diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-prometheus-latency-bucket.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-prometheus-latency-bucket.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec2247a786e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-prometheus-latency-bucket.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: "**Prometheus**: Bumped KONG_LATENCY_BUCKETS bucket's maximal capacity to 6000"
+type: feature
+scope: Plugin
diff --git a/kong/plugins/prometheus/exporter.lua b/kong/plugins/prometheus/exporter.lua
index bdc5eeafcbce..b02b8655cd77 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/prometheus/exporter.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/prometheus/exporter.lua
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ local stream_available, stream_api = pcall(require, "kong.tools.stream_api")
 
 local role = kong.configuration.role
 
-local KONG_LATENCY_BUCKETS = { 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 75, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000 }
+local KONG_LATENCY_BUCKETS = { 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50, 75, 100, 200, 500, 750, 1000, 3000, 6000 }
 local UPSTREAM_LATENCY_BUCKETS = { 25, 50, 80, 100, 250, 400, 700, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 30000, 60000 }
 local AI_LLM_PROVIDER_LATENCY_BUCKETS = { 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 10000, 30000, 60000 }
 local IS_PROMETHEUS_ENABLED