diff --git a/server/metrics/metrics.go b/server/metrics/metrics.go
index 8753ea20508..c24735a41af 100644
--- a/server/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/server/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ var (
 	// type.
 	CRIOOperationsLatencyTotal = prometheus.NewSummaryVec(
 		prometheus.SummaryOpts{
-			Subsystem: subsystem,
-			Name:      CRIOOperationsLatencyTotalKey,
-			Help:      "Latency in microseconds of CRI-O operations. Broken down by operation type.",
+			Subsystem:  subsystem,
+			Name:       CRIOOperationsLatencyTotalKey,
+			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"},
 	)