diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics4/src/main/java/feign/metrics4/BaseMeteredClient.java b/dropwizard-metrics4/src/main/java/feign/metrics4/BaseMeteredClient.java
index 82810801c..a29e36c13 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics4/src/main/java/feign/metrics4/BaseMeteredClient.java
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics4/src/main/java/feign/metrics4/BaseMeteredClient.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ protected void recordSuccess(RequestTemplate template, Response response) {
                 response.status() / 100 + "xx",
                 "http_status",
                 String.valueOf(response.status()),
+                "http_method",
+                template.methodMetadata().template().method(),
                 "uri",
                 template.methodMetadata().template().path()),
             metricSuppliers.meters())
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ protected void recordFailure(RequestTemplate template, FeignException e) {
                 e.status() / 100 + "xx",
                 "http_status",
                 String.valueOf(e.status()),
+                "http_method",
+                template.methodMetadata().template().method(),
                 "uri",
                 template.methodMetadata().template().path()),
             metricSuppliers.meters())
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics5/src/main/java/feign/metrics5/BaseMeteredClient.java b/dropwizard-metrics5/src/main/java/feign/metrics5/BaseMeteredClient.java
index 24796cd14..10d015c24 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics5/src/main/java/feign/metrics5/BaseMeteredClient.java
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics5/src/main/java/feign/metrics5/BaseMeteredClient.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ protected void recordSuccess(RequestTemplate template, Response response) {
             httpResponseCode(template)
                 .tagged("http_status", String.valueOf(response.status()))
                 .tagged("status_group", response.status() / 100 + "xx")
+                .tagged("http_method", template.methodMetadata().template().method())
                 .tagged("uri", template.methodMetadata().template().path()))
         .inc();
   }
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ protected void recordFailure(RequestTemplate template, FeignException e) {
                     ExceptionUtils.getRootCause(e).getClass().getSimpleName())
                 .tagged("http_status", String.valueOf(e.status()))
                 .tagged("status_group", e.status() / 100 + "xx")
+                .tagged("http_method", template.methodMetadata().template().method())
                 .tagged("uri", template.methodMetadata().template().path()))
         .inc();
   }
diff --git a/micrometer/src/main/java/feign/micrometer/BaseMeteredClient.java b/micrometer/src/main/java/feign/micrometer/BaseMeteredClient.java
index ed35b091d..e4cbe6e49 100644
--- a/micrometer/src/main/java/feign/micrometer/BaseMeteredClient.java
+++ b/micrometer/src/main/java/feign/micrometer/BaseMeteredClient.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ protected void countResponseCode(
                 e,
                 Tag.of("http_status", String.valueOf(responseStatus)),
                 Tag.of("status_group", responseStatus / 100 + "xx"),
+                Tag.of("http_method", template.methodMetadata().template().method()),
                 Tag.of("uri", template.methodMetadata().template().path()))
             .and(extraTags);
     meterRegistry.counter(metricName.name("http_response_code"), allTags).increment();
diff --git a/micrometer/src/test/java/feign/micrometer/AbstractMetricsTestBase.java b/micrometer/src/test/java/feign/micrometer/AbstractMetricsTestBase.java
index 9245a0ba6..eb34bfaa4 100644
--- a/micrometer/src/test/java/feign/micrometer/AbstractMetricsTestBase.java
+++ b/micrometer/src/test/java/feign/micrometer/AbstractMetricsTestBase.java
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ public interface SimpleSource {
     String get(String body);
   }
 
+
   public interface CompletableSource {
 
     @RequestLine("GET /get")
     CompletableFuture<String> get(String body);
   }
 
+
   protected MR metricsRegistry;
 
   @Before
@@ -169,7 +171,8 @@ public void clientPropagatesUncheckedException() {
     }
 
     assertThat(
-        getMetric("http_response_code", "http_status", "404", "status_group", "4xx"),
+        getMetric("http_response_code", "http_status", "404", "status_group", "4xx",
+            "http_method", "GET"),
         notNullValue());
   }