diff --git a/server/metrics/metrics.go b/server/metrics/metrics.go
index 25e0676efe3..bd2d7330833 100644
--- a/server/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/server/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ func New(config *libconfig.MetricsConfig) *Metrics {
 		),
 		metricOperationsLatencyTotal: prometheus.NewSummaryVec(
 			prometheus.SummaryOpts{
-				Subsystem: collectors.Subsystem,
-				Name:      collectors.OperationsLatencyTotal.String(),
-				Help:      "Latency in microseconds of CRI-O operations. Broken down by operation type.",
+				Subsystem:  collectors.Subsystem,
+				Name:       collectors.OperationsLatencyTotal.String(),
+				Help:       "Latency in microseconds of CRI-O operations. Broken down by operation type.",
+				Objectives: map[float64]float64{0.5: 0.05, 0.9: 0.01, 0.99: 0.001},
 			},
 			[]string{"operation_type"},
 		),
diff --git a/test/metrics.bats b/test/metrics.bats
index 4a9e2523b06..fdab166ba74 100644
--- a/test/metrics.bats
+++ b/test/metrics.bats
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@ function teardown() {
 	curl -sf "http://localhost:$PORT/metrics" | grep crio_operations
 }
 
+@test "metrics with operations quantile" {
+	# start crio with custom port
+	PORT=$(free_port)
+	CONTAINER_ENABLE_METRICS=true CONTAINER_METRICS_PORT=$PORT start_crio
+
+	for ((i = 0; i < 100; i++)); do
+		crictl version
+	done
+
+	# get metrics
+	curl -sf "http://localhost:$PORT/metrics" | grep 'container_runtime_crio_operations_latency_microseconds_total{operation_type="Version",quantile="0.5"}'
+	curl -sf "http://localhost:$PORT/metrics" | grep 'container_runtime_crio_operations_latency_microseconds_total{operation_type="Version",quantile="0.9"}'
+	curl -sf "http://localhost:$PORT/metrics" | grep 'container_runtime_crio_operations_latency_microseconds_total{operation_type="Version",quantile="0.99"}'
+}
+
 @test "secure metrics with random port" {
 	openssl req -new -newkey rsa:4096 -days 365 -nodes -x509 \
 		-subj "/C=US/ST=State/L=City/O=Org/CN=Name" \