diff --git a/.chloggen/fix-exporter-conf-panic.yaml b/.chloggen/fix-exporter-conf-panic.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55dd24ee3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/fix-exporter-conf-panic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: "bug_fix"
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. operator, target allocator, github action)
+component: operator
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "Fixes a panic on exporter prometheus endpoint not valid"
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [2628]
+
+# (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:
diff --git a/internal/manifests/collector/parser/exporter/exporter_prometheus.go b/internal/manifests/collector/parser/exporter/exporter_prometheus.go
index 61d58588da..30047de70e 100644
--- a/internal/manifests/collector/parser/exporter/exporter_prometheus.go
+++ b/internal/manifests/collector/parser/exporter/exporter_prometheus.go
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ func (o *PrometheusExporterParser) Ports() ([]corev1.ServicePort, error) {
 			},
 		)
 	} else {
-		ports = append(
-			ports, *singlePortFromConfigEndpoint(o.logger, o.name, o.config),
-		)
+		if port := singlePortFromConfigEndpoint(o.logger, o.name, o.config); port != nil {
+			ports = append(ports, *port)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ports, nil
diff --git a/internal/manifests/collector/parser/exporter/exporter_test.go b/internal/manifests/collector/parser/exporter/exporter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e022160784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/manifests/collector/parser/exporter/exporter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package exporter
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
+)
+
+func TestPorts(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		testName string
+		parser   *PrometheusExporterParser
+		want     []v1.ServicePort
+	}{
+		{
+			testName: "Valid Configuration",
+			parser: &PrometheusExporterParser{
+				name: "test-exporter",
+				config: map[interface{}]interface{}{
+					"endpoint": "http://myprometheus.io:9090",
+				},
+			},
+			want: []v1.ServicePort{
+				{
+					Name: "test-exporter",
+					Port: 9090,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			testName: "Empty Configuration",
+			parser: &PrometheusExporterParser{
+				name:   "test-exporter",
+				config: nil, // Simulate no configuration provided
+			},
+			want: []v1.ServicePort{
+				{
+					Name:       "test-exporter",
+					Port:       defaultPrometheusPort,
+					TargetPort: intstr.FromInt(int(defaultPrometheusPort)),
+					Protocol:   v1.ProtocolTCP,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			testName: "Invalid Endpoint No Port",
+			parser: &PrometheusExporterParser{
+				name: "test-exporter",
+				config: map[interface{}]interface{}{
+					"endpoint": "invalidendpoint",
+				},
+			},
+			want: []v1.ServicePort{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ports, _ := tt.parser.Ports()
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, ports)
+		})
+	}
+}