diff --git a/cmd/metrics-v2.go b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
index 96137ceaa..bf9253728 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-v2.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ func getS3TTFBDistributionMD() MetricDescription {
 		Subsystem: timeSubsystem,
 		Name:      ttfbDistribution,
 		Help:      "Distribution of the time to first byte across API calls",
-		Type:      histogramMetric,
+		Type:      gaugeMetric,
 	}
 }