diff --git a/litellm/integrations/otel/plumbing/providers.py b/litellm/integrations/otel/plumbing/providers.py
index 81b00f788ee..d11133831c7 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/otel/plumbing/providers.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/otel/plumbing/providers.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def build_metric_reader(config: OpenTelemetryV2Config) -> "MetricReader":
 
     ``console`` (and any unrecognized kind) exports to the console; ``otlp_http``
     and ``otlp_grpc`` export over OTLP with the configured endpoint/headers. The
-    reader exports on a 5s period, matching v1.
+    reader uses the OpenTelemetry SDK's standard ``OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL`` setting.
 
     Histograms keep the SDK's default cumulative temporality. Prometheus-backed
     OTLP receivers (Grafana Cloud / Mimir, and the Prometheus OTLP endpoint)
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def build_metric_reader(config: OpenTelemetryV2Config) -> "MetricReader":
     else:
         exporter = ConsoleMetricExporter()
 
-    return PeriodicExportingMetricReader(exporter, export_interval_millis=5000)
+    return PeriodicExportingMetricReader(exporter)
 
 
 def _otlp_logs_endpoint(endpoint: str | None) -> str | None:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_components.py b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_components.py
index 115e385eda4..d4fe0b74348 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_components.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/integrations/otel/test_otel_v2_components.py
@@ -532,6 +532,14 @@ def test_otlp_metric_exporter_uses_cumulative_histogram_temporality():
     assert temporality[Histogram] is AggregationTemporality.CUMULATIVE
 
 
+def test_metric_reader_honors_standard_export_interval(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("OTEL_METRIC_EXPORT_INTERVAL", "12345")
+
+    reader = providers.build_metric_reader(OpenTelemetryV2Config(exporter="console"))
+
+    assert reader._export_interval_millis == 12345
+
+
 def test_otlp_logs_endpoint_normalization():
     norm = providers._otlp_logs_endpoint
     # A base endpoint gets the signal path appended (the common OTLP env shape).