diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go
index e272333f859..eeb730ba8b7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 		&k8smetrics.HistogramOpts{
 			Name:    "rest_client_request_duration_seconds",
 			Help:    "Request latency in seconds. Broken down by verb, and host.",
-			Buckets: k8smetrics.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 10),
+			Buckets: []float64{0.005, 0.025, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, 15.0, 30.0, 60.0},
 		},
 		[]string{"verb", "host"},
 	)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var (
 		&k8smetrics.HistogramOpts{
 			Name:    "rest_client_rate_limiter_duration_seconds",
 			Help:    "Client side rate limiter latency in seconds. Broken down by verb, and host.",
-			Buckets: k8smetrics.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 10),
+			Buckets: []float64{0.005, 0.025, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, 15.0, 30.0, 60.0},
 		},
 		[]string{"verb", "host"},
 	)