diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f7bf9f5a33..10841e1aea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pquerna/otp v1.4.0
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.60.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.63.0
 	github.com/quasoft/websspi v1.1.2
 	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.3
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
@@ -221,12 +220,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6 // indirect
-	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/libdns/libdns v0.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
-	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/libdns/libdns v1.0.0-beta.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/markbates/going v1.0.3 // indirect
@@ -249,11 +243,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 // indirect
 	github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
-	github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.3 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.63.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
diff --git a/routers/common/middleware.go b/routers/common/middleware.go
index 5d7a2ee03e..aa8ab791b8 100644
--- a/routers/common/middleware.go
+++ b/routers/common/middleware.go
@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ const (
 	httpRequestMethod      = "http_request_method"
 	httpResponseStatusCode = "http_response_status_code"
 	httpRoute              = "http_route"
+	kb                     = 1000
+	mb                     = kb * kb
 )
 
+// reference: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/http/http-metrics/#http-server
 var (
+	sizeBuckets = []float64{1 * kb, 2 * kb, 5 * kb, 10 * kb, 100 * kb, 500 * kb, 1 * mb, 2 * mb, 5 * mb, 10 * mb}
 	// reqInflightGauge tracks the amount of currently handled requests
 	reqInflightGauge = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Namespace: "http",
@@ -43,8 +47,9 @@ var (
 	reqDurationHistogram = promauto.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 		Namespace: "http",
 		Subsystem: "server",
-		Name:      "request_duration",
+		Name:      "request_duration_seconds", // diverge from spec to store the unit in metric.
 		Help:      "Measures the latency of HTTP requests processed by the server",
+		Buckets:   []float64{0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60, 120, 300}, // based on dotnet buckets https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/issues/336
 	}, []string{httpRequestMethod, httpResponseStatusCode, httpRoute})
 	// reqSizeHistogram tracks the size of request
 	reqSizeHistogram = promauto.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ var (
 		Subsystem: "server_request",
 		Name:      "body_size",
 		Help:      "Size of HTTP server request bodies.",
+		Buckets:   sizeBuckets,
 	}, []string{httpRequestMethod, httpResponseStatusCode, httpRoute})
 	// respSizeHistogram tracks the size of the response
 	respSizeHistogram = promauto.NewHistogramVec(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ var (
 		Subsystem: "server_response",
 		Name:      "body_size",
 		Help:      "Size of HTTP server response bodies.",
+		Buckets:   sizeBuckets,
 	}, []string{httpRequestMethod, httpResponseStatusCode, httpRoute})
 )