diff --git a/config/otel_dev/collector-gateway.yaml b/config/otel_dev/collector-gateway.yaml
index 52f90c37..7b1fad00 100644
--- a/config/otel_dev/collector-gateway.yaml
+++ b/config/otel_dev/collector-gateway.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ receivers:
         endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
         cors:
           allowed_origins:
-            - "*"
+            # This can't be '*' because opentelemetry-js uses sendBeacon which always operates
+            # in 'withCredentials' mode, which browsers don't allow with an allow-origin of '*'
+            - "http://*"
           allowed_headers:
             - "*"
 processors: