diff --git a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/noop/NoOpMetricsSystem.java b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/noop/NoOpMetricsSystem.java
index 870c2ab92df..0f0745fcbfa 100644
--- a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/noop/NoOpMetricsSystem.java
+++ b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/noop/NoOpMetricsSystem.java
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.ObservableMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.Observation;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Counter;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Histogram;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledGauge;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledMetric;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.OperationTimer;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Summary;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public class NoOpMetricsSystem implements ObservableMetricsSystem {
   /** The constant NO_OP_OPERATION_TIMER. */
   public static final OperationTimer NO_OP_OPERATION_TIMER = () -> NO_OP_TIMING_CONTEXT;
 
-  public static final Summary NO_OP_SUMMARY = d -> {};
+  /** The constant NO_OP_HISTOGRAM. */
+  public static final Histogram NO_OP_HISTOGRAM = d -> {};
 
   /** The constant NO_OP_LABELLED_1_COUNTER. */
   public static final LabelledMetric<Counter> NO_OP_LABELLED_1_COUNTER =
@@ -64,8 +65,9 @@ public class NoOpMetricsSystem implements ObservableMetricsSystem {
   public static final LabelledMetric<OperationTimer> NO_OP_LABELLED_1_OPERATION_TIMER =
       new LabelCountingNoOpMetric<>(1, NO_OP_OPERATION_TIMER);
 
-  public static final LabelledMetric<Summary> NO_OP_LABELLED_1_SUMMARY =
-      new LabelCountingNoOpMetric<>(1, NO_OP_SUMMARY);
+  /** The constant NO_OP_LABELLED_1_HISTOGRAM. */
+  public static final LabelledMetric<Histogram> NO_OP_LABELLED_1_HISTOGRAM =
+      new LabelCountingNoOpMetric<>(1, NO_OP_HISTOGRAM);
 
   /** The constant NO_OP_LABELLED_1_GAUGE. */
   public static final LabelledGauge NO_OP_LABELLED_1_GAUGE =
@@ -149,11 +151,11 @@ public static LabelledMetric<OperationTimer> getOperationTimerLabelledMetric(
    * @param labelCount the label count
    * @return the operation timer labelled metric
    */
-  public static LabelledMetric<Summary> getSummaryLabelledMetric(final int labelCount) {
+  public static LabelledMetric<Histogram> getSummaryLabelledMetric(final int labelCount) {
     if (labelCount == 1) {
-      return NO_OP_LABELLED_1_SUMMARY;
+      return NO_OP_LABELLED_1_HISTOGRAM;
     } else {
-      return new LabelCountingNoOpMetric<>(labelCount, NO_OP_SUMMARY);
+      return new LabelCountingNoOpMetric<>(labelCount, NO_OP_HISTOGRAM);
     }
   }
 
@@ -165,10 +167,11 @@ public void createGauge(
       final DoubleSupplier valueSupplier) {}
 
   @Override
-  public LabelledMetric<Summary> createLabelledSummary(
+  public LabelledMetric<Histogram> createLabelledHistogram(
       final MetricCategory category,
       final String name,
       final String help,
+      final double[] buckets,
       final String... labelNames) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySystem.java b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySystem.java
index 75457884fa3..e12edbc5e53 100644
--- a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySystem.java
+++ b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/opentelemetry/OpenTelemetrySystem.java
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.StandardMetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Counter;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Histogram;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledGauge;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledMetric;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.OperationTimer;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Summary;
 
 import java.lang.management.GarbageCollectorMXBean;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
@@ -279,10 +279,11 @@ public void createGauge(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public LabelledMetric<Summary> createLabelledSummary(
+  public LabelledMetric<Histogram> createLabelledHistogram(
       final MetricCategory category,
       final String name,
       final String help,
+      final double[] buckets,
       final String... labelNames) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusSummary.java b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusHistogram.java
similarity index 59%
rename from metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusSummary.java
rename to metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusHistogram.java
index 7f439c0f118..825f967a64d 100644
--- a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusSummary.java
+++ b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusHistogram.java
@@ -14,26 +14,26 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus;
 
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Histogram;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledMetric;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Summary;
 
-class PrometheusSummary implements LabelledMetric<Summary> {
+class PrometheusHistogram implements LabelledMetric<Histogram> {
 
-  private final io.prometheus.client.Summary summary;
+  private final io.prometheus.client.Histogram histogram;
 
-  public PrometheusSummary(final io.prometheus.client.Summary summary) {
-    this.summary = summary;
+  public PrometheusHistogram(final io.prometheus.client.Histogram histogram) {
+    this.histogram = histogram;
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Summary labels(final String... labels) {
-    return new UnlabelledSummary(summary.labels(labels));
+  public Histogram labels(final String... labels) {
+    return new UnlabelledHistogram(histogram.labels(labels));
   }
 
-  private static class UnlabelledSummary implements Summary {
-    private final io.prometheus.client.Summary.Child amount;
+  private static class UnlabelledHistogram implements Histogram {
+    private final io.prometheus.client.Histogram.Child amount;
 
