diff --git a/.chloggen/redis_storage_alpha.yaml b/.chloggen/redis_storage_alpha.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..492f07dc3bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/redis_storage_alpha.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: redisstorageextension
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Move redis storage extension to alpha
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [36778]
+
+# (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:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/README.md b/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/README.md
index 7addf02cd1a2..b4b300dd2f9a 100644
--- a/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/README.md
+++ b/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/README.md
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 <!-- status autogenerated section -->
 | Status        |           |
 | ------------- |-----------|
-| Stability     | [development]  |
-| Distributions | [] |
+| Stability     | [alpha]  |
+| Distributions | [contrib] |
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aextension%2Fredisstorage%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aextension%2Fredisstorage) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aextension%2Fredisstorage%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aextension%2Fredisstorage) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@atoulme](https://www.github.com/atoulme) \| Seeking more code owners! |
 
-[development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#development
+[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/component-stability.md#alpha
+[contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 <!-- end autogenerated section -->
 
 The Redis Storage extension can persist state to a Redis cluster.
diff --git a/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go b/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
index f421f6241af8..2110bfbbb485 100644
--- a/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
+++ b/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/internal/metadata/generated_status.go
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	ExtensionStability = component.StabilityLevelDevelopment
+	ExtensionStability = component.StabilityLevelAlpha
 )
diff --git a/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/metadata.yaml b/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/metadata.yaml
index ac41d96b4a17..b344f5755468 100644
--- a/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/metadata.yaml
+++ b/extension/storage/redisstorageextension/metadata.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ type: redis_storage
 status:
   class: extension
   stability:
-    development: [extension]
-  distributions: []
+    alpha: [extension]
+  distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [atoulme]
     seeking_new: true
diff --git a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
index 631b4f1d4ca3..53124bb3c5ee 100644
--- a/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
+++ b/reports/distributions/contrib.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ components:
         - oidc
         - opamp
         - pprof
+        - redis_storage
         - sigv4auth
     processor:
         - attributes