diff --git a/util/metrics/runtime.go b/util/metrics/runtime.go
index ff6d0ddf5a..3f89ea761e 100644
--- a/util/metrics/runtime.go
+++ b/util/metrics/runtime.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (rm *RuntimeMetrics) WriteMetric(buf *strings.Builder, parentLabels string)
 
 	metrics.Read(rm.samples)
 	for i, s := range rm.samples {
-		name := "go" + sanitizePrometheusName(s.Name)
+		name := "algod_go" + sanitizePrometheusName(s.Name)
 		desc := rm.descriptions[i]
 
 		buf.WriteString("# HELP " + name + " " + desc.Description + "\n")
diff --git a/util/metrics/runtime_test.go b/util/metrics/runtime_test.go
index 3cc59ef911..bd44a75d51 100644
--- a/util/metrics/runtime_test.go
+++ b/util/metrics/runtime_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestRuntimeMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	// assert default metrics correctly created
 	cur := 0
 	for scanner.Scan() {
-		curName := "go" + defaultRuntimeMetrics[cur]
+		curName := "algod_go" + defaultRuntimeMetrics[cur]
 		curName = strings.ReplaceAll(curName, ":", "_")
 		curName = strings.ReplaceAll(curName, "-", "_")
 		curName = strings.ReplaceAll(curName, "/", "_")