diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-besu/src/main/typescript/prometheus-exporter/prometheus-exporter.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-besu/src/main/typescript/prometheus-exporter/prometheus-exporter.ts
index 294086cc3b..5ae1e7c690 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-besu/src/main/typescript/prometheus-exporter/prometheus-exporter.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-besu/src/main/typescript/prometheus-exporter/prometheus-exporter.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export class PrometheusExporter {
   }
 
   public startMetricsCollection(): void {
-    promClient.collectDefaultMetrics();
+    const Registry = promClient.Registry;
+    const register = new Registry();
+    promClient.collectDefaultMetrics({ register });
   }
 }