diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml b/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml
index ae6c2f58fa28d..561007cb33b23 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/limits.yml
@@ -128,5 +128,5 @@ pageLoadAssetSize:
   eventAnnotation: 19334
   screenshotting: 22870
   synthetics: 40958
-  expressionXY: 30000
+  expressionXY: 31000
   kibanaUsageCollection: 16463
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/__mocks__/index.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/__mocks__/index.ts
index 3a4a1fdb813fc..b8969fd599765 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/__mocks__/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/__mocks__/index.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export const sampleLayer: DataLayerConfig = {
   splitAccessor: 'd',
   columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
   xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-  yScaleType: 'linear',
   isHistogram: false,
   palette: mockPaletteOutput,
   table: createSampleDatatableWithRows([]),
@@ -108,6 +107,8 @@ export const createArgsWithLayers = (
     type: 'axisExtentConfig',
   },
   layers: Array.isArray(layers) ? layers : [layers],
+  yLeftScale: 'linear',
+  yRightScale: 'linear',
 });
 
 export function sampleArgs() {
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_data_layer_args.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_data_layer_args.ts
index 8c728f1c8e99e..0c9085cce7664 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_data_layer_args.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_data_layer_args.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ArgumentType } from '@kbn/expressions-plugin/common';
-import { SeriesTypes, XScaleTypes, YScaleTypes, Y_CONFIG } from '../constants';
+import { SeriesTypes, XScaleTypes, Y_CONFIG } from '../constants';
 import { strings } from '../i18n';
 import { DataLayerArgs, ExtendedDataLayerArgs } from '../types';
 
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ export const commonDataLayerArgs: Omit<
     default: false,
     help: strings.getIsHistogramHelp(),
   },
-  yScaleType: {
-    options: [...Object.values(YScaleTypes)],
-    help: strings.getYScaleTypeHelp(),
-    default: YScaleTypes.LINEAR,
-    strict: true,
-  },
   yConfig: {
     types: [Y_CONFIG],
     help: strings.getYConfigHelp(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_xy_args.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_xy_args.ts
index f80d814571076..0dbe71ef554cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_xy_args.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/common_xy_args.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   TICK_LABELS_CONFIG,
   ValueLabelModes,
   XYCurveTypes,
+  YScaleTypes,
 } from '../constants';
 import { strings } from '../i18n';
 import { LayeredXyVisFn, XyVisFn } from '../types';
@@ -46,6 +47,18 @@ export const commonXYArgs: CommonXYFn['args'] = {
     help: strings.getYRightExtentHelp(),
     default: `{${AXIS_EXTENT_CONFIG}}`,
   },
+  yLeftScale: {
+    options: [...Object.values(YScaleTypes)],
+    help: strings.getYLeftScaleTypeHelp(),
+    default: YScaleTypes.LINEAR,
+    strict: true,
+  },
+  yRightScale: {
+    options: [...Object.values(YScaleTypes)],
+    help: strings.getYRightScaleTypeHelp(),
+    default: YScaleTypes.LINEAR,
+    strict: true,
+  },
   legend: {
     types: [LEGEND_CONFIG],
     help: strings.getLegendHelp(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts
index 8b850f39afbbe..04d0b954c5d5c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/expression_functions/xy_vis_fn.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ const createDataLayer = (args: XYArgs, table: Datatable): DataLayerConfigResult
   seriesType: args.seriesType,
   hide: args.hide,
   columnToLabel: args.columnToLabel,
-  yScaleType: args.yScaleType,
   xScaleType: args.xScaleType,
   isHistogram: args.isHistogram,
   palette: args.palette,
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ export const xyVisFn: XyVisFn['fn'] = async (data, args, handlers) => {
     hide,
     splitAccessor,
     columnToLabel,
-    yScaleType,
     xScaleType,
     isHistogram,
     yConfig,
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/i18n/index.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/i18n/index.tsx
index 5b5906ac71582..a69f0034b9e23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/i18n/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/i18n/index.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ export const strings = {
     i18n.translate('expressionXY.xyVis.yRightExtent.help', {
       defaultMessage: 'Y right axis extents',
     }),
+  getYLeftScaleTypeHelp: () =>
+    i18n.translate('expressionXY.xyVis.yLeftScaleType.help', {
+      defaultMessage: 'The scale type of the left y axis',
+    }),
+  getYRightScaleTypeHelp: () =>
+    i18n.translate('expressionXY.xyVis.yRightScaleType.help', {
+      defaultMessage: 'The scale type of the right y axis',
+    }),
   getLegendHelp: () =>
     i18n.translate('expressionXY.xyVis.legend.help', {
       defaultMessage: 'Configure the chart legend.',
@@ -149,10 +157,6 @@ export const strings = {
     i18n.translate('expressionXY.dataLayer.isHistogram.help', {
       defaultMessage: 'Whether to layout the chart as a histogram',
     }),
-  getYScaleTypeHelp: () =>
-    i18n.translate('expressionXY.dataLayer.yScaleType.help', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The scale type of the y axes',
-    }),
   getSplitAccessorHelp: () =>
     i18n.translate('expressionXY.dataLayer.splitAccessor.help', {
       defaultMessage: 'The column to split by',
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/types/expression_functions.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/types/expression_functions.ts
index 5cca9a0431ad0..375ee584f380c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/types/expression_functions.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/common/types/expression_functions.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ export interface DataLayerArgs {
   hide?: boolean;
   splitAccessor?: string | ExpressionValueVisDimension;
   columnToLabel?: string; // Actually a JSON key-value pair
-  yScaleType: YScaleType;
   xScaleType: XScaleType;
   isHistogram: boolean;
   palette: PaletteOutput;
@@ -120,7 +119,6 @@ export interface ExtendedDataLayerArgs {
   hide?: boolean;
   splitAccessor?: string;
   columnToLabel?: string; // Actually a JSON key-value pair
-  yScaleType: YScaleType;
   xScaleType: XScaleType;
   isHistogram: boolean;
   palette: PaletteOutput;
@@ -187,6 +185,8 @@ export interface XYArgs extends DataLayerArgs {
   yRightTitle: string;
   yLeftExtent: AxisExtentConfigResult;
   yRightExtent: AxisExtentConfigResult;
+  yLeftScale: YScaleType;
+  yRightScale: YScaleType;
   legend: LegendConfigResult;
   endValue?: EndValue;
   emphasizeFitting?: boolean;
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ export interface LayeredXYArgs {
   yRightTitle: string;
   yLeftExtent: AxisExtentConfigResult;
   yRightExtent: AxisExtentConfigResult;
+  yLeftScale: YScaleType;
+  yRightScale: YScaleType;
   legend: LegendConfigResult;
   endValue?: EndValue;
   emphasizeFitting?: boolean;
@@ -236,6 +238,8 @@ export interface XYProps {
   yRightTitle: string;
   yLeftExtent: AxisExtentConfigResult;
   yRightExtent: AxisExtentConfigResult;
+  yLeftScale: YScaleType;
+  yRightScale: YScaleType;
   legend: LegendConfigResult;
   endValue?: EndValue;
   emphasizeFitting?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/__mocks__/index.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/__mocks__/index.tsx
index e84d8c001fb82..77ce5ee76ebbf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/__mocks__/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/__mocks__/index.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ export const dateHistogramLayer: DataLayerConfig = {
   layerType: LayerTypes.DATA,
   hide: false,
   xAccessor: 'xAccessorId',
-  yScaleType: 'linear',
   xScaleType: 'time',
   isHistogram: true,
   splitAccessor: 'splitAccessorId',
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/__snapshots__/xy_chart.test.tsx.snap b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/__snapshots__/xy_chart.test.tsx.snap
index 3eeeee402205a..0bc41100012de 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/__snapshots__/xy_chart.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/__snapshots__/xy_chart.test.tsx.snap
@@ -766,7 +766,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders area 1`] = `
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -807,6 +806,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders area 1`] = `
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -1310,7 +1310,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders bar 1`] = `
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -1351,6 +1350,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders bar 1`] = `
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -1854,7 +1854,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders horizontal bar 1`] = `
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -1895,6 +1894,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders horizontal bar 1`] = `
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "bottom",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -2398,7 +2398,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders line 1`] = `
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -2439,6 +2438,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders line 1`] = `
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -2942,7 +2942,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders stacked area 1`] = `
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -2983,6 +2982,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders stacked area 1`] = `
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -3486,7 +3486,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders stacked bar 1`] = `
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -3527,6 +3526,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders stacked bar 1`] = `
