diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3520bb124..0ffed3715f 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-falcon`: proper bucket boundaries in stable semconv http duration
+  ([#3525](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3525))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi`: add explicit http duration buckets for stable semconv
   ([#3527](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/3527))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi`: add explicit http duration buckets for stable semconv
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
index 4891fbbcae..9c670287aa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/falcon/__init__.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ def response_hook(span, req, resp):
 import opentelemetry.instrumentation.wsgi as otel_wsgi
 from opentelemetry import context, trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation._semconv import (
+    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
     _get_schema_url,
     _OpenTelemetrySemanticConventionStability,
     _OpenTelemetryStabilitySignalType,
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 name=HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST_DURATION,
                 description="Duration of HTTP server requests.",
                 unit="s",
+                explicit_bucket_boundaries_advisory=HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
             )
 
         self.active_requests_counter = self._otel_meter.create_up_down_counter(
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py
index 48cbdbe3f8..3c2e4caea4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon/tests/test_falcon.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation._semconv import (
+    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
     OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN,
     _OpenTelemetrySemanticConventionStability,
     _server_active_requests_count_attrs_new,
@@ -550,6 +551,10 @@ def test_falcon_metric_values_new_semconv(self):
                             self.assertAlmostEqual(
                                 duration, point.sum, delta=10
                             )
+                            self.assertEqual(
+                                point.explicit_bounds,
+                                HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
+                            )
                         if isinstance(point, NumberDataPoint):
                             self.assertEqual(point.value, 0)
                             number_data_point_seen = True
@@ -600,6 +605,11 @@ def test_falcon_metric_values_both_semconv(self):
                                 self.assertAlmostEqual(
                                     max(duration_s, 0), point.sum, delta=10
                                 )
+                                self.assertEqual(
+                                    point.explicit_bounds,
+                                    HTTP_DURATION_HISTOGRAM_BUCKETS_NEW,
+                                )
+
                             histogram_data_point_seen = True
                         if isinstance(point, NumberDataPoint):
                             self.assertEqual(point.value, 0)