diff --git a/changelog/10992.txt b/changelog/10992.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b216af8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/10992.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+core: dev mode listener allows unauthenticated sys/metrics requests
+```
diff --git a/command/server.go b/command/server.go
index c9235396e1..4d8a9da3d6 100644
--- a/command/server.go
+++ b/command/server.go
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ func (c *ServerCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		if c.flagDevListenAddr != "" {
 			config.Listeners[0].Address = c.flagDevListenAddr
 		}
+		config.Listeners[0].Telemetry.UnauthenticatedMetricsAccess = true
 	}
 
 	parsedConfig, err := c.parseConfig()