diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/cluster-density-v2/openshift-qe-cluster-density-v2-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/cluster-density-v2/openshift-qe-cluster-density-v2-ref.yaml
index 54f7a65f4033c..e35c3edfdf343 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/cluster-density-v2/openshift-qe-cluster-density-v2-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/cluster-density-v2/openshift-qe-cluster-density-v2-ref.yaml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ ref:
     documentation: |-
       Default is true, which means clean up the pod/resource that kube-burner ocp created, you can set it to false to keep the resouce
   - name: GC_METRICS
-    default: "false"
+    default: "true"
     documentation: |-
-      Default is false, which means skip collecting metrics, you can set it to true to collect metrics.
+      Default is true, which means collect metrics, you can set it to false to skip that.
   - name: PROFILE_TYPE
     default: "both"
     documentation: |-
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/crd-scale/openshift-qe-crd-scale-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/crd-scale/openshift-qe-crd-scale-commands.sh
index b790f339456cf..97c987c02c8fc 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/crd-scale/openshift-qe-crd-scale-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/crd-scale/openshift-qe-crd-scale-commands.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ pushd e2e-benchmarking/workloads/kube-burner-ocp-wrapper
 export WORKLOAD=crd-scale
 
 export ES_SERVER="https://$ES_USERNAME:$ES_PASSWORD@$ES_HOST"
-export EXTRA_FLAGS="${KB_FLAGS} ${CRD_SCALE_EXTRA_FLAGS} --gc-metrics=false --profile-type=${PROFILE_TYPE} --iterations=${ITERATIONS}"
+export EXTRA_FLAGS="${KB_FLAGS} ${CRD_SCALE_EXTRA_FLAGS} --gc-metrics=true --profile-type=${PROFILE_TYPE} --iterations=${ITERATIONS}"
 
 ./run.sh
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density-cni/openshift-qe-node-density-cni-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density-cni/openshift-qe-node-density-cni-ref.yaml
index 6a5a8de552049..1dac36c5b4843 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density-cni/openshift-qe-node-density-cni-ref.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density-cni/openshift-qe-node-density-cni-ref.yaml
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ ref:
     documentation: |-
       Default is true, which means clean up the pod/resource that kube-burner ocp created, you can set it to false to keep the resouce
   - name: GC_METRICS
-    default: "false"
+    default: "true"
     documentation: |-
-      Default is false, which means skip collecting metrics, you can set it to true to collect metrics.
+      Default is true, which means collect metrics, you can set it to false to skip that.
   - name: PROFILE_TYPE
     default: "both"
     documentation: |-
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density/openshift-qe-node-density-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density/openshift-qe-node-density-commands.sh
index 15e80b37bbf11..7c0835c588503 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density/openshift-qe-node-density-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/node-density/openshift-qe-node-density-commands.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ TAG_OPTION="--branch $(if [ "$E2E_VERSION" == "default" ]; then echo "$LATEST_TA
 git clone $REPO_URL $TAG_OPTION --depth 1
 pushd e2e-benchmarking/workloads/kube-burner-ocp-wrapper
 export WORKLOAD=node-density
-EXTRA_FLAGS="${ND_EXTRA_FLAGS} ${KB_FLAGS} --gc-metrics=false --pods-per-node=$PODS_PER_NODE --pod-ready-threshold=$POD_READY_THRESHOLD --profile-type=${PROFILE_TYPE} --pprof=${PPROF}"
+EXTRA_FLAGS="${ND_EXTRA_FLAGS} ${KB_FLAGS} --gc-metrics=true --pods-per-node=$PODS_PER_NODE --pod-ready-threshold=$POD_READY_THRESHOLD --profile-type=${PROFILE_TYPE} --pprof=${PPROF}"
 
 export ES_SERVER="https://$ES_USERNAME:$ES_PASSWORD@$ES_HOST"
 
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/udn-density-pods/openshift-qe-udn-density-pods-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/udn-density-pods/openshift-qe-udn-density-pods-commands.sh
index bfa59c74602f7..ec793706234f6 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/udn-density-pods/openshift-qe-udn-density-pods-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openshift-qe/udn-density-pods/openshift-qe-udn-density-pods-commands.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fi
 
 
 export WORKLOAD=udn-density-pods
-EXTRA_FLAGS+="${KB_FLAGS} --local-indexing --layer3=${ENABLE_LAYER_3} --gc-metrics=false --pod-ready-threshold=$POD_READY_THRESHOLD --profile-type=${PROFILE_TYPE} --pprof=${PPROF}"
+EXTRA_FLAGS+="${KB_FLAGS} --local-indexing --layer3=${ENABLE_LAYER_3} --gc-metrics=true --pod-ready-threshold=$POD_READY_THRESHOLD --profile-type=${PROFILE_TYPE} --pprof=${PPROF}"
 
 export ES_SERVER="https://$ES_USERNAME:$ES_PASSWORD@$ES_HOST"