diff --git a/backend/deps.edn b/backend/deps.edn
index 0e153675d..522a0d22b 100644
--- a/backend/deps.edn
+++ b/backend/deps.edn
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@
   com.taoensso/nippy {:mvn/version "3.1.1"}
   com.github.luben/zstd-jni {:mvn/version "1.4.9-1"}
 
-  io.prometheus/simpleclient {:mvn/version "0.10.0"}
-  io.prometheus/simpleclient_hotspot {:mvn/version "0.10.0"}
-  io.prometheus/simpleclient_jetty {:mvn/version "0.10.0"
+  ;; NOTE: don't upgrade to latest version, breaking change is
+  ;; introduced on 0.10.0 that suffixes counters with _total if they
+  ;; are not already has this suffix.
+  io.prometheus/simpleclient {:mvn/version "0.9.0"}
+  io.prometheus/simpleclient_hotspot {:mvn/version "0.9.0"}
+  io.prometheus/simpleclient_jetty {:mvn/version "0.9.0"
                                     :exclusions [org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-server
                                                  org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-servlet]}
-  io.prometheus/simpleclient_httpserver {:mvn/version "0.10.0"}
+  io.prometheus/simpleclient_httpserver {:mvn/version "0.9.0"}
 
   selmer/selmer {:mvn/version "1.12.33"}
   expound/expound {:mvn/version "0.8.9"}
diff --git a/backend/src/app/db.clj b/backend/src/app/db.clj
index ad86fc737..7791190c2 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/db.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/db.clj
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     #'next.jdbc/execute!]
    {:registry registry
     :type :counter
-    :name "database_query_count"
+    :name "database_query_total"
     :help "An absolute counter of database queries."}))
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
diff --git a/backend/src/app/http/session.clj b/backend/src/app/http/session.clj
index bb5afecc5..316558257 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http/session.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http/session.clj
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
              (str (:max-batch-size cfg)))
   (let [input (batch-events cfg (::events-ch session))
         mcnt  (mtx/create
-               {:name "http_session_updater_count"
+               {:name "http_session_update_total"
                 :help "A counter of session update batch events."
                 :registry (:registry metrics)
                 :type :counter})]
diff --git a/backend/src/app/notifications.clj b/backend/src/app/notifications.clj
index 82ccd23d1..94667c698 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/notifications.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/notifications.clj
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
         mtx-messages
         (mtx/create
-         {:name "websocket_message_count"
+         {:name "websocket_message_total"
           :registry (:registry metrics)
           :labels ["op"]
           :type :counter
diff --git a/backend/src/app/tasks.clj b/backend/src/app/tasks.clj
index 9ac9a3a8b..5ef8f0d4f 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/tasks.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/tasks.clj
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
    {:registry registry
     :type :counter
     :labels ["name"]
-    :name "tasks_submit_counter"
-    :help "An absolute counter of task submissions."
+    :name "tasks_submit_total"
+    :help "A counter of task submissions."
     :wrap (fn [rootf mobj]
             (let [mdata (meta rootf)
                   origf (::original mdata rootf)]