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -4030,7 +4030,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders stacked horizontal bar 1`] = `
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -4071,6 +4070,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component it renders stacked horizontal bar 1`] = `
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "bottom",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -4829,7 +4829,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component split chart should render split chart if both, splitR
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -4870,6 +4869,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component split chart should render split chart if both, splitR
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -5627,7 +5627,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component split chart should render split chart if splitColumnA
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -5668,6 +5667,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component split chart should render split chart if splitColumnA
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
@@ -6425,7 +6425,6 @@ exports[`XYChart component split chart should render split chart if splitRowAcce
           "type": "dataLayer",
           "xAccessor": "c",
           "xScaleType": "ordinal",
-          "yScaleType": "linear",
         },
       ]
     }
@@ -6466,6 +6465,7 @@ exports[`XYChart component split chart should render split chart if splitRowAcce
           },
           "groupId": "left",
           "position": "left",
+          "scale": "linear",
           "series": Array [
             Object {
               "accessor": "a",
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/legend_action.test.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/legend_action.test.tsx
index 78ac1ed8d10cf..8289d605aa913 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/legend_action.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/legend_action.test.tsx
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ const sampleLayer: DataLayerConfig = {
   splitAccessor: 'splitAccessorId',
   columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
   xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-  yScaleType: 'linear',
   isHistogram: false,
   palette: mockPaletteOutput,
   table,
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.test.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.test.tsx
index 7f6dcb7a73925..911dbeea10416 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.test.tsx
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
       splitAccessor: 'd',
       columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
       xScaleType: 'time',
-      yScaleType: 'linear',
       isHistogram: false,
       palette: mockPaletteOutput,
       table: {
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
         splitAccessor: 'd',
         columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
         xScaleType: 'time',
-        yScaleType: 'linear',
         isHistogram: true,
         palette: mockPaletteOutput,
         table: data,
@@ -847,7 +845,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
       layerType: LayerTypes.DATA,
       hide: false,
       xAccessor: 'xAccessorId',
-      yScaleType: 'linear',
       xScaleType: 'linear',
       isHistogram: true,
       seriesType: 'bar_stacked',
@@ -923,7 +920,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
               isHistogram: true,
               seriesType: 'bar_stacked',
               xAccessor: 'b',
-              yScaleType: 'linear',
               xScaleType: 'time',
               splitAccessor: 'b',
               accessors: ['d'],
@@ -1045,7 +1041,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
       layerType: LayerTypes.DATA,
       hide: false,
       xAccessor: 'xAccessorId',
-      yScaleType: 'linear',
       xScaleType: 'linear',
       isHistogram: true,
       seriesType: 'bar_stacked',
@@ -1125,7 +1120,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
               accessors: ['a', 'b'],
               columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
               xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-              yScaleType: 'linear',
               isHistogram: false,
               palette: mockPaletteOutput,
               table: data,
@@ -1184,7 +1178,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
               accessors: ['a', 'b'],
               columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
               xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-              yScaleType: 'linear',
               isHistogram: false,
               palette: mockPaletteOutput,
               table: newData,
@@ -1215,7 +1208,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
               accessors: ['a', 'b'],
               columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
               xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-              yScaleType: 'linear',
               isHistogram: false,