-    private UnlabelledSummary(final io.prometheus.client.Summary.Child amount) {
+    private UnlabelledHistogram(final io.prometheus.client.Histogram.Child amount) {
       this.amount = amount;
     }
 
diff --git a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsSystem.java b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsSystem.java
index aa1b80348ac..6ff6555f550 100644
--- a/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsSystem.java
+++ b/metrics/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsSystem.java
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ public class PrometheusMetricsSystem implements ObservableMetricsSystem {
       cachedCounters = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
   private final Map<String, LabelledMetric<OperationTimer>> cachedTimers =
       new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-  private final Map<String, LabelledMetric<org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Summary>>
-      cachedSummaries = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+  private final Map<String, LabelledMetric<org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Histogram>>
+      cachedHistograms = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
   private final Set<String> totalSuffixedCounters = new ConcurrentHashSet<>();
 
   private final Set<MetricCategory> enabledCategories;
@@ -114,31 +114,22 @@ public LabelledMetric<org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Counter> crea
   }
 
   @Override
-  public LabelledMetric<org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Summary> createLabelledSummary(
-      final MetricCategory category,
-      final String name,
-      final String help,
-      final String... labelNames) {
+  public LabelledMetric<org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Histogram>
+      createLabelledHistogram(
+          final MetricCategory category,
+          final String name,
+          final String help,
+          final double[] buckets,
+          final String... labelNames) {
     final String metricName = convertToPrometheusName(category, name);
-    return cachedSummaries.computeIfAbsent(
+    return cachedHistograms.computeIfAbsent(
         metricName,
         k -> {
           if (isCategoryEnabled(category)) {
-            final Summary summary =
-                Summary.build(metricName, help)
-                    .quantile(0.0, 0)
-                    .quantile(0.2, 0.02)
-                    .quantile(0.5, 0.05)
-                    .quantile(0.8, 0.02)
-                    .quantile(0.95, 0.005)
-                    .quantile(0.99, 0.001)
-                    .quantile(1.0, 0)
-                    .labelNames(labelNames)
-                    .ageBuckets(5)
-                    .maxAgeSeconds(2)
-                    .create();
-            addCollectorUnchecked(category, summary);
-            return new PrometheusSummary(summary);
+            final Histogram histogram =
+                Histogram.build(metricName, help).labelNames(labelNames).buckets(buckets).create();
+            addCollectorUnchecked(category, histogram);
+            return new PrometheusHistogram(histogram);
           } else {
             return NoOpMetricsSystem.getSummaryLabelledMetric(labelNames.length);
           }
diff --git a/metrics/core/src/test-support/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/StubMetricsSystem.java b/metrics/core/src/test-support/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/StubMetricsSystem.java
index 0ac6cbfa1e6..3794481f6a5 100644
--- a/metrics/core/src/test-support/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/StubMetricsSystem.java
+++ b/metrics/core/src/test-support/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/StubMetricsSystem.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.noop.NoOpMetricsSystem;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Counter;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Histogram;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledGauge;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledMetric;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.OperationTimer;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Summary;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public void createGauge(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public LabelledMetric<Summary> createLabelledSummary(
+  public LabelledMetric<Histogram> createLabelledSummary(
       final MetricCategory category,
       final String name,
       final String help,
diff --git a/plugin-api/build.gradle b/plugin-api/build.gradle
index 24a57773fa2..47e4d658b93 100644
--- a/plugin-api/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin-api/build.gradle
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Calculated : ${currentHash}
 tasks.register('checkAPIChanges', FileStateChecker) {
   description = "Checks that the API for the Plugin-API project does not change without deliberate thought"
   files = sourceSets.main.allJava.files
-  knownHash = '1VIGlJuGiaEVUksIjTTHDt7SIjjJE9+DU8rYk/ze3XM='
+  knownHash = 'y0LCW10NiQfggaDirEwo8x9DlfbvN21dPajj+pqBy7Q='
 }
 check.dependsOn('checkAPIChanges')
 
diff --git a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java
index bf6505476f6..de2477d3924 100644
--- a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java
+++ b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/MetricsSystem.java
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 package org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services;
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Counter;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Histogram;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledGauge;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.LabelledMetric;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.MetricCategory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.OperationTimer;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.Summary;
 
 import java.util.function.DoubleSupplier;
 import java.util.function.IntSupplier;
@@ -161,6 +161,6 @@ default void createLongGauge(
     createGauge(category, name, help, () -> (double) valueSupplier.getAsLong());
   }
 
-  LabelledMetric<Summary> createLabelledSummary(
-      MetricCategory category, String name, String help, String... labelNames);
+  LabelledMetric<Histogram> createLabelledHistogram(
+      MetricCategory category, String name, String help, double[] buckets, String... labelNames);
 }
diff --git a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/metrics/Summary.java b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/metrics/Histogram.java
similarity index 96%
rename from plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/metrics/Summary.java
rename to plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/metrics/Histogram.java
index 774d01be276..b52b280106a 100644
--- a/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/metrics/Summary.java
+++ b/plugin-api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/metrics/Histogram.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics;
 
-public interface Summary {
+public interface Histogram {
 
   void observe(double amount);
 }