diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts
index 049697892a..607a8ad729 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector-grpc/test/helper.ts
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ export function ensureResourceIsCorrect(
       {
         key: 'version',
         value: {
-          doubleValue: 1,
-          value: 'doubleValue',
+          intValue: '1',
+          value: 'intValue',
         },
       },
       {
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts
index bdaaaa2290..7080713ff7 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/src/transform.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ import {
   CollectorExporterConfigBase,
 } from './types';
 
+const MAX_INTEGER_VALUE = 2147483647;
+const MIN_INTEGER_VALUE = -2147483648;
+
 /**
  * Converts attributes to KeyValue array
  * @param attributes
@@ -95,8 +98,14 @@ export function toCollectorAnyValue(
     anyValue.stringValue = value;
   } else if (typeof value === 'boolean') {
     anyValue.boolValue = value;
+  } else if (
+    typeof value === 'number' &&
+    value <= MAX_INTEGER_VALUE &&
+    value >= MIN_INTEGER_VALUE &&
+    Number.isInteger(value)
+  ) {
+    anyValue.intValue = value;
   } else if (typeof value === 'number') {
-    // all numbers will be treated as double
     anyValue.doubleValue = value;
   } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
     anyValue.arrayValue = toCollectorArrayValue(value);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/transform.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/transform.test.ts
index 3bcb5e8ace..f212a7774a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/transform.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/common/transform.test.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,21 @@ describe('transform', () => {
       ]);
     });
 
-    it('should convert attribute integer', () => {
+    it('should convert attribute integer to integer', () => {
       const attributes: SpanAttributes = {
         foo: 13,
       };
       assert.deepStrictEqual(transform.toCollectorAttributes(attributes), [
-        { key: 'foo', value: { doubleValue: 13 } },
+        { key: 'foo', value: { intValue: 13 } },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should convert attribute integer to double', () => {
+      const attributes: SpanAttributes = {
+        foo: 2247483647,
+      };
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(transform.toCollectorAttributes(attributes), [
+        { key: 'foo', value: { doubleValue: 2247483647 } },
       ]);
     });
 
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ describe('transform', () => {
           },
           {
             key: 'version',
-            value: { doubleValue: 1 },
+            value: { intValue: 1 },
           },
           { key: 'success', value: { boolValue: true } },
         ],
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
index 710e1d99d5..b38785daab 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ export function ensureWebResourceIsCorrect(
       {
         key: 'version',
         value: {
-          doubleValue: 1,
+          intValue: 1,
         },
       },
       {