diff --git a/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.test.ts
index 9e5bfb1d31..e6ca160d1f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.test.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ describe('PrometheusMetricsService', () => {
 			await prometheusMetricsService.init(app);
 
 			expect(promBundle).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+				httpDurationMetricName: 'n8n_http_request_duration_seconds',
 				autoregister: false,
 				includeUp: false,
 				includePath: false,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.unmocked.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.unmocked.test.ts
index a000dfc81e..07e740dbc1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.unmocked.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/metrics/__tests__/prometheus-metrics.service.unmocked.test.ts
@@ -95,22 +95,28 @@ workflow_success_total{workflow_id="1234"} 1"
 			workflowRepository,
 		);
 
+		// ACT
 		await prometheusMetricsService.init(app);
 
-		// ACT
-		const event = new EventMessageWorkflow({
-			eventName: 'n8n.workflow.success',
-			payload: { workflowId: '1234' },
-		});
-
-		eventBus.emit('metrics.eventBus.event', event);
-
 		// ASSERT
-		const versionInfoMetric = promClient.register.getSingleMetric(`${customPrefix}version_info`);
-
-		if (!versionInfoMetric) {
-			fail(`Could not find a metric called "${customPrefix}version_info"`);
-		}
+		// native metric from promClient
+		const eventLoopLagMetric = await promClient.register.getSingleMetricAsString(
+			`${customPrefix}nodejs_eventloop_lag_seconds`,
+		);
+		expect(eventLoopLagMetric.split('\n')).toMatchObject([
+			'# HELP custom_nodejs_eventloop_lag_seconds Lag of event loop in seconds.',
+			'# TYPE custom_nodejs_eventloop_lag_seconds gauge',
+			expect.stringMatching('custom_nodejs_eventloop_lag_seconds .*'),
+		]);
+		// custom metric
+		const versionMetric = await promClient.register.getSingleMetricAsString(
+			`${customPrefix}version_info`,
+		);
+		expect(versionMetric.split('\n')).toMatchObject([
+			'# HELP custom_version_info n8n version info.',
+			'# TYPE custom_version_info gauge',
+			expect.stringMatching('custom_version_info.*'),
+		]);
 	});
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/metrics/prometheus-metrics.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/metrics/prometheus-metrics.service.ts
index 530f37796b..7dc1f46cf5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/metrics/prometheus-metrics.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/metrics/prometheus-metrics.service.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class PrometheusMetricsService {
 	private initDefaultMetrics() {
 		if (!this.includes.metrics.default) return;
 
-		promClient.collectDefaultMetrics();
+		promClient.collectDefaultMetrics({ prefix: this.globalConfig.endpoints.metrics.prefix });
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ export class PrometheusMetricsService {
 			includePath: this.includes.labels.apiPath,
 			includeMethod: this.includes.labels.apiMethod,
 			includeStatusCode: this.includes.labels.apiStatusCode,
+			httpDurationMetricName: this.prefix + 'http_request_duration_seconds',
 		});
 
 		const activityGauge = new promClient.Gauge({
@@ -165,25 +166,11 @@ export class PrometheusMetricsService {
 	private mountMetricsEndpoint(app: express.Application) {
 		app.get('/metrics', async (_req: express.Request, res: express.Response) => {
 			const metrics = await promClient.register.metrics();
-			const prefixedMetrics = this.addPrefixToMetrics(metrics);
 			res.setHeader('Content-Type', promClient.register.contentType);
-			res.send(prefixedMetrics).end();
+			res.send(metrics).end();
 		});
 	}
 
-	private addPrefixToMetrics(metrics: string) {
-		return metrics
-			.split('\n')
-			.map((rawLine) => {
-				const line = rawLine.trim();
-
-				if (!line || line.startsWith('#') || line.startsWith(this.prefix)) return rawLine;
-
-				return this.prefix + line;
-			})
-			.join('\n');
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Set up cache metrics: `n8n_cache_hits_total`, `n8n_cache_misses_total`, and
 	 * `n8n_cache_updates_total`