diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/an-fix-sidekiq-histogram-buckets.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/an-fix-sidekiq-histogram-buckets.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..696b8f3987e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/an-fix-sidekiq-histogram-buckets.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Allow latency measurements of sidekiq jobs taking > 2.5s
+merge_request: 32001
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics.rb b/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics.rb
index b06ffa9c121..3dc9521ee8b 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 module Gitlab
   module SidekiqMiddleware
     class Metrics
+      # SIDEKIQ_LATENCY_BUCKETS are latency histogram buckets better suited to Sidekiq
+      # timeframes than the DEFAULT_BUCKET definition. Defined in seconds.
+      SIDEKIQ_LATENCY_BUCKETS = [0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 60, 300, 600].freeze
+
       def initialize
         @metrics = init_metrics
       end
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def init_metrics
         {
-          sidekiq_jobs_completion_seconds: ::Gitlab::Metrics.histogram(:sidekiq_jobs_completion_seconds, 'Seconds to complete sidekiq job'),
+          sidekiq_jobs_completion_seconds: ::Gitlab::Metrics.histogram(:sidekiq_jobs_completion_seconds, 'Seconds to complete sidekiq job', buckets: SIDEKIQ_LATENCY_BUCKETS),
           sidekiq_jobs_failed_total:       ::Gitlab::Metrics.counter(:sidekiq_jobs_failed_total, 'Sidekiq jobs failed'),
           sidekiq_jobs_retried_total:      ::Gitlab::Metrics.counter(:sidekiq_jobs_retried_total, 'Sidekiq jobs retried'),
           sidekiq_running_jobs:            ::Gitlab::Metrics.gauge(:sidekiq_running_jobs, 'Number of Sidekiq jobs running', {}, :livesum)
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics_spec.rb
index c6df1c6a0d8..e430599bd94 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/sidekiq_middleware/metrics_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::Metrics do
     let(:running_jobs_metric) { double('running jobs metric') }
 
     before do
-      allow(Gitlab::Metrics).to receive(:histogram).with(:sidekiq_jobs_completion_seconds, anything).and_return(completion_seconds_metric)
+      allow(Gitlab::Metrics).to receive(:histogram).with(:sidekiq_jobs_completion_seconds, anything, anything).and_return(completion_seconds_metric)
       allow(Gitlab::Metrics).to receive(:counter).with(:sidekiq_jobs_failed_total, anything).and_return(failed_total_metric)
       allow(Gitlab::Metrics).to receive(:counter).with(:sidekiq_jobs_retried_total, anything).and_return(retried_total_metric)
       allow(Gitlab::Metrics).to receive(:gauge).with(:sidekiq_running_jobs, anything, {}, :livesum).and_return(running_jobs_metric)