diff --git a/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
index 4f851bb4a..e52d8a1b6 100644
--- a/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ var (
 			// This metric is used for verifying api call latencies SLO,
 			// as well as tracking regressions in this aspects.
 			// Thus we customize buckets significantly, to empower both usecases.
-			Buckets: []float64{0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3,
+			Buckets: []float64{0.005, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3,
 				4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60},
 			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.STABLE,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
index 1fb3ec373..769cec771 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ var (
 			Name: "etcd_request_duration_seconds",
 			Help: "Etcd request latency in seconds for each operation and object type.",
 			// Etcd request latency in seconds for each operation and object type.
-			Buckets:        []float64{0.005, 0.025, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 15.0, 30.0, 60.0},
+			// This metric is used for verifying etcd api call latencies SLO
+			// keep consistent with apiserver metric 'requestLatencies' in
+			// staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics/metrics.go
+			Buckets: []float64{0.005, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, 2, 3,
+				4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60},
 			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.ALPHA,
 		},
 		[]string{"operation", "type"},