diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/changelog.d/19415.added b/kube_apiserver_metrics/changelog.d/19415.added
index 87c66ecc5b526..a4ca397128e22 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/changelog.d/19415.added
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/changelog.d/19415.added
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add process_cpu_seconds_total to kube_apiserver_metrics check
+Add process_cpu_total to kube_apiserver_metrics check
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/datadog_checks/kube_apiserver_metrics/kube_apiserver_metrics.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/datadog_checks/kube_apiserver_metrics/kube_apiserver_metrics.py
index 1eaec1bdc1b6f..197424dfc1aa4 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/datadog_checks/kube_apiserver_metrics/kube_apiserver_metrics.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/datadog_checks/kube_apiserver_metrics/kube_apiserver_metrics.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     'apiserver_request_duration_seconds': 'request_duration_seconds',
     'apiserver_request_latencies': 'request_latencies',
     'apiserver_request_latency_seconds': 'request_latencies',
-    'process_cpu_seconds_total': 'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+    'process_cpu_seconds_total': 'process_cpu_total',
     'process_resident_memory_bytes': 'process_resident_memory_bytes',
     'process_virtual_memory_bytes': 'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
     'grpc_client_started_total': 'grpc_client_started_total',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/metadata.csv b/kube_apiserver_metrics/metadata.csv
index a2752727b617e..efbb3298cd81f 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/metadata.csv
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/metadata.csv
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ kube_apiserver.http_requests_total,gauge,,request,,The accumulated number of HTT
 kube_apiserver.http_requests_total.count,count,,request,,The monotonic count of the number of HTTP requests made,0,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,total count of requests,
 kube_apiserver.kubernetes_feature_enabled,gauge,,,,"Whether a Kubernetes feature gate is enabled or not, identified by name and stage (alpha; Kubernetes 1.26+)",0,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,kubernetes feature enabled,
 kube_apiserver.longrunning_gauge,gauge,,request,,"The gauge of all active long-running apiserver requests broken out by verb, group, version, resource, scope, and component. Not all requests are tracked this way.",-1,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,long running gauges,
-kube_apiserver.process_cpu_seconds_total,count,,second,,"Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.",0,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,process cpu seconds total,
+kube_apiserver.process_cpu_total,count,,second,,"Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.",0,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,process cpu total,
 kube_apiserver.process_resident_memory_bytes,gauge,,byte,,The resident memory size in bytes,0,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,process rss,
 kube_apiserver.process_virtual_memory_bytes,gauge,,byte,,The virtual memory size in bytes,0,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,process virtual memory,
 kube_apiserver.registered_watchers,gauge,,object,,The number of currently registered watchers for a given resource,0,kubernetes_api_server_metrics,number of watchers,
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics.py
index 89b9d482c0c62..178e74409fda0 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'admission_controller_admission_duration_seconds.count',
         'request_latencies.sum',
         'request_latencies.count',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
     ]
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_15.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_15.py
index f68bfef5a4647..5ad840e0c2bb8 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_15.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_15.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'request_duration_seconds.sum',
         'request_duration_seconds.count',
         'registered_watchers',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         'etcd_request_duration_seconds.sum',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_19.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_19.py
index b9f74721e872c..644bb3064dda2 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_19.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_19.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'request_duration_seconds.sum',
         'request_duration_seconds.count',
         'registered_watchers',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         'etcd_request_duration_seconds.sum',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_23.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_23.py
index a4245975911e9..c08e75f8bfc15 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_23.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_23.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'request_duration_seconds.sum',
         'request_duration_seconds.count',
         'registered_watchers',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         'etcd_request_duration_seconds.sum',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_24.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_24.py
index e7a49ed12e655..8c59b18354d2d 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_24.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_24.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'admission_controller_admission_duration_seconds.count',
         'request_duration_seconds.sum',
         'request_duration_seconds.count',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         'etcd_request_duration_seconds.sum',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_25.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_25.py
index 2049033d008cd..afec1846bb1d5 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_25.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_25.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         NAMESPACE + '.admission_controller_admission_duration_seconds.count',
         NAMESPACE + '.request_duration_seconds.sum',
         NAMESPACE + '.request_duration_seconds.count',
-        NAMESPACE + '.process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        NAMESPACE + '.process_cpu_total',
         NAMESPACE + '.process_resident_memory_bytes',
         NAMESPACE + '.process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         NAMESPACE + '.etcd_request_duration_seconds.sum',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_26.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_26.py
index 3db29816a71fe..2c4ee47139d24 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_26.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_26.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'admission_controller_admission_duration_seconds.count',
         'request_duration_seconds.sum',
         'request_duration_seconds.count',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         'etcd.db.total_size',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_27.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_27.py
index 00b15a31851ee..64c88ff34e4c9 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_27.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_27.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'admission_controller_admission_duration_seconds.count',
         'request_duration_seconds.sum',
         'request_duration_seconds.count',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         'etcd.db.total_size',
diff --git a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_28.py b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_28.py
index 276ea18a33157..4f8ece7dfd899 100644
--- a/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_28.py
+++ b/kube_apiserver_metrics/tests/test_kube_apiserver_metrics_1_28.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TestKubeAPIServerMetrics:
         'admission_controller_admission_duration_seconds.count',
         'request_duration_seconds.sum',
         'request_duration_seconds.count',
-        'process_cpu_seconds_total',
+        'process_cpu_total',
         'process_resident_memory_bytes',
         'process_virtual_memory_bytes',
         'etcd.db.total_size',