               palette: mockPaletteOutput,
               table: data,
@@ -1898,7 +1890,7 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
         {...defaultProps}
         args={{
           ...args,
-          layers: [{ ...(args.layers[0] as DataLayerConfig), yScaleType: 'sqrt' }],
+          yLeftScale: 'sqrt',
         }}
       />
     );
@@ -2107,6 +2099,8 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
       xTitle: '',
       yTitle: '',
       yRightTitle: '',
+      yLeftScale: 'linear',
+      yRightScale: 'linear',
       legend: { type: 'legendConfig', isVisible: false, position: Position.Top },
       valueLabels: 'hide',
       tickLabelsVisibilitySettings: {
@@ -2146,7 +2140,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
           splitAccessor: 'b',
           columnToLabel: '',
           xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-          yScaleType: 'linear',
           isHistogram: false,
           palette: mockPaletteOutput,
           table: data1,
@@ -2161,7 +2154,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
           splitAccessor: 'b',
           columnToLabel: '',
           xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-          yScaleType: 'linear',
           isHistogram: false,
           palette: mockPaletteOutput,
           table: data2,
@@ -2224,6 +2216,8 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
         mode: 'full',
         type: 'axisExtentConfig',
       },
+      yLeftScale: 'linear',
+      yRightScale: 'linear',
       layers: [
         {
           layerId: 'first',
@@ -2235,7 +2229,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
           splitAccessor: 'b',
           columnToLabel: '',
           xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-          yScaleType: 'linear',
           isHistogram: false,
           palette: mockPaletteOutput,
           table: data,
@@ -2296,6 +2289,8 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
         mode: 'full',
         type: 'axisExtentConfig',
       },
+      yLeftScale: 'linear',
+      yRightScale: 'linear',
       layers: [
         {
           layerId: 'first',
@@ -2307,7 +2302,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
           splitAccessor: 'b',
           columnToLabel: '',
           xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-          yScaleType: 'linear',
           isHistogram: false,
           palette: mockPaletteOutput,
           table: data,
@@ -2557,7 +2551,6 @@ describe('XYChart component', () => {
       xAccessor: 'c',
       accessors: ['a', 'b'],
       xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-      yScaleType: 'linear',
       isHistogram: false,
       palette: mockPaletteOutput,
       table: data,
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.tsx
index cce61447f16a1..7b31112c4b9ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/components/xy_chart.tsx
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ export function XYChart({
     yLeftExtent,
     yRightExtent,
     valuesInLegend,
+    yLeftScale,
+    yRightScale,
     splitColumnAccessor,
     splitRowAccessor,
   } = args;
@@ -210,7 +212,13 @@ export function XYChart({
     filteredLayers.some((layer) => isDataLayer(layer) && layer.splitAccessor);
   const shouldRotate = isHorizontalChart(dataLayers);
 
-  const yAxesConfiguration = getAxesConfiguration(dataLayers, shouldRotate, formatFactory);
+  const yAxesConfiguration = getAxesConfiguration(
+    dataLayers,
+    shouldRotate,
+    formatFactory,
+    yLeftScale,
+    yRightScale
+  );
 
   const xTitle = args.xTitle || (xAxisColumn && xAxisColumn.name);
   const axisTitlesVisibilitySettings = args.axisTitlesVisibilitySettings || {
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.test.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.test.ts
index f3abf76b2d05a..7f1f8b62b75a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.test.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ describe('axes_configuration', () => {
     splitAccessor: 'd',
     columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
     xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-    yScaleType: 'linear',
     isHistogram: false,
     palette: { type: 'palette', name: 'default' },
     table: tables.first,
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.ts
index 5b6f35c1f8c6e..89dc87ae5383b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/axes_configuration.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@
 import type { IFieldFormat, SerializedFieldFormat } from '@kbn/field-formats-plugin/common';
 import { getAccessorByDimension } from '@kbn/visualizations-plugin/common/utils';
 import { FormatFactory } from '../types';
-import { AxisExtentConfig, CommonXYDataLayerConfig, ExtendedYConfig, YConfig } from '../../common';
+import {
+  AxisExtentConfig,
+  CommonXYDataLayerConfig,
+  ExtendedYConfig,
+  YConfig,
+  YScaleType,
+} from '../../common';
 import { isDataLayer } from './visualization';
 import { getFormat } from './format';
 
