diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index beac03f24b..4da62257af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi`: fix wrapping of middlewares
   ([#3012](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3012))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-django`: proper bucket boundaries in stable semconv http duration
+  ([#3524](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3524))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc`: support non-list interceptors
   ([#3520](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3520))
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
index 3b9af4127f..7d92aff145 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ def response_hook(span, request, response):
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation._semconv import (
+    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
     _get_schema_url,
     _OpenTelemetrySemanticConventionStability,
     _OpenTelemetryStabilitySignalType,
@@ -378,6 +379,7 @@ def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
                 name=HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_DURATION,
                 description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
                 unit="s",
+                explicit_bucket_boundaries_advisory=HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
             )
         _DjangoMiddleware._active_request_counter = (
             create_http_server_active_requests(meter)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
index 1c85935892..960bf97bc4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation._semconv import (
+    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
+    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_OLD,
     OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN,
     _OpenTelemetrySemanticConventionStability,
 )
@@ -814,6 +816,10 @@ def test_wsgi_metrics_new_semconv(self):
                                 expected_duration_attributes,
                                 dict(point.attributes),
                             )
+                            self.assertEqual(
+                                point.explicit_bounds,
+                                HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
+                            )
                         if isinstance(point, NumberDataPoint):
                             number_data_point_seen = True
                             self.assertEqual(point.value, 0)
@@ -886,6 +892,10 @@ def test_wsgi_metrics_both_semconv(self):
                                     expected_duration_attributes_new,
                                     dict(point.attributes),
                                 )
+                                self.assertEqual(
+                                    point.explicit_bounds,
+                                    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
+                                )
                             elif metric.name == "http.server.duration":
                                 self.assertAlmostEqual(
                                     duration, point.sum, delta=100
@@ -894,6 +904,10 @@ def test_wsgi_metrics_both_semconv(self):
                                     expected_duration_attributes_old,
                                     dict(point.attributes),
                                 )
+                                self.assertEqual(
+                                    point.explicit_bounds,
+                                    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_OLD,
+                                )
                         if isinstance(point, NumberDataPoint):
                             number_data_point_seen = True
                             self.assertEqual(point.value, 0)