diff --git a/.chloggen/k8sattribute-rename-metric.yaml b/.chloggen/k8sattribute-rename-metric.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..603cc48ad61b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/k8sattribute-rename-metric.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+# If your change doesn't affect end users, such as a test fix or a tooling change,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: processor/k8sattributes
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: rename k8sattributes processor internal metrics
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [2322]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability.go
index 1bb486788b43..e7ee543da68a 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability.go
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var (
-	mPodsUpdated        = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/pod_updated", "Number of pod update events received", "1")
-	mPodsAdded          = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/pod_added", "Number of pod add events received", "1")
-	mPodsDeleted        = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/pod_deleted", "Number of pod delete events received", "1")
-	mPodTableSize       = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/pod_table_size", "Size of table containing pod info", "1")
-	mIPLookupMiss       = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/ip_lookup_miss", "Number of times pod by IP lookup failed.", "1")
-	mNamespacesUpdated  = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/namespace_updated", "Number of namespace update events received", "1")
-	mNamespacesAdded    = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/namespace_added", "Number of namespace add events received", "1")
-	mNamespacesDeleted  = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/namespace_deleted", "Number of namespace delete events received", "1")
-	mReplicaSetsUpdated = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/replicaset_updated", "Number of ReplicaSet update events received", "1")
-	mReplicaSetsAdded   = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/replicaset_added", "Number of ReplicaSet add events received", "1")
-	mReplicaSetsDeleted = stats.Int64("otelsvc/k8s/replicaset_deleted", "Number of ReplicaSet delete events received", "1")
+	mPodsUpdated        = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.pods.updated", "Number of pod update events received", "1")
+	mPodsAdded          = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.pods.added", "Number of pod add events received", "1")
+	mPodsDeleted        = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.pods.deleted", "Number of pod delete events received", "1")
+	mPodTableSize       = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.pods.table_size", "Size of table containing pod info", "1")
+	mIPLookupMiss       = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.ip_lookup_misses", "Number of times pod by IP lookup failed.", "1")
+	mNamespacesUpdated  = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.namespaces.updated", "Number of namespace update events received", "1")
+	mNamespacesAdded    = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.namespaces.added", "Number of namespace add events received", "1")
+	mNamespacesDeleted  = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.namespaces.deleted", "Number of namespace delete events received", "1")
+	mReplicaSetsUpdated = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.replicasets.updated", "Number of ReplicaSet update events received", "1")
+	mReplicaSetsAdded   = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.replicasets.added", "Number of ReplicaSet add events received", "1")
+	mReplicaSetsDeleted = stats.Int64("processor.k8sattributes.replicasets.deleted", "Number of ReplicaSet delete events received", "1")
 )
 
 var viewPodsUpdated = &view.View{
diff --git a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability_test.go b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability_test.go
index ff8d26e29288..72031e19a68b 100644
--- a/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability_test.go
+++ b/processor/k8sattributesprocessor/internal/observability/observability_test.go
@@ -61,31 +61,31 @@ func TestMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	tests := []testCase{
 		{
-			"otelsvc/k8s/pod_added",
+			"processor.k8sattributes.pods.added",
 			RecordPodAdded,
 		},
 		{
-			"otelsvc/k8s/pod_deleted",
+			"processor.k8sattributes.pods.deleted",
 			RecordPodDeleted,
 		},
 		{
-			"otelsvc/k8s/pod_updated",
+			"processor.k8sattributes.pods.updated",
 			RecordPodUpdated,
 		},
 		{
-			"otelsvc/k8s/ip_lookup_miss",
+			"processor.k8sattributes.ip_lookup_misses",
 			RecordIPLookupMiss,
 		},
 		{
-			"otelsvc/k8s/namespace_added",
+			"processor.k8sattributes.namespaces.added",
 			RecordNamespaceAdded,
 		},
 		{
-			"otelsvc/k8s/namespace_updated",
+			"processor.k8sattributes.namespaces.updated",
 			RecordNamespaceUpdated,
 		},
 		{
-			"otelsvc/k8s/namespace_deleted",
+			"processor.k8sattributes.namespaces.deleted",
 			RecordNamespaceDeleted,
 		},
 	}