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@ export type GroupsConfiguration = Array<{
   position: 'left' | 'right' | 'bottom' | 'top';
   formatter?: IFieldFormat;
   series: Series[];
+  scale?: YScaleType;
 }>;
 
 export function isFormatterCompatible(
@@ -110,7 +117,9 @@ export function groupAxesByType(layers: CommonXYDataLayerConfig[]) {
 export function getAxesConfiguration(
   layers: CommonXYDataLayerConfig[],
   shouldRotate: boolean,
-  formatFactory?: FormatFactory
+  formatFactory?: FormatFactory,
+  yLeftScale?: YScaleType,
+  yRightScale?: YScaleType
 ): GroupsConfiguration {
   const series = groupAxesByType(layers);
 
@@ -122,6 +131,7 @@ export function getAxesConfiguration(
       position: shouldRotate ? 'bottom' : 'left',
       formatter: formatFactory?.(series.left[0].fieldFormat),
       series: series.left.map(({ fieldFormat, ...currentSeries }) => currentSeries),
+      scale: yLeftScale,
     });
   }
 
@@ -131,6 +141,7 @@ export function getAxesConfiguration(
       position: shouldRotate ? 'top' : 'right',
       formatter: formatFactory?.(series.right[0].fieldFormat),
       series: series.right.map(({ fieldFormat, ...currentSeries }) => currentSeries),
+      scale: yRightScale,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/color_assignment.test.ts b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/color_assignment.test.ts
index 8b1bdeeadb834..836d7209a6a5b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/color_assignment.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/color_assignment.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ describe('color_assignment', () => {
     {
       layerId: 'first',
       type: 'dataLayer',
-      yScaleType: 'linear',
       xScaleType: 'linear',
       isHistogram: true,
       seriesType: 'bar',
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ describe('color_assignment', () => {
     {
       layerId: 'second',
       type: 'dataLayer',
-      yScaleType: 'linear',
       xScaleType: 'linear',
       isHistogram: true,
       seriesType: 'bar',
diff --git a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/data_layers.tsx b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/data_layers.tsx
index 85b184d74029b..c2a7c847e150b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/data_layers.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/chart_expressions/expression_xy/public/helpers/data_layers.tsx
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ export const getSeriesProps: GetSeriesPropsFn = ({
     data: rows,
     xScaleType: xColumnId ? layer.xScaleType : 'ordinal',
     yScaleType:
-      formatter?.id === 'bytes' && layer.yScaleType === ScaleType.Linear
+      formatter?.id === 'bytes' && yAxis?.scale === ScaleType.Linear
         ? ScaleType.LinearBinary
-        : layer.yScaleType,
+        : yAxis?.scale || ScaleType.Linear,
     color: (series) =>
       getColor(series, {
         layer,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/__snapshots__/to_expression.test.ts.snap b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/__snapshots__/to_expression.test.ts.snap
index afdfd8e200100..46d7f535f090a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/__snapshots__/to_expression.test.ts.snap
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/__snapshots__/to_expression.test.ts.snap
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ Object {
                     "linear",
                   ],
                   "yConfig": Array [],
-                  "yScaleType": Array [
-                    "linear",
-                  ],
                 },
                 "function": "extendedDataLayer",
                 "type": "function",
@@ -234,6 +231,9 @@ Object {
             "type": "expression",
           },
         ],
+        "yLeftScale": Array [
+          "linear",
+        ],
         "yRightExtent": Array [
           Object {
             "chain": Array [
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ Object {
             "type": "expression",
           },
         ],
+        "yRightScale": Array [
+          "linear",
+        ],
         "yRightTitle": Array [
           "",
         ],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/axes_configuration.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/axes_configuration.test.ts
index 73b355bce7ed2..0b14b54f27074 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/axes_configuration.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/axes_configuration.test.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ describe('axes_configuration', () => {
     splitAccessor: 'd',
     columnToLabel: '{"a": "Label A", "b": "Label B", "d": "Label D"}',
     xScaleType: 'ordinal',
-    yScaleType: 'linear',
     isHistogram: false,
     palette: { type: 'palette', name: 'default' },
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/reference_line_helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/reference_line_helpers.test.ts
index 368b213428ed7..d83847cb54ca4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/reference_line_helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/reference_line_helpers.test.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ describe('reference_line helpers', () => {
