diff --git a/cmd/metrics-v2.go b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
index fbb728ca8..f3f4537ca 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-v2.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ func getS3TTFBDistributionMD() MetricDescription {
 		Subsystem: timeSubsystem,
 		Name:      ttfbDistribution,
 		Help:      "Distribution of the time to first byte across API calls",
-		Type:      gaugeMetric,
+		Type:      histogramMetric,
 	}
 }