diff --git a/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go
index 79a08d9da7c..c12a11d0320 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ var (
 			Subsystem: kubeProxySubsystem,
 			Name:      "network_programming_duration_seconds",
 			Help:      "In Cluster Network Programming Latency in seconds",
-			Buckets:   prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.015, 2, 20),
+			Buckets: merge(
+				prometheus.LinearBuckets(0.25, 0.25, 2), // 0.25s, 0.50s
+				prometheus.LinearBuckets(1, 1, 59),      // 1s, 2s, 3s, ... 59s
+				prometheus.LinearBuckets(60, 5, 12),     // 60s, 65s, 70s, ... 115s
+				prometheus.LinearBuckets(120, 30, 7),    // 2min, 2.5min, 3min, ..., 5min
+			),
 		},
 	)
 
@@ -138,3 +143,11 @@ func SinceInMicroseconds(start time.Time) float64 {
 func SinceInSeconds(start time.Time) float64 {
 	return time.Since(start).Seconds()
 }
+
+func merge(slices ...[]float64) []float64 {
+	result := make([]float64, 1)
+	for _, s := range slices {
+		result = append(result, s...)
+	}
+	return result
+}