diff --git a/.chloggen/mx-psi_internal-localhostgate.yaml b/.chloggen/mx-psi_internal-localhostgate.yaml
index a7c44830be6d5..709e091e920a7 100755
--- a/.chloggen/mx-psi_internal-localhostgate.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/mx-psi_internal-localhostgate.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ subtext: |
     - receiver/loki
     - receiver/opencensus
     - receiver/zipkin
+    - receiver/awsfirehose
 
 # 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.
diff --git a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/README.md b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/README.md
index f0aade33a854c..8619e21cc2f87 100644
--- a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/README.md
+++ b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ The address:port to bind the listener to.
 
 default: `0.0.0.0:4433`
 
+The `component.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHost` feature gate changes this to localhost:4433. This will become the default in a future release.
+
 ### tls:
 See [documentation](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/config/configtls/README.md#server-configuration) for more details.
 
diff --git a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/factory.go b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/factory.go
index 4c088070b478f..531b81e907dcf 100644
--- a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/factory.go
+++ b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/factory.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/common/localhostgate"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/internal/metadata"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/internal/unmarshaler"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/internal/unmarshaler/cwmetricstream"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	defaultRecordType = cwmetricstream.TypeStr
 	defaultEndpoint   = "0.0.0.0:4433"
+	defaultPort       = 4433
 )
 
 var (
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 	return &Config{
 		RecordType: defaultRecordType,
 		HTTPServerConfig: confighttp.HTTPServerConfig{
-			Endpoint: defaultEndpoint,
+			Endpoint: localhostgate.EndpointForPort(defaultPort),
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/go.mod b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/go.mod
index 98455f68e5a41..bf403892cbc09 100644
--- a/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/awsfirehosereceiver/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awsfir
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/common v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.93.1-0.20240129215828-1ed45ec12569
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp v0.93.1-0.20240129215828-1ed45ec12569
@@ -82,3 +83,5 @@ retract (
 	v0.76.1
 	v0.65.0
 )
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/common => ../../internal/common