diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/podmanreceiver/documentation.md
index 59e3703d3005..6e5bb91e9912 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/documentation.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Total CPU time consumed per CPU-core.
 
 | Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Aggregation Temporality | Monotonic |
 | ---- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------------------- | --------- |
-| ns | Sum | Int | Cumulative | true |
+| s | Sum | Int | Cumulative | true |
 
 #### Attributes
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ System CPU usage.
 
 | Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Aggregation Temporality | Monotonic |
 | ---- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------------------- | --------- |
-| ns | Sum | Int | Cumulative | true |
+| s | Sum | Int | Cumulative | true |
 
 ### container.cpu.usage.total
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Total CPU time consumed.
 
 | Unit | Metric Type | Value Type | Aggregation Temporality | Monotonic |
 | ---- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------------------- | --------- |
-| ns | Sum | Int | Cumulative | true |
+| s | Sum | Int | Cumulative | true |
 
 ### container.memory.percent
 
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go b/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
index 49a9beec9328..7edc12b42acf 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func (ms *MetricConfig) Unmarshal(parser *confmap.Conf) error {
 	if parser == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	err := parser.Unmarshal(ms, confmap.WithErrorUnused())
+	err := parser.Unmarshal(ms)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (rac *ResourceAttributeConfig) Unmarshal(parser *confmap.Conf) error {
 	if parser == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	err := parser.Unmarshal(rac, confmap.WithErrorUnused())
+	err := parser.Unmarshal(rac)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go b/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
index 57e96230f60d..b2a628971b8b 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ type metricContainerCPUUsagePercpu struct {
 func (m *metricContainerCPUUsagePercpu) init() {
 	m.data.SetName("container.cpu.usage.percpu")
 	m.data.SetDescription("Total CPU time consumed per CPU-core.")
-	m.data.SetUnit("ns")
+	m.data.SetUnit("s")
 	m.data.SetEmptySum()
 	m.data.Sum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
 	m.data.Sum().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ type metricContainerCPUUsageSystem struct {
 func (m *metricContainerCPUUsageSystem) init() {
 	m.data.SetName("container.cpu.usage.system")
 	m.data.SetDescription("System CPU usage.")
-	m.data.SetUnit("ns")
+	m.data.SetUnit("s")
 	m.data.SetEmptySum()
 	m.data.Sum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
 	m.data.Sum().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ type metricContainerCPUUsageTotal struct {
 func (m *metricContainerCPUUsageTotal) init() {
 	m.data.SetName("container.cpu.usage.total")
 	m.data.SetDescription("Total CPU time consumed.")
-	m.data.SetUnit("ns")
+	m.data.SetUnit("s")
 	m.data.SetEmptySum()
 	m.data.Sum().SetIsMonotonic(true)
 	m.data.Sum().SetAggregationTemporality(pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative)
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index 03156775c24f..0b9a0868d03a 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, ms.At(i).Type())
 					assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Sum().DataPoints().Len())
 					assert.Equal(t, "Total CPU time consumed per CPU-core.", ms.At(i).Description())
-					assert.Equal(t, "ns", ms.At(i).Unit())
+					assert.Equal(t, "s", ms.At(i).Unit())
 					assert.Equal(t, true, ms.At(i).Sum().IsMonotonic())
 					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative, ms.At(i).Sum().AggregationTemporality())
 					dp := ms.At(i).Sum().DataPoints().At(0)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, ms.At(i).Type())
 					assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Sum().DataPoints().Len())
 					assert.Equal(t, "System CPU usage.", ms.At(i).Description())
-					assert.Equal(t, "ns", ms.At(i).Unit())
+					assert.Equal(t, "s", ms.At(i).Unit())
 					assert.Equal(t, true, ms.At(i).Sum().IsMonotonic())
 					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative, ms.At(i).Sum().AggregationTemporality())
 					dp := ms.At(i).Sum().DataPoints().At(0)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, ms.At(i).Type())
 					assert.Equal(t, 1, ms.At(i).Sum().DataPoints().Len())
 					assert.Equal(t, "Total CPU time consumed.", ms.At(i).Description())
-					assert.Equal(t, "ns", ms.At(i).Unit())
+					assert.Equal(t, "s", ms.At(i).Unit())
 					assert.Equal(t, true, ms.At(i).Sum().IsMonotonic())
 					assert.Equal(t, pmetric.AggregationTemporalityCumulative, ms.At(i).Sum().AggregationTemporality())
 					dp := ms.At(i).Sum().DataPoints().At(0)
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 62c1995d95f4..a981c3e39798 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ metrics:
   container.cpu.usage.system:
     enabled: true
     description: "System CPU usage."
-    unit: ns
+    unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
       monotonic: true
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ metrics:
   container.cpu.usage.total:
     enabled: true
     description: "Total CPU time consumed."
-    unit: ns
+    unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
       monotonic: true
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ metrics:
   container.cpu.usage.percpu:
     enabled: true
     description: "Total CPU time consumed per CPU-core."
-    unit: ns
+    unit: s
     sum:
       value_type: int
       monotonic: true
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/podmanreceiver/receiver.go
index 9eedd7d4e448..85239536077c 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ func (r *metricsReceiver) recordContainerStats(now pcommon.Timestamp, container
 }
 
