diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.test.ts
index e365be8b5d851..a9d642ad5f080 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('trackLegacyRouteUsage', () => {
     trackLegacyRouteUsage('test', mockUsageCounter);
     expect(mockUsageCounter.incrementCounter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       counterName: `legacy_route_test`,
-      counterType: 'route_access',
+      counterType: 'legacy_api_usage',
       incrementBy: 1,
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.ts
index 7d695e81f918b..713b6439bb971 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/lib/track_legacy_route_usage.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function trackLegacyRouteUsage(route: string, usageCounter?: UsageCounter
   if (usageCounter) {
     usageCounter.incrementCounter({
       counterName: `legacy_route_${route}`,
-      counterType: 'route_access',
+      counterType: 'legacy_api_usage',
       incrementBy: 1,
     });
   }