diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Metric.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Metric.cs
index d515e98fe74..36631e5ce25 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Metric.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/Metric.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public sealed class Metric
         ("OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http", "http.client.request.duration"),
         ("System.Net.Http", "http.client.request.duration"),
         ("System.Net.Http", "http.client.request.time_in_queue"),
-        ("System.Net.NameResolution", "dns.lookups.duration"),
+        ("System.Net.NameResolution", "dns.lookup.duration"),
     };
 
     // Long default histogram bounds. Not based on a standard. May change in the future.
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTestsBase.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTestsBase.cs
index a93d0156f0f..3968bd45d3e 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTestsBase.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Tests/Metrics/AggregatorTestsBase.cs
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public void MultiThreadedHistogramUpdateAndSnapShotTest()
     [InlineData("System.Net.Http", "http.client.connection.duration", "s", KnownHistogramBuckets.DefaultLongSeconds)]
     [InlineData("System.Net.Http", "http.client.request.duration", "s", KnownHistogramBuckets.DefaultShortSeconds)]
     [InlineData("System.Net.Http", "http.client.request.time_in_queue", "s", KnownHistogramBuckets.DefaultShortSeconds)]
-    [InlineData("System.Net.NameResolution", "dns.lookups.duration", "s", KnownHistogramBuckets.DefaultShortSeconds)]
+    [InlineData("System.Net.NameResolution", "dns.lookup.duration", "s", KnownHistogramBuckets.DefaultShortSeconds)]
     [InlineData("General.App", "simple.alternative.counter", "s", KnownHistogramBuckets.Default)]
     public void HistogramBucketsDefaultUpdatesForSecondsTest(string meterName, string instrumentName, string unit, KnownHistogramBuckets expectedHistogramBuckets)
     {