 func (r *metricsReceiver) recordCPUMetrics(now pcommon.Timestamp, stats *containerStats) {
-	r.mb.RecordContainerCPUUsageSystemDataPoint(now, int64(stats.CPUSystemNano))
-	r.mb.RecordContainerCPUUsageTotalDataPoint(now, int64(stats.CPUNano))
+	r.mb.RecordContainerCPUUsageSystemDataPoint(now, int64(toSecondsWithNanosecondPrecision(stats.CPUSystemNano)))
+	r.mb.RecordContainerCPUUsageTotalDataPoint(now, int64(toSecondsWithNanosecondPrecision(stats.CPUNano)))
 	r.mb.RecordContainerCPUPercentDataPoint(now, stats.CPU)
 
 	for i, cpu := range stats.PerCPU {
-		r.mb.RecordContainerCPUUsagePercpuDataPoint(now, int64(cpu), fmt.Sprintf("cpu%d", i))
+		r.mb.RecordContainerCPUUsagePercpuDataPoint(now, int64(toSecondsWithNanosecondPrecision(cpu)), fmt.Sprintf("cpu%d", i))
 	}
 
 }
@@ -155,3 +155,8 @@ func (r *metricsReceiver) recordIOMetrics(now pcommon.Timestamp, stats *containe
 	r.mb.RecordContainerBlockioIoServiceBytesRecursiveReadDataPoint(now, int64(stats.BlockInput))
 	r.mb.RecordContainerBlockioIoServiceBytesRecursiveWriteDataPoint(now, int64(stats.BlockOutput))
 }
+
+// nanoseconds to seconds conversion truncating the fractional part
+func toSecondsWithNanosecondPrecision(nanoseconds uint64) uint64 {
+	return nanoseconds / 1e9
+}
diff --git a/receiver/podmanreceiver/record_metrics_test.go b/receiver/podmanreceiver/record_metrics_test.go
index f575f7f14e47..0e76eeec92cc 100644
--- a/receiver/podmanreceiver/record_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/podmanreceiver/record_metrics_test.go
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ func assertStatsEqualToMetrics(t *testing.T, podmanStats *containerStats, md pme
 			assertMetricEqual(t, m, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, []point{{intVal: podmanStats.BlockInput}})
 
 		case "container.cpu.usage.system":
-			assertMetricEqual(t, m, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, []point{{intVal: podmanStats.CPUSystemNano}})
+			assertMetricEqual(t, m, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, []point{{intVal: toSecondsWithNanosecondPrecision(podmanStats.CPUSystemNano)}})
 		case "container.cpu.usage.total":
-			assertMetricEqual(t, m, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, []point{{intVal: podmanStats.CPUNano}})
+			assertMetricEqual(t, m, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, []point{{intVal: toSecondsWithNanosecondPrecision(podmanStats.CPUNano)}})
 		case "container.cpu.percent":
 			assertMetricEqual(t, m, pmetric.MetricTypeGauge, []point{{doubleVal: podmanStats.CPU}})
 		case "container.cpu.usage.percpu":
 			points := make([]point, len(podmanStats.PerCPU))
 			for i, v := range podmanStats.PerCPU {
-				points[i] = point{intVal: v, attributes: map[string]string{"core": fmt.Sprintf("cpu%d", i)}}
+				points[i] = point{intVal: toSecondsWithNanosecondPrecision(v), attributes: map[string]string{"core": fmt.Sprintf("cpu%d", i)}}
 			}
 			assertMetricEqual(t, m, pmetric.MetricTypeSum, points)