diff --git a/ibm-mq-metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/ibm/mq/WmqMonitor.java b/ibm-mq-metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/ibm/mq/WmqMonitor.java
index 7eaa2d8c0..c0223df86 100644
--- a/ibm-mq-metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/ibm/mq/WmqMonitor.java
+++ b/ibm-mq-metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/ibm/mq/WmqMonitor.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.LongGauge;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import io.opentelemetry.ibm.mq.config.QueueManager;
+import io.opentelemetry.ibm.mq.metrics.Metrics;
 import io.opentelemetry.ibm.mq.metrics.MetricsConfig;
 import io.opentelemetry.ibm.mq.metricscollector.ChannelMetricsCollector;
 import io.opentelemetry.ibm.mq.metricscollector.InquireChannelCmdCollector;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public WmqMonitor(ConfigWrapper config, ExecutorService threadPool, Meter meter)
 
     this.metricsConfig = new MetricsConfig(config);
 
-    this.heartbeatGauge = meter.gaugeBuilder("ibm.mq.heartbeat").setUnit("1").ofLongs().build();
+    this.heartbeatGauge = Metrics.createIbmMqHeartbeat(meter);
     this.threadPool = threadPool;
 
     jobs.add(new QueueManagerMetricsCollector(meter));