diff --git a/ydb/core/fq/libs/row_dispatcher/topic_session.cpp b/ydb/core/fq/libs/row_dispatcher/topic_session.cpp
index 148dfee173f9..333deacc279f 100644
--- a/ydb/core/fq/libs/row_dispatcher/topic_session.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/fq/libs/row_dispatcher/topic_session.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct TTopicSessionMetrics {
         ReconnectRate = PartitionGroup->GetCounter("ReconnectRate", true);
         RestartSessionByOffsets = PartitionGroup->GetCounter("RestartSessionByOffsets", true);
         SessionDataRate = PartitionGroup->GetCounter("SessionDataRate", true);
-        WaitEventTimeMs = PartitionGroup->GetHistogram("WaitEventTimeMs", NMonitoring::ExponentialHistogram(13, 2, 1)); // ~ 1ms -> ~ 8s
+        WaitEventTimeMs = PartitionGroup->GetHistogram("WaitEventTimeMs", NMonitoring::ExplicitHistogram({5, 20, 100, 500, 2000}));
         UnreadBytes = PartitionGroup->GetCounter("UnreadBytes");
     }
 
diff --git a/ydb/library/yql/providers/pq/async_io/dq_pq_read_actor.cpp b/ydb/library/yql/providers/pq/async_io/dq_pq_read_actor.cpp
index df2097040e5f..307b767ad593 100644
--- a/ydb/library/yql/providers/pq/async_io/dq_pq_read_actor.cpp
+++ b/ydb/library/yql/providers/pq/async_io/dq_pq_read_actor.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class TDqPqReadActor : public NActors::TActor<TDqPqReadActor>, public NYql::NDq:
             AsyncInputDataRate = task->GetCounter("AsyncInputDataRate", true);
             ReconnectRate = task->GetCounter("ReconnectRate", true);
             DataRate = task->GetCounter("DataRate", true);
-            WaitEventTimeMs = source->GetHistogram("WaitEventTimeMs", NMonitoring::ExponentialHistogram(13, 2, 1)); // ~ 1ms -> ~ 8s
+            WaitEventTimeMs = source->GetHistogram("WaitEventTimeMs", NMonitoring::ExplicitHistogram({5, 20, 100, 500, 2000}));
         }
 
         ~TMetrics() {