diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollector.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollector.java
index 2f44eb5ea38..b98138346f9 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollector.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollector.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public Collection<DebuggerMetric> drain() {
 
   public static class DebuggerMetric extends MetricCollector.Metric {
 
-    private static final String NAMESPACE = "live_debugger";
+    private static final String NAMESPACE = "debugger";
 
     public DebuggerMetric(String metricName, long value, String... tags) {
       super(NAMESPACE, true, metricName, "count", value, tags);
diff --git a/internal-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollectorTest.java b/internal-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollectorTest.java
index 671a7b97d63..7b3d8627b8d 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollectorTest.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/debugger/DebuggerMetricCollectorTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public void recordEventDroppedSurfacesOnPrepareAndDrain() {
     Collection<DebuggerMetric> metrics = collector.drain();
     assertEquals(1, metrics.size());
     DebuggerMetric metric = metrics.iterator().next();
-    assertEquals("live_debugger", metric.namespace);
+    assertEquals("debugger", metric.namespace);
     assertEquals("events.dropped", metric.metricName);
     assertEquals("count", metric.type);
     assertTrue(metric.common);