               xAccessor: 'a',
               accessors: [],
               type: 'dataLayer',
-              yScaleType: 'linear',
               xScaleType: 'linear',
               isHistogram: false,
               palette: { type: 'palette', name: 'palette1' },
@@ -306,7 +305,6 @@ describe('reference_line helpers', () => {
               xAccessor: 'a',
               accessors: [],
               type: 'dataLayer',
-              yScaleType: 'linear',
               xScaleType: 'linear',
               isHistogram: false,
               palette: { type: 'palette', name: 'palette1' },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/to_expression.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/to_expression.ts
index 8644b085bd454..cb6e6cff2d70e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/to_expression.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/to_expression.ts
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ export const buildExpression = (
           fillOpacity: [state.fillOpacity || 0.3],
           yLeftExtent: [axisExtentConfigToExpression(state.yLeftExtent, validDataLayers)],
           yRightExtent: [axisExtentConfigToExpression(state.yRightExtent, validDataLayers)],
+          yLeftScale: [state.yLeftScale || 'linear'],
+          yRightScale: [state.yRightScale || 'linear'],
           axisTitlesVisibilitySettings: [
             {
               type: 'expression',
@@ -421,9 +423,6 @@ const dataLayerToExpression = (
           layerId: [layer.layerId],
           hide: [Boolean(layer.hide)],
           xAccessor: layer.xAccessor ? [layer.xAccessor] : [],
-          yScaleType: [
-            getScaleType(metadata[layer.layerId][layer.accessors[0]], ScaleType.Ordinal),
-          ],
           xScaleType: [getScaleType(metadata[layer.layerId][layer.xAccessor], ScaleType.Linear)],
           isHistogram: [isHistogramDimension],
           splitAccessor: layer.collapseFn || !layer.splitAccessor ? [] : [layer.splitAccessor],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/types.ts
index 5fa583b075e11..d4a83c6f561a3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/types.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export interface XYDataLayerConfig {
   splitAccessor?: string;
   palette?: PaletteOutput;
   collapseFn?: string;
-  yScaleType?: YScaleType;
   xScaleType?: XScaleType;
   isHistogram?: boolean;
   columnToLabel?: string;
@@ -93,6 +92,8 @@ export interface XYState {
   xTitle?: string;
   yTitle?: string;
   yRightTitle?: string;
+  yLeftScale?: YScaleType;
+  yRightScale?: YScaleType;
   axisTitlesVisibilitySettings?: AxesSettingsConfig;
   tickLabelsVisibilitySettings?: AxesSettingsConfig;
   gridlinesVisibilitySettings?: AxesSettingsConfig;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/axis_settings_popover.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/axis_settings_popover.tsx
index 28faaf6a9e0b4..2f824cddcd9fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/axis_settings_popover.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/axis_settings_popover.tsx
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import {
   htmlIdGenerator,
   EuiFieldNumber,
   EuiFormControlLayoutDelimited,
+  EuiSelect,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash';
-import { AxesSettingsConfig, AxisExtentConfig } from '@kbn/expression-xy-plugin/common';
+import { AxesSettingsConfig, AxisExtentConfig, YScaleType } from '@kbn/expression-xy-plugin/common';
 import { ToolbarButtonProps } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public';
 import { XYLayerConfig } from '../types';
 import { ToolbarPopover, useDebouncedValue, AxisTitleSettings } from '../../shared_components';
@@ -93,6 +94,14 @@ export interface AxisSettingsPopoverProps {
    * Flag whether endzones are visible
    */
   endzonesVisible?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Set scale
+   */
+  setScale?: (scale: YScaleType) => void;
+  /**
+   * Current scale
+   */
+  scale?: YScaleType;
   /**
    *  axis extent
    */
@@ -216,6 +225,8 @@ export const AxisSettingsPopover: React.FunctionComponent<AxisSettingsPopoverPro
   hasPercentageAxis,
   dataBounds,
   useMultilayerTimeAxis,
+  scale,
+  setScale,
 }) => {
   const isHorizontal = layers?.length ? isHorizontalChart(layers) : false;
   const config = popoverConfig(axis, isHorizontal);
@@ -351,6 +362,46 @@ export const AxisSettingsPopover: React.FunctionComponent<AxisSettingsPopoverPro
           />
         </EuiFormRow>
       )}
+      {setScale && (
+        <EuiFormRow
+          display="columnCompressed"
+          label={i18n.translate('xpack.lens.xyChart.setScale', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Axis scale',
+          })}
+          fullWidth
+        >
+          <EuiSelect
+            compressed
+            fullWidth
+            data-test-subj={`lnsshowEndzones`}
+            aria-label={i18n.translate('xpack.lens.xyChart.setScale', {
+              defaultMessage: 'Axis scale',
+            })}
+            options={[
+              {
+                text: i18n.translate('xpack.lens.xyChart.scaleLinear', {
+                  defaultMessage: 'Linear',
+                }),
+                value: 'linear',
+              },
+              {
+                text: i18n.translate('xpack.lens.xyChart.scaleLog', {
+                  defaultMessage: 'Logarithmic',
+                }),
+                value: 'log',
+              },
+              {
+                text: i18n.translate('xpack.lens.xyChart.scaleSquare', {
+                  defaultMessage: 'Square root',
+                }),
+                value: 'sqrt',
+              },
+            ]}
+            onChange={(e) => setScale(e.target.value as YScaleType)}
+            value={scale}
+          />
+        </EuiFormRow>
+      )}
       {localExtent && setExtent && (
         <EuiFormRow
           display="columnCompressed"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/index.tsx
index bd39a61b08acd..c431c2ae224b4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_config_panel/index.tsx
@@ -455,6 +455,13 @@ export const XyToolbar = memo(function XyToolbar(
               hasBarOrAreaOnAxis={hasBarOrAreaOnLeftAxis}
               dataBounds={dataBounds.left}
               hasPercentageAxis={hasPercentageAxis(axisGroups, 'left', state)}
+              scale={state?.yLeftScale}
+              setScale={(scale) => {
+                setState({
+                  ...state,
+                  yLeftScale: scale,
+                });
+              }}
             />
           </TooltipWrapper>
 
@@ -516,6 +523,13 @@ export const XyToolbar = memo(function XyToolbar(
               setExtent={setRightExtent}
               hasBarOrAreaOnAxis={hasBarOrAreaOnRightAxis}
               dataBounds={dataBounds.right}
+              scale={state?.yRightScale}
+              setScale={(scale) => {
+                setState({
+                  ...state,
+                  yRightScale: scale,
+                });
+              }}
             />
           </TooltipWrapper>
         </EuiFlexGroup>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_suggestions.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_suggestions.ts
index 912d5adf53c8f..51e1c5fe2a954 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_suggestions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/xy_visualization/xy_suggestions.ts
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ function buildSuggestion({
     valuesInLegend: currentState?.valuesInLegend,
     yLeftExtent: currentState?.yLeftExtent,
     yRightExtent: currentState?.yRightExtent,
+    yLeftScale: currentState?.yLeftScale,
+    yRightScale: currentState?.yRightScale,
     axisTitlesVisibilitySettings: currentState?.axisTitlesVisibilitySettings || {
       x: true,
       yLeft: true,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
index 7232ee8c63f42..69299c57ba546 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
@@ -3454,7 +3454,6 @@
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.xAccessor.help": "Axe X",
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.xScaleType.help": "Type d’échelle de l’axe x",
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.yConfig.help": "Configuration supplémentaire pour les axes y",
-    "expressionXY.dataLayer.yScaleType.help": "Type d’échelle des axes y",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.help": "Configurer l’aspect du quadrillage du graphique xy",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.x.help": "Spécifie si le quadrillage de l'axe X est visible ou non.",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.yLeft.help": "Spécifie si le quadrillage de l'axe Y de gauche est visible ou non.",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index 003a20771c1cb..d25e5e5c2b7a0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -3551,7 +3551,6 @@
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.xAccessor.help": "X 軸",
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.xScaleType.help": "x軸の目盛タイプ",
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.yConfig.help": "y軸の詳細構成",
-    "expressionXY.dataLayer.yScaleType.help": "y軸の目盛タイプ",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.help": "xyグラフのグリッド線表示を構成",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.x.help": "x 軸のグリッド線を表示するかどうかを指定します。",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.yLeft.help": "左y軸のグリッド線を表示するかどうかを指定します。",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index e86c12888a520..84a5474c0efa0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -3562,7 +3562,6 @@
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.xAccessor.help": "X 轴",
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.xScaleType.help": "x 轴的缩放类型",
     "expressionXY.dataLayer.yConfig.help": "y 轴的其他配置",
-    "expressionXY.dataLayer.yScaleType.help": "y 轴的缩放类型",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.help": "配置 xy 图表的网格线外观",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.x.help": "指定 x 轴的网格线是否可见。",
     "expressionXY.gridlinesConfig.yLeft.help": "指定左侧 y 轴的网格线是否可见。",