diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 42810e385..964826948 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.3.0
 	github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.11.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.33.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.33.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.33.0
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 // indirect
 	github.com/yashtewari/glob-intersection v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.11.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.11.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.11.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20200430140353-33d19683fad8 // indirect
diff --git a/management/server/telemetry/http_api_metrics.go b/management/server/telemetry/http_api_metrics.go
index e40b8c3a2..75c11c72f 100644
--- a/management/server/telemetry/http_api_metrics.go
+++ b/management/server/telemetry/http_api_metrics.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	time "time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/instrument"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/instrument/syncint64"
@@ -163,7 +164,14 @@ func (m *HTTPMiddleware) Handler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	fn := func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		reqStart := time.Now()
 		defer func() {
-			m.totalHTTPRequestDuration.Record(m.ctx, time.Since(reqStart).Milliseconds())
+			tookMs := time.Since(reqStart).Milliseconds()
+			m.totalHTTPRequestDuration.Record(m.ctx, tookMs)
+
+			if r.Method == http.MethodPut || r.Method == http.MethodPost || r.Method == http.MethodDelete {
+				m.totalHTTPRequestDuration.Record(m.ctx, tookMs, attribute.String("type", "write"))
+			} else {
+				m.totalHTTPRequestDuration.Record(m.ctx, tookMs, attribute.String("type", "read"))
+			}
 		}()
 		traceID := hash(fmt.Sprintf("%v", r))
 		log.Tracef("HTTP request %v: %v %v", traceID, r.Method, r.URL)