diff --git a/cmd/admission-webhook/main.go b/cmd/admission-webhook/main.go
index 35dcd1878..0e5e40957 100644
--- a/cmd/admission-webhook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/admission-webhook/main.go
@@ -23,14 +23,12 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors/version"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/goruntime"
 	logging "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/log"
+	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/admission"
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/server"
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/versionutil"
@@ -75,12 +73,8 @@ func main() {
 	admit := admission.New(logger.With("component", "admissionwebhook"))
 	admit.Register(mux)
 
-	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	r.MustRegister(
-		collectors.NewGoCollector(),
-		collectors.NewProcessCollector(collectors.ProcessCollectorOpts{}),
-		version.NewCollector("prometheus_operator_admission_webhook"),
-	)
+	r := metrics.NewRegistry("prometheus_operator_admission_webhook")
+
 	mux.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(r, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))
 
 	mux.HandleFunc("/healthz", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
diff --git a/cmd/operator/main.go b/cmd/operator/main.go
index e1ff6a5cd..4547f4bcb 100644
--- a/cmd/operator/main.go
+++ b/cmd/operator/main.go
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@ import (
 	"net/http/pprof"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
-	versioncollector "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors/version"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -48,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/goruntime"
 	logging "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/log"
+	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/admission"
 	alertmanagercontroller "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/alertmanager"
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring"
@@ -231,7 +228,7 @@ func run(fs *flag.FlagSet) int {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	wg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	r := metrics.NewRegistry("prometheus_operator")
 
 	k8sutil.MustRegisterClientGoMetrics(r)
 
@@ -598,17 +595,7 @@ func run(fs *flag.FlagSet) int {
 	admit := admission.New(logger.With("component", "admissionwebhook"))
 	admit.Register(mux)
 
-	r.MustRegister(
-		collectors.NewGoCollector(
-			collectors.WithGoCollectorRuntimeMetrics(
-				collectors.MetricsScheduler,
-				collectors.GoRuntimeMetricsRule{Matcher: regexp.MustCompile(`^/sync/.*`)},
-			),
-		),
-		collectors.NewProcessCollector(collectors.ProcessCollectorOpts{}),
-		versioncollector.NewCollector("prometheus_operator"),
-		cfg.Gates,
-	)
+	r.MustRegister(cfg.Gates)
 
 	mux.Handle("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(r, promhttp.HandlerOpts{}))
 	mux.Handle("/debug/pprof/", http.HandlerFunc(pprof.Index))
diff --git a/cmd/prometheus-config-reloader/main.go b/cmd/prometheus-config-reloader/main.go
index bddc7c61f..a58e43748 100644
--- a/cmd/prometheus-config-reloader/main.go
+++ b/cmd/prometheus-config-reloader/main.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
 	"github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/web"
@@ -39,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/goruntime"
 	logging "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/log"
+	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/operator"
 	"github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/versionutil"
 )
@@ -150,11 +149,7 @@ func main() {
 	goruntime.SetMaxProcs(logger)
 	goruntime.SetMemLimit(logger, *memlimitRatio)
 
-	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-	r.MustRegister(
-		collectors.NewGoCollector(),
-		collectors.NewProcessCollector(collectors.ProcessCollectorOpts{}),
-	)
+	r := metrics.NewRegistry("prometheus_config_reloader")
 
 	var (
 		g           run.Group
diff --git a/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23706c522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The prometheus-operator 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 metrics
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors/version"
+)
+
+func NewRegistry(program string) *prometheus.Registry {
+	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+
+	// default registers
+	r.MustRegister(
+		collectors.NewGoCollector(
+			collectors.WithGoCollectorRuntimeMetrics(
+				collectors.MetricsGC,
+				collectors.MetricsScheduler,
+				collectors.MetricsMemory,
+				collectors.GoRuntimeMetricsRule{Matcher: regexp.MustCompile(`^/sync/.*`)},
+			),
+		),
+		collectors.NewProcessCollector(collectors.ProcessCollectorOpts{}),
+		version.NewCollector(program),
+	)
+	return r
+}