diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/controller/job/metrics/metrics.go
index 1d49efc2324..073568e84d1 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 			Name:           "job_sync_duration_seconds",
 			Help:           "The time it took to sync a job",
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.STABLE,
-			Buckets:        metrics.ExponentialBuckets(0.001, 2, 15),
+			Buckets:        metrics.ExponentialBuckets(0.004, 2, 15),
 		},
 		[]string{"completion_mode", "result", "action"},
 	)
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
index d7ab090ff7e..e8f544f1ac1 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
+++ b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@
   - completion_mode
   - result
   buckets:
-  - 0.001
-  - 0.002
   - 0.004
   - 0.008
   - 0.016
@@ -399,6 +397,8 @@
   - 4.096
   - 8.192
   - 16.384
+  - 32.768
+  - 65.536
 - name: job_syncs_total
   subsystem: job_controller
   help: The number of job syncs