diff --git a/.changesets/fix_garypen_3443_fix_prom.md b/.changesets/fix_garypen_3443_fix_prom.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4eec703272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/fix_garypen_3443_fix_prom.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### Fix prometheus statistics issues with _total_total names([Issue #3443](https://github.com/apollographql/router/issues/3443))
+
+When producing prometheus statistics the otel crate (0.19.0) now automatically appends "_total" which is unhelpful.
+
+This fix remove duplicated "_total_total" from our statistics.
+
+By [@garypen](https://github.com/garypen) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/3471
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diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/prometheus.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/prometheus.rs
index e5c60e32d8..310ed2dc6e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/prometheus.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/telemetry/metrics/prometheus.rs
@@ -155,11 +155,15 @@ impl Service<router::Request> for PrometheusService {
             let encoder = TextEncoder::new();
             let mut result = Vec::new();
             encoder.encode(&metric_families, &mut result)?;
+            // otel 0.19.0 started adding "_total" onto various statistics.
+            // Let's remove any problems they may have created for us.
+            let stats = String::from_utf8_lossy(&result);
+            let modified_stats = stats.replace("_total_total{", "_total{");
             Ok(router::Response {
                 response: http::Response::builder()
                     .status(StatusCode::OK)
                     .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "text/plain; version=0.0.4")
-                    .body::<hyper::Body>(result.into())
+                    .body::<hyper::Body>(modified_stats.into())
                     .map_err(BoxError::from)?,
                 context: req.context,
             })
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/common.rs b/apollo-router/tests/common.rs
index d40082a293..3cf3d59e27 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/common.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/common.rs
@@ -517,6 +517,21 @@ impl IntegrationTest {
         panic!("'{text}' not detected in metrics\n{last_metrics}");
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub async fn assert_metrics_does_not_contain(&self, text: &str) {
+        if let Ok(metrics) = self
+            .get_metrics_response()
+            .await
+            .expect("failed to fetch metrics")
+            .text()
+            .await
+        {
+            if metrics.contains(text) {
+                panic!("'{text}' detected in metrics\n{metrics}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub async fn assert_shutdown(&mut self) {
         let router = self.router.as_mut().expect("router must have been started");
diff --git a/apollo-router/tests/metrics_tests.rs b/apollo-router/tests/metrics_tests.rs
index 2dca27af51..be58864d1e 100644
--- a/apollo-router/tests/metrics_tests.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/tests/metrics_tests.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ async fn test_metrics_reloading() -> Result<(), BoxError> {
     router
         .assert_metrics_contains(r#"custom_header="test_custom""#, None)
         .await;
+    router
+        .assert_metrics_does_not_contain(r#"_total_total{"#)
+        .await;
 
     if std::env::var("APOLLO_KEY").is_ok() && std::env::var("APOLLO_GRAPH_REF").is_ok() {
         router.assert_metrics_contains(r#"apollo_router_uplink_fetch_duration_seconds_count{kind="unchanged",query="License",service_name="apollo-router",url="https://uplink.api.apollographql.com/",otel_scope_name="apollo/router",otel_scope_version=""}"#, Some(Duration::from_secs(120))).await;