node, *resou
 	}
 	resource := &resourcepb.Resource{
 		Labels: map[string]string{
-			portAttr:   port,
-			schemeAttr: scheme,
+			jobAttr:      job,
+			instanceAttr: instance,
+			portAttr:     port,
+			schemeAttr:   scheme,
 		},
 	}
 	return node, resource
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_test.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_test.go
index cabdb3852e1..11759ab8a9e 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_test.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_test.go
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ func setupMockPrometheus(tds ...*testData) (*mockPrometheus, *promcfg.Config, er
 		}
 		t.resource = &resourcepb.Resource{
 			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"scheme": "http",
-				"port":   port,
+				"instance": u.Host,
+				"job":      t.name,
+				"scheme":   "http",
+				"port":     port,
 			},
 		}
 	}