diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 0fc19a2..d46f6a2 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.7 h1:RwNJbbIdYCoClSDNY7QVKZlyb/wfT6ugvFCiKy6vDvI=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.7/go.mod h1:kqXRgRDPlGy7nGaEDMuYzmiJCIAAWDK0IMBtDmGD0nc=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.34.2/go.mod h1:v1xfxRgk0KIsG+QOdm7p8UosrOzPYRo60fd3B/1Dukc=
 github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e h1:aoZm08cpOy4WuID//EZDgcC4zIxODThtZNPirFr42+A=
 github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e/go.mod h1:pJLUxLENpZxwdsKMEsNbx1VGcRFpLqf3715MtcvvzbA=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 h1:ue6voC5bR5F8YxI5S67j9i582FU4Qvo2bmq
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0 h1:1zr/of2m5FGMsad5YfcqgdqdWrIhu+EBEJRhR1U7z/c=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2 h1:xuMeJ0Sdp5ZMRXx/aWO6RZxdr3beISkG5/G/aIRr3pY=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/8L+MA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0 h1:lxklc02Drh6ynqX+DdPyp5pCKLUQpRT8bp8Ydu2Bstc=
 github.com/xhit/go-str2duration/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:ohY8p+0f07DiV6Em5LKB0s2YpLtXVyJfNt1+BlmyAsU=
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ go.temporal.io/api v1.30.1 h1:73UCTi+8l+Qy3GdDypW2FB5rj995A3Pi0mXkSu/qedw=
 go.temporal.io/api v1.30.1/go.mod h1:xI9UdP3s07881dgWzG8idIBAnZq3/aop+O682EIDoT0=
 go.temporal.io/api v1.35.0 h1:+1o2zyBncLjnpjJt4FedKZMtuUav/LUgTB+mhQxx0zs=
 go.temporal.io/api v1.35.0/go.mod h1:OYkuupuCw6s/5TkcKHMb9EcIrOI+vTsbf/CGaprbzb0=
+go.temporal.io/api v1.36.0/go.mod h1:0nWIrFRVPlcrkopXqxir/UWOtz/NZCo+EE9IX4UwVxw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 h1:9qC72Qh0+3MqyJbAn8YU5xVq1frD8bn3JtD2oXtafVQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.19.0 h1:9+E/EZBCbTLNrbN35fHv/a/d/mOBatymz1zbtQrXpIg=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.19.0/go.mod h1:vYi7skDa1x015PmRRYZ7+s1cWyPgrPiSYRe4rnsexc8=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 h1:tsimM75w1tF/uws5rbeHzIWxEqElMehnc+iW793zsZs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240208230135-b75ee8823808/go.mod h1:KG1lNk5ZFNssSZLrpVb4sMXKMpGwGXOxSG3rnu2gZQQ=
 golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240521205824-bda55230c457 h1:zf5N6UOrA487eEFacMePxjXAJctxKmyjKUsjA11Uzuk=
@@ -287,6 +291,7 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.17.0/go.mod h1:lLRBjIVuehSbZlaOtGMbcMncT+aqLLLmKrsjNrUguwk=
 golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 h1:WVXCp+/EBEHOj53Rvu+7KiT/iElMrO8ACK16SMZ3jaA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ooXLefLobQVslOqselCNF4SxFAaoS6KujMbsGzSDmX0=
 golang.org/x/term v0.22.0/go.mod h1:F3qCibpT5AMpCRfhfT53vVJwhLtIVHhB9XDjfFvnMI4=
+golang.org/x/term v0.25.0/go.mod h1:RPyXicDX+6vLxogjjRxjgD2TKtmAO6NZBsBRfrOLu7M=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 h1:2sjJmO8cDvYveuX97RDLsxlyUxLl+GHoLxBiRdHllBE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/time v0.1.0 h1:xYY+Bajn2a7VBmTM5GikTmnK8ZuX8YgnQCqZpbBNtmA=
@@ -330,6 +335,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240325203815-454cdb8f5daa h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240325203815-454cdb8f5daa/go.mod h1:K4kfzHtI0kqWA79gecJarFtDn/Mls+GxQcg3Zox91Ac=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240624140628-dc46fd24d27d h1:Aqf0fiIdUQEj0Gn9mKFFXoQfTTEaNopWpfVyYADxiSg=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240624140628-dc46fd24d27d/go.mod h1:Od4k8V1LQSizPRUK4OzZ7TBE/20k+jPczUDAEyvn69Y=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240722135656-d784300faade/go.mod h1:mw8MG/Qz5wfgYr6VqVCiZcHe/GJEfI+oGGDCohaVgB0=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230822172742-b8732ec3820d h1:uvYuEyMHKNt+lT4K3bN6fGswmK8qSvcreM3BwjDh+y4=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230822172742-b8732ec3820d/go.mod h1:+Bk1OCOj40wS2hwAMA+aCW9ypzm63QTBBHp6lQ3p+9M=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230920204549-e6e6cdab5c13 h1:N3bU/SQDCDyD6R528GJ/PwW9KjYcJA3dgyH+MovAkIM=
@@ -341,6 +347,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240325203815-454cdb8f5daa h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240325203815-454cdb8f5daa/go.mod h1:WtryC6hu0hhx87FDGxWCDptyssuo68sk10vYjF+T9fY=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240624140628-dc46fd24d27d h1:k3zyW3BYYR30e8v3x0bTDdE9vpYFjZHK+HcyqkrppWk=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240624140628-dc46fd24d27d/go.mod h1:Ue6ibwXGpU+dqIcODieyLOcgj7z8+IcskoNIgZxtrFY=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240722135656-d784300faade/go.mod h1:Ue6ibwXGpU+dqIcODieyLOcgj7z8+IcskoNIgZxtrFY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.0 h1:32JY8YpPMSR45K+c3o6b8VL73V+rR8k+DeMIr4vRH8o=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.0/go.mod h1:tgX3ZQDlNJGU96V6yHh1T/JeoBQ2TXdr43YbYSsCJk0=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.2 h1:SXUpjxeVF3FKrTYQI4f4KvbGD5u2xccdYdurwowix5I=
@@ -350,6 +357,7 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.64.0 h1:KH3VH9y/MgNQg1dE7b3XfVK0GsPSIzJwdF617gUSbvY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.64.0/go.mod h1:oxjF8E3FBnjp+/gVFYdWacaLDx9na1aqy9oovLpxQYg=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0/go.mod h1:WgYC2ypjlB0EiQi6wdKixMqukr6lBc0Vo+oOgjrM5ZQ=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0 h1:0vLT13EuvQ0hNvakwLuFZ/jYrLp5F3kcWHXdRggjCE8=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
diff --git a/rpc.go b/rpc.go
index f077865..2f64df3 100644
--- a/rpc.go
+++ b/rpc.go
@@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ func (r *rpc) Declare(nc *NamedCollector, ok *bool) error {
 	r.log.Debug("declaring new metric", zap.String("name", nc.Name), zap.Any("type", nc.Type), zap.String("namespace", nc.Namespace))
 	_, exist := r.p.collectors.Load(nc.Name)
 	if exist {
-		r.log.Error("metric with provided name already exist", zap.String("name", nc.Name), zap.Any("type", nc.Type), zap.String("namespace", nc.Namespace))
-		return errors.E(op, errors.Errorf("tried to register existing collector with the name `%s`", nc.Name))
+		r.log.Warn("metric with provided name already exist", zap.String("name", nc.Name), zap.Any("type", nc.Type), zap.String("namespace", nc.Namespace))
+		*ok = true
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	var promCol prometheus.Collector
diff --git a/tests/metrics_test.go b/tests/metrics_test.go
index ea8bc32..e9e6ed6 100644
--- a/tests/metrics_test.go
+++ b/tests/metrics_test.go
@@ -568,6 +568,76 @@ func TestUnregister(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
+func TestUpsertOfMetricsDeclaration(t *testing.T) {
+	cont := endure.New(slog.LevelDebug)
+
+	cfg := &config.Plugin{
+		Version: "2024.2.0",
+		Path:    "configs/.rr-metrics-unregister.yaml",
+	}
+
+	l, oLogger := mocklogger.ZapTestLogger(zap.DebugLevel)
+	err := cont.RegisterAll(
+		cfg,
+		&metrics.Plugin{},
+		&rpcPlugin.Plugin{},
+		l,
+	)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = cont.Init()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ch, err := cont.Serve()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sig, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(1)
+
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case e := <-ch:
+				assert.Fail(t, "error", e.Error.Error())
+			case <-sig:
+				err = cont.Stop()
+				if err != nil {
+					assert.FailNow(t, "error", err.Error())
+				}
+				return
+
+			case <-stopCh:
+				err = cont.Stop()
+				if err != nil {
+					assert.FailNow(t, "error", err.Error())
+				}
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	address := "127.0.0.1:6005"
+	time.Sleep(time.Second * 2)
+	t.Run("DeclareMetric", declareMetricsTest(address))
+	genericOut, err := getIPV6("http://[::1]:2117/metrics")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, genericOut, "test_metrics_named_collector")
+
+	t.Run("DeclareMetric", declareMetricsTest(address))
+	require.Equal(t, 1, oLogger.FilterMessageSnippet("metric with provided name already exist").Len())
+
+	stopCh <- struct{}{}
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
 func configuredCounterMetric(address string) func(t *testing.T) {
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
 		conn, err := net.Dial(dialNetwork, address)