diff --git a/config/default.yaml b/config/default.yaml
index 8e7e5bd59..689ffa74c 100644
--- a/config/default.yaml
+++ b/config/default.yaml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ open_telemetry:
 
     http_request_duration:
       # You can disable HTTP request duration metric that can have a high tag cardinality
-      enabled: true
+      enabled: false
 
     # Create a prometheus exporter server on this port so prometheus server can scrape PeerTube metrics
     prometheus_exporter:
diff --git a/config/production.yaml.example b/config/production.yaml.example
index f05cd2a74..b5bf8c6a5 100644
--- a/config/production.yaml.example
+++ b/config/production.yaml.example
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ open_telemetry:
 
     http_request_duration:
       # You can disable HTTP request duration metric that can have a high tag cardinality
-      enabled: true
+      enabled: false
 
     # Create a prometheus exporter server on this port so prometheus server can scrape PeerTube metrics
     prometheus_exporter:
diff --git a/packages/tests/src/api/server/open-telemetry.ts b/packages/tests/src/api/server/open-telemetry.ts
index 8ed3801db..87b44d6f1 100644
--- a/packages/tests/src/api/server/open-telemetry.ts
+++ b/packages/tests/src/api/server/open-telemetry.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ describe('Open Telemetry', function () {
       await server.run({
         open_telemetry: {
           metrics: {
-            enabled: true
+            enabled: true,
+            http_request_duration: {
+              enabled: true
+            }
           }
         }
       })