diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 450130448bb2..e919c79241cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ jobs:
       with:
         go-version: "1.21.0"
         cache-dependency-path: "**/*.sum"
+    - name: Cache Go dependencies
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: |
+          ~/go/pkg/mod
+          ~/.cache/go-build
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+    - name: Set OTEL Exporter Endpoint
+      run: echo "OTEL_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT=http://172.17.0.1:8080" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         cd integration-tests/tests
diff --git a/integration-tests/configs/otel-collector-contrib/otel-collector-contrib.yaml b/integration-tests/configs/otel-collector-contrib/otel-collector-contrib.yaml
index 451e291defa3..7359cfb35215 100644
--- a/integration-tests/configs/otel-collector-contrib/otel-collector-contrib.yaml
+++ b/integration-tests/configs/otel-collector-contrib/otel-collector-contrib.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exporters:
   logging:
 
   otlphttp:
-    endpoint: http://host.docker.internal:8080
+    endpoint: ${OTEL_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT}
 
 
 connectors:
diff --git a/integration-tests/tests/docker-compose.yaml b/integration-tests/tests/docker-compose.yaml
index 3d4163bfd94b..8d0fb7c72541 100644
--- a/integration-tests/tests/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/integration-tests/tests/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "4317:4317"   # OTLP gRPC receiver
       - "4318:4318"   # OTLP HTTP exporter
+    environment:
+      - OTEL_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT=${OTEL_EXPORTER_ENDPOINT:-http://host.docker.internal:8080}
   
   demo-client:
     build:
diff --git a/integration-tests/tests/run-integration-tests.sh b/integration-tests/tests/run-integration-tests.sh
index 81e7cf13541f..9360a613ba30 100755
--- a/integration-tests/tests/run-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/integration-tests/tests/run-integration-tests.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cleanup() {
             cat "$logfile"
             echo "Capturing logs from otel-collector..."
             docker ps
-            docker logs tests_otel-collector_1
+            docker logs tests_otel-collector_1 || true
             docker-compose down
         fi
         kill $AGENT_PID || true