diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index ddb6344e..d6574c3c 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ opentelemetry-proto==1.29.0
     #   oteltest
 opentelemetry-resource-detector-azure==0.1.5
     # via elastic-opentelemetry (pyproject.toml)
-opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp==1.7.0a0
+opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp==1.8.0a0
     # via elastic-opentelemetry (pyproject.toml)
 opentelemetry-sdk==1.29.0
     # via
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 735cb454..1d0bcbb8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp == 1.29.0",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.50b0",
     "opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics == 0.50b0",
-    "opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp ~= 1.7.0a0",
+    "opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp ~= 1.8.0a0",
     "opentelemetry-resource-detector-azure ~= 0.1.5",
     "opentelemetry-sdk == 1.29.0",
     "opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws ~= 2.1.0",
diff --git a/src/elasticotel/distro/resource_detectors.py b/src/elasticotel/distro/resource_detectors.py
index 19212200..69fc37bb 100644
--- a/src/elasticotel/distro/resource_detectors.py
+++ b/src/elasticotel/distro/resource_detectors.py
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 
 AWS_LAMBDA_DETECTORS = ["aws_lambda"]
 AZURE_FUNCTIONS_DETECTORS = ["azure_functions"]
-GCP_CLOUD_RUN_DETECTORS = []
-KUBERNETES_DETECTORS = ["aws_eks"]
+GCP_CLOUD_RUN_DETECTORS = ["_gcp"]
+KUBERNETES_DETECTORS = ["_gcp", "aws_eks"]
 OTHER_CLOUD_DETECTORS = [
+    "_gcp",
     "aws_ec2",
     "aws_ecs",
     "aws_elastic_beanstalk",
diff --git a/tests/distro/test_distro.py b/tests/distro/test_distro.py
index e16f2deb..6fb1f7c6 100644
--- a/tests/distro/test_distro.py
+++ b/tests/distro/test_distro.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_default_configuration(self):
         self.assertEqual("otlp", os.environ.get(OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER))
         self.assertEqual("grpc", os.environ.get(OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL))
         self.assertEqual(
-            "process_runtime,os,otel,telemetry_distro,aws_ec2,aws_ecs,aws_elastic_beanstalk,azure_app_service,azure_vm",
+            "process_runtime,os,otel,telemetry_distro,_gcp,aws_ec2,aws_ecs,aws_elastic_beanstalk,azure_app_service,azure_vm",
             os.environ.get(OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_RESOURCE_DETECTORS),
         )
         self.assertEqual("always_off", os.environ.get(OTEL_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_FILTER))
diff --git a/tests/distro/test_resource_detectors.py b/tests/distro/test_resource_detectors.py
index 5c9dcacc..872036d6 100644
--- a/tests/distro/test_resource_detectors.py
+++ b/tests/distro/test_resource_detectors.py
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@ def test_azure_functions(self):
     @mock.patch.dict("os.environ", {"K_CONFIGURATION": "cloudrun"}, clear=True)
     def test_gcp_cloud_run(self):
         resource_detectors = get_cloud_resource_detectors()
-        self.assertEqual(resource_detectors, [])
+        self.assertEqual(resource_detectors, ["_gcp"])
 
     @mock.patch.dict("os.environ", {"KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST": "k8s"}, clear=True)
     def test_kubernetes_pod(self):
         resource_detectors = get_cloud_resource_detectors()
-        self.assertEqual(resource_detectors, ["aws_eks"])
+        self.assertEqual(resource_detectors, ["_gcp", "aws_eks"])
 
     @mock.patch.dict("os.environ", {}, clear=True)
     def test_other_cloud_detectors(self):
         resource_detectors = get_cloud_resource_detectors()
         self.assertEqual(
             resource_detectors,
-            ["aws_ec2", "aws_ecs", "aws_elastic_beanstalk", "azure_app_service", "azure_vm"],
+            ["_gcp", "aws_ec2", "aws_ecs", "aws_elastic_beanstalk", "azure_app_service", "azure_vm"],
         )