diff --git a/.changesets/fix_geal_coprocessor_metrics.md b/.changesets/fix_geal_coprocessor_metrics.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03248ee1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/fix_geal_coprocessor_metrics.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+### align coprocessor metric creation ([PR #4930](https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/4930))
+
+There are currently 2 different ways to create metrics, with slight incompatibilities. This makes sure that the execution stage coprocessor metrics are generated in the same way as the other stages
+
+By [@Geal](https://github.com/Geal) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/4930
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diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/mod.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/mod.rs
index a79ff4da2b..2914f20ec5 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/mod.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/mod.rs
@@ -359,11 +359,12 @@ impl RouterStage {
                         );
                         error
                     });
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        monotonic_counter.apollo.router.operations.coprocessor = 1u64,
-                        coprocessor.stage = %PipelineStep::RouterRequest,
-                        coprocessor.succeeded = succeeded,
-                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled"
+                    u64_counter!(
+                        "apollo.router.operations.coprocessor",
+                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled",
+                        1,
+                        "coprocessor.stage" = PipelineStep::RouterRequest,
+                        "coprocessor.succeeded" = succeeded
                     );
                     result
                 }
@@ -397,11 +398,12 @@ impl RouterStage {
                         );
                         error
                     });
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        monotonic_counter.apollo.router.operations.coprocessor = 1u64,
-                        coprocessor.stage = %PipelineStep::RouterResponse,
-                        coprocessor.succeeded = succeeded,
-                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled"
+                    u64_counter!(
+                        "apollo.router.operations.coprocessor",
+                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled",
+                        1,
+                        "coprocessor.stage" = PipelineStep::RouterResponse,
+                        "coprocessor.succeeded" = succeeded
                     );
                     result
                 }
@@ -491,11 +493,12 @@ impl SubgraphStage {
                         );
                         error
                     });
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        monotonic_counter.apollo.router.operations.coprocessor = 1u64,
-                        coprocessor.stage = %PipelineStep::SubgraphRequest,
-                        coprocessor.succeeded = succeeded,
-                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled"
+                    u64_counter!(
+                        "apollo.router.operations.coprocessor",
+                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled",
+                        1,
+                        "coprocessor.stage" = PipelineStep::SubgraphRequest,
+                        "coprocessor.succeeded" = succeeded
                     );
                     result
                 }
@@ -530,11 +533,12 @@ impl SubgraphStage {
                         );
                         error
                     });
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        monotonic_counter.apollo.router.operations.coprocessor = 1u64,
-                        coprocessor.stage = %PipelineStep::SubgraphResponse,
-                        coprocessor.succeeded = succeeded,
-                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled"
+                    u64_counter!(
+                        "apollo.router.operations.coprocessor",
+                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled",
+                        1,
+                        "coprocessor.stage" = PipelineStep::SubgraphResponse,
+                        "coprocessor.succeeded" = succeeded
                     );
                     result
                 }
diff --git a/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/supergraph.rs b/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/supergraph.rs
index 7e6e313f42..79202a0eb0 100644
--- a/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/supergraph.rs
+++ b/apollo-router/src/plugins/coprocessor/supergraph.rs
@@ -105,11 +105,12 @@ impl SupergraphStage {
                         );
                         error
                     });
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        monotonic_counter.apollo.router.operations.coprocessor = 1u64,
-                        coprocessor.stage = %PipelineStep::SupergraphRequest,
-                        coprