diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/main/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/internal/Instrument.scala b/opentelemetry/src/main/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/internal/Instrument.scala
index 8fc0875e..c80aac87 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/main/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/internal/Instrument.scala
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/main/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/internal/Instrument.scala
@@ -102,7 +102,15 @@ object Instrument {
 
             unit.foreach(builder.setUnit)
             description.foreach(builder.setDescription)
-            boundaries.foreach(seq => builder.setExplicitBucketBoundariesAdvice(seq.map(Double.box).asJava))
+            boundaries.foreach { seq =>
+              builder.setExplicitBucketBoundariesAdvice(
+                seq
+                  // ZIO uses explicit Double.MaxValue boundary as upper bound. OTEL uses internal "inf" value instead
+                  .filter(_ != Double.MaxValue)
+                  .map(Double.box)
+                  .asJava
+              )
+            }
 
             Histogram.double(builder.build(), ctxStorage, logAnnotated)
           }
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/test/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/MeterTest.scala b/opentelemetry/src/test/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/MeterTest.scala
index 828017f3..e3e2d3e7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/test/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/MeterTest.scala
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/test/scala/zio/telemetry/opentelemetry/metrics/MeterTest.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import zio.telemetry.opentelemetry.metrics.internal.Instrument
 import zio.telemetry.opentelemetry.tracing.{Tracing, TracingTest}
 import zio.test.{TestEnvironment, ZIOSpecDefault, _}
 
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 
 object MeterTest extends ZIOSpecDefault {
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ object MeterTest extends ZIOSpecDefault {
   private val zioMetricsSpec =
     suite("ZIO metrics integration")(
       test("histogram boundaries should be passed to OTEL") {
-        val histogram = Metric.histogram("test_histogram", Boundaries(Chunk(1, 2, 3)))
+        val histogram = Metric.histogram("test_histogram", Boundaries.fromChunk(Chunk(1, 2, 3)))
 
         for {
           reader     <- ZIO.service[InMemoryMetricReader]
@@ -234,6 +235,17 @@ object MeterTest extends ZIOSpecDefault {
           metricPoint = metric.getHistogramData().getPoints().asScala.toList.head
           boundaries  = metricPoint.getBoundaries.asScala.map(_.toDouble).toSeq
         } yield assertTrue(boundaries == Seq(1.0, 2.0, 3.0))
+      },
+      test("timer boundaries should be passed to OTEL") {
+        val timer = Metric.timer("test_timer", ChronoUnit.SECONDS, Chunk(1.0, 2.0, 3.0))
+
+        for {
+          reader     <- ZIO.service[InMemoryMetricReader]
+          _          <- timer.update(Duration.fromSeconds(2))
+          metric      = reader.collectAllMetrics().asScala.find(_.getName == "test_timer").get
+          metricPoint = metric.getHistogramData().getPoints().asScala.toList.head
+          boundaries  = metricPoint.getBoundaries.asScala.map(_.toDouble).toSeq
+        } yield assertTrue(boundaries == Seq(1.0, 2.0, 3.0))
       }
     ).provide(inMemoryMetricReaderLayer, meterLayer(), ContextStorage.fiberRef, OpenTelemetry.zioMetrics)