diff --git a/internal/proxy/app_conn.go b/internal/proxy/app_conn.go
index 7753a44b2..3e342adab 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/app_conn.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/app_conn.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (app *appConnConsensus) DeliverTxAsync(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	req types.RequestDeliverTx,
 ) (*abciclient.ReqRes, error) {
-	defer addTimeSample(app.metrics.MethodTiming.With("method", "deliver_tx", "type", "aync"))()
+	defer addTimeSample(app.metrics.MethodTiming.With("method", "deliver_tx", "type", "async"))()
 	return app.appConn.DeliverTxAsync(ctx, req)
 }