diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64b2213c58..644edfe2c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Increment the:
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+* [Metrics SDK] Use nostd::function_ref in AttributesHashMap
+  [#3393](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/3393)
+
 * [SDK] Base2 exponential histogram aggregation
   [#3175](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/3346)
 
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/attributes_hashmap.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/attributes_hashmap.h
index bcc7610aae..f1ab55ed61 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/attributes_hashmap.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/attributes_hashmap.h
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ class AttributesHashMapWithCustomHash
    * If not present, it uses the provided callback to generate
    * value and store in the hash
    */
-  Aggregation *GetOrSetDefault(const opentelemetry::common::KeyValueIterable &attributes,
-                               const AttributesProcessor *attributes_processor,
-                               std::function<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
+  Aggregation *GetOrSetDefault(
+      const opentelemetry::common::KeyValueIterable &attributes,
+      const AttributesProcessor *attributes_processor,
+      nostd::function_ref<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
   {
     // TODO: avoid constructing MetricAttributes from KeyValueIterable for
     // hash_map_.find which is a heavy operation
@@ -97,8 +98,9 @@ class AttributesHashMapWithCustomHash
     return result.first->second.get();
   }
 
-  Aggregation *GetOrSetDefault(const MetricAttributes &attributes,
-                               std::function<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
+  Aggregation *GetOrSetDefault(
+      const MetricAttributes &attributes,
+      nostd::function_ref<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
   {
     auto it = hash_map_.find(attributes);
     if (it != hash_map_.end())
@@ -115,8 +117,9 @@ class AttributesHashMapWithCustomHash
     return hash_map_[attributes].get();
   }
 
-  Aggregation *GetOrSetDefault(MetricAttributes &&attributes,
-                               std::function<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
+  Aggregation *GetOrSetDefault(
+      MetricAttributes &&attributes,
+      nostd::function_ref<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
   {
     auto it = hash_map_.find(attributes);
     if (it != hash_map_.end())
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ class AttributesHashMapWithCustomHash
   size_t attributes_limit_;
 
   Aggregation *GetOrSetOveflowAttributes(
-      std::function<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
+      nostd::function_ref<std::unique_ptr<Aggregation>()> aggregation_callback)
   {
     auto agg = aggregation_callback();
     return GetOrSetOveflowAttributes(std::move(agg));
diff --git a/sdk/test/metrics/attributes_hashmap_benchmark.cc b/sdk/test/metrics/attributes_hashmap_benchmark.cc
index 8225f8ba12..a44199878e 100644
--- a/sdk/test/metrics/attributes_hashmap_benchmark.cc
+++ b/sdk/test/metrics/attributes_hashmap_benchmark.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "opentelemetry/nostd/function_ref.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregation/aggregation.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregation/drop_aggregation.h"
 #include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/attributes_hashmap.h"