diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c4b5dc5b418..06c54181de8e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ v0.38.0-rc.0 (2023-11-16)
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
+- Fix default configuration file `grafana-agent-flow.river` used in downstream packages. (@bricewge)
+
 - Set exit code 1 on grafana-agentctl non-runnable command. (@fgouteroux)
 
 - Fixed an issue where `loki.process` validation for stage `metric.counter` was
diff --git a/packaging/grafana-agent-flow/grafana-agent-flow.river b/packaging/grafana-agent-flow/grafana-agent-flow.river
index b965ff0599e1..4d74fc7aa9cb 100644
--- a/packaging/grafana-agent-flow/grafana-agent-flow.river
+++ b/packaging/grafana-agent-flow/grafana-agent-flow.river
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ logging {
 	level = "warn"
 }
 
-prometheus.exporter.unix {
+prometheus.exporter.unix "default" {
 	include_exporter_metrics = true
 	disable_collectors       = ["mdadm"]
 }
 
 prometheus.scrape "default" {
 	targets = concat(
-		prometheus.exporter.unix.targets,
+		prometheus.exporter.unix.default.targets,
 		[{
 			// Self-collect metrics
 			job         = "agent",