diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/README.md
index 095c158404535..36433215ce57e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/README.md
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ Both `DatabaseCluster` and `DatabaseInstance` provide a `metric()` method to hel
 declare const cluster: neptune.DatabaseCluster;
 declare const instance: neptune.DatabaseInstance;
 
-cluster.metric('SparqlErrors'); // cluster-level SparqlErrors metric
-instance.metric('SparqlErrors') // instance-level SparqlErrors metric
+cluster.metric('SparqlRequestsPerSec'); // cluster-level SparqlErrors metric
+instance.metric('SparqlRequestsPerSec') // instance-level SparqlErrors metric
 ```
 
 For more details on the available metrics, refer to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/neptune/latest/userguide/cw-metrics.html
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-neptune-integ.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-neptune-integ.template.json
index e8def0514c82c..15290913fcbd9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-neptune-integ.template.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.integ.snapshot/aws-cdk-neptune-integ.template.json
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
   "Alarm7103F465": {
    "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm",
    "Properties": {
-    "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanThreshold",
+    "ComparisonOperator": "LessThanThreshold",
     "EvaluationPeriods": 1,
     "Dimensions": [
      {
@@ -552,11 +552,11 @@
       }
      }
     ],
-    "MetricName": "SparqlErrors",
+    "MetricName": "SparqlRequestsPerSec",
     "Namespace": "AWS/Neptune",
     "Period": 300,
-    "Statistic": "Sum",
-    "Threshold": 0
+    "Statistic": "Average",
+    "Threshold": 1
    }
   }
  },
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.test.ts
index 54b2ed415f131..b0b2873572eb8 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/cluster.test.ts
@@ -671,11 +671,11 @@ describe('DatabaseCluster', () => {
     });
 
     // WHEN
-    const metric = cluster.metric('SparqlErrors');
+    const metric = cluster.metric('SparqlRequestsPerSec');
     new cloudwatch.Alarm(stack, 'Alarm', {
       evaluationPeriods: 1,
-      threshold: 0,
-      comparisonOperator: cloudwatch.ComparisonOperator.GREATER_THAN_THRESHOLD,
+      threshold: 1,
+      comparisonOperator: cloudwatch.ComparisonOperator.LESS_THAN_THRESHOLD,
       metric: metric,
     });
 
@@ -685,20 +685,20 @@ describe('DatabaseCluster', () => {
       dimensionsMap: {
         DBClusterIdentifier: cluster.clusterIdentifier,
       },
-      metricName: 'SparqlErrors',
+      metricName: 'SparqlRequestsPerSec',
     }));
     Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm', {
       Namespace: 'AWS/Neptune',
-      MetricName: 'SparqlErrors',
+      MetricName: 'SparqlRequestsPerSec',
       Dimensions: [
         {
           Name: 'DBClusterIdentifier',
           Value: stack.resolve(cluster.clusterIdentifier),
         },
       ],
-      ComparisonOperator: 'GreaterThanThreshold',
+      ComparisonOperator: 'LessThanThreshold',
       EvaluationPeriods: 1,
-      Threshold: 0,
+      Threshold: 1,
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/instance.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/instance.test.ts
index 49e9e01f593c3..95e6e27d3f4ed 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/instance.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/instance.test.ts
@@ -151,11 +151,11 @@ describe('DatabaseInstance', () => {
     });
 
     // WHEN
-    const metric = instance.metric('SparqlErrors');
+    const metric = instance.metric('SparqlRequestsPerSec');
     new cloudwatch.Alarm(stack, 'Alarm', {
       evaluationPeriods: 1,
-      threshold: 0,
-      comparisonOperator: cloudwatch.ComparisonOperator.GREATER_THAN_THRESHOLD,
+      threshold: 1,
+      comparisonOperator: cloudwatch.ComparisonOperator.LESS_THAN_THRESHOLD,
       metric: metric,
     });
 
@@ -165,20 +165,20 @@ describe('DatabaseInstance', () => {
       dimensionsMap: {
         DBInstanceIdentifier: instance.instanceIdentifier,
       },
-      metricName: 'SparqlErrors',
+      metricName: 'SparqlRequestsPerSec',
     }));
     Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm', {
       Namespace: 'AWS/Neptune',
-      MetricName: 'SparqlErrors',
+      MetricName: 'SparqlRequestsPerSec',
       Dimensions: [
         {
           Name: 'DBInstanceIdentifier',
           Value: stack.resolve(instance.instanceIdentifier),
         },
       ],
-      ComparisonOperator: 'GreaterThanThreshold',
+      ComparisonOperator: 'LessThanThreshold',
       EvaluationPeriods: 1,
-      Threshold: 0,
+      Threshold: 1,
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/integ.cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/integ.cluster.ts
index 8b7507e90a8e0..1b8d4156ef6f5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/integ.cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-neptune/test/integ.cluster.ts
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ const cluster = new DatabaseCluster(stack, 'Database', {
 
 cluster.connections.allowDefaultPortFromAnyIpv4('Open to the world');
 
-const metric = cluster.metric('SparqlErrors', { statistic: cloudwatch.Statistic.SUM });
+const metric = cluster.metric('SparqlRequestsPerSec');
 new cloudwatch.Alarm(stack, 'Alarm', {
   evaluationPeriods: 1,
-  threshold: 0,
-  comparisonOperator: cloudwatch.ComparisonOperator.GREATER_THAN_THRESHOLD,
+  threshold: 1,
+  comparisonOperator: cloudwatch.ComparisonOperator.LESS_THAN_THRESHOLD,
   metric: metric,
 });