diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoMetricsConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoMetricsConfig.java
index 8176813..83719a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoMetricsConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoMetricsConfig.java
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
     return config.getTimeUnit("git-repo-metrics", null, "gracePeriod", 0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
   }
 
+  public boolean isForcedCollection() {
+    return config.getBoolean("git-repo-metrics", "forcedCollection", false);
+  }
+
   public int getPoolSize() {
     return config.getInt("git-repo-metrics", null, "poolSize", 1);
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoMetricsScheduler.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoMetricsScheduler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1017add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoMetricsScheduler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.gitrepometrics;
+
+import com.google.gerrit.extensions.events.LifecycleListener;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+import com.google.inject.Singleton;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@Singleton
+public class GitRepoMetricsScheduler implements LifecycleListener, Runnable {
+
+  private final ScheduledExecutorService metricsExecutor;
+  private final UpdateGitMetricsTask.Factory updateGitMetricsTaskFactory;
+  private final Long gracePeriodMs;
+  private ScheduledFuture<?> updaterTask;
+  private List<String> repositoryNames;
+
+  @Inject
+  public GitRepoMetricsScheduler(
+      @UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ScheduledExecutorService metricsExecutor,
+      GitRepoMetricsConfig config,
+      UpdateGitMetricsTask.Factory updateGitMetricsTaskFactory) {
+    this.metricsExecutor = metricsExecutor;
+    repositoryNames = config.getRepositoryNames();
+    gracePeriodMs = config.getGracePeriodMs();
+    this.updateGitMetricsTaskFactory = updateGitMetricsTaskFactory;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void start() {
+    updaterTask =
+        metricsExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(
+            this, gracePeriodMs, gracePeriodMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void stop() {
+    updaterTask.cancel(true);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void run() {
+    repositoryNames.stream()
+        .map(updateGitMetricsTaskFactory::create)
+        .forEach(metricsExecutor::execute);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoUpdateListener.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoUpdateListener.java
index a13f3a6..aaf8c25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoUpdateListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitRepoUpdateListener.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 class GitRepoUpdateListener implements EventListener {
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
   @Inject
   protected GitRepoUpdateListener(
       @GerritInstanceId String instanceId,
-      @UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ExecutorService executor,
+      @UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ScheduledExecutorService executor,
       UpdateGitMetricsTask.Factory updateGitMetricsTaskFactory,
       GitRepoMetricsCache gitRepoMetricsCache) {
     this.instanceId = instanceId;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/Module.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/Module.java
index 341460f..fa024bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/Module.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/Module.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.lifecycle.LifecycleModule;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventListener;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Scopes;
 import com.google.inject.name.Names;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.gitrepometrics.collectors.FSMetricsCollector;
@@ -24,19 +25,30 @@
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.gitrepometrics.collectors.GitStatsMetricsCollector;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.gitrepometrics.collectors.MetricsCollector;
 import com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.gitrepometrics.collectors.NumberOfProjectsCollector;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 public class Module extends LifecycleModule {
 
+  private final GitRepoMetricsConfig config;
+
+  @Inject
+  Module(GitRepoMetricsConfig config) {
+    this.config = config;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected void configure() {
     bind(GitRepoMetricsCache.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
-    bind(ExecutorService.class)
+    bind(ScheduledExecutorService.class)
         .annotatedWith(UpdateGitMetricsExecutor.class)
         .toProvider(UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider.class);
     bind(GitRepoUpdateListener.class);
     DynamicSet.bind(binder(), EventListener.class).to(GitRepoUpdateListener.class);
 
+    if (config.isForcedCollection()) {
+      listener().to(GitRepoMetricsScheduler.class);
+    }
+
     DynamicSet.setOf(binder(), MetricsCollector.class);
     DynamicSet.bind(binder(), MetricsCollector.class).to(GitStatsMetricsCollector.class);
     DynamicSet.bind(binder(), MetricsCollector.class).to(FSMetricsCollector.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider.java
index 41ecfbb..471e7e2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 @Singleton
-public class UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider implements Provider<ExecutorService> {
-  private ExecutorService executor;
+public class UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider implements Provider<ScheduledExecutorService> {
+  private final ScheduledExecutorService executor;
 
   @Inject
   UpdateGitMetricsExecutorProvider(
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public ExecutorService get() {
+  public ScheduledExecutorService get() {
     return executor;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollector.java
index f73de6c..15fd4c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollector.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileRepository;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@
   private final ExecutorService executorService;
 
   @Inject
-  public FSMetricsCollector(@UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ExecutorService executorService) {
+  public FSMetricsCollector(@UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ScheduledExecutorService executorService) {
     this.executorService = executorService;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollector.java
index 96e8350..d63b418 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollector.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@
   private final ExecutorService executorService;
 
   @Inject
-  GitRefsMetricsCollector(@UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ExecutorService executorService) {
+  GitRefsMetricsCollector(@UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ScheduledExecutorService executorService) {
     this.executorService = executorService;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitStatsMetricsCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitStatsMetricsCollector.java
index fe6b700..290c402 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitStatsMetricsCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitStatsMetricsCollector.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.GC;
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@
   private final ExecutorService executorService;
 
   @Inject
-  public GitStatsMetricsCollector(@UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ExecutorService executorService) {
+  public GitStatsMetricsCollector(
+      @UpdateGitMetricsExecutor ScheduledExecutorService executorService) {
     this.executorService = executorService;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/resources/Documentation/config.md b/src/resources/Documentation/config.md
index 8f8b6cd..e2ff501 100644
--- a/src/resources/Documentation/config.md
+++ b/src/resources/Documentation/config.md
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
   project = another-repo
   gracePeriod = 5m
 ```
+_git-repo-metrics.forcedCollection_: Force the repositories' metric collection update every
+_gracePeriod_ interval. By default, disabled.
+
+> **NOTE**: When using `forcedCollection` the `gracePeriod` should be defined to a positive
+> interval, otherwise the collection would happen just once at the plugin startup time.
 
 _git-repo-metrics.gracePeriod_: Grace period between samples collection. Used to avoid aggressive
 metrics collection. By default, 0.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitUpdateListenerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitUpdateListenerTest.java
index 095d8a6..b046758 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitUpdateListenerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/GitUpdateListenerTest.java
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 
 public class GitUpdateListenerTest {
   private final GitRepositoryManager repoManager = new InMemoryRepositoryManager();
-  private final ExecutorService mockedExecutorService = mock(ExecutorService.class);
+  private final ScheduledExecutorService mockedExecutorService =
+      mock(ScheduledExecutorService.class);
   private GitRepoUpdateListener gitRepoUpdateListener;
   private final String enabledProject = "enabledProject";
   private final Project.NameKey enabledProjectNameKey = Project.nameKey(enabledProject);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollectorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollectorTest.java
index df1f689..4b848a1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollectorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/FSMetricsCollectorTest.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     HashMap<GitRepoMetric, Long> metrics = new HashMap<>();
 
     CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-    new FSMetricsCollector(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2))
+    new FSMetricsCollector(Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(2))
         .collect(
             (FileRepository) repository,
             "testRepo",
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollectorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollectorTest.java
index d1ed3ef..7198ec4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollectorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/gitrepometrics/collectors/GitRefsMetricsCollectorTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     HashMap<GitRepoMetric, Long> result = new HashMap<>();
 
     CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-    new GitRefsMetricsCollector(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1))
+    new GitRefsMetricsCollector(Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1))
         .collect(
             repo.getRepository(),
             REPO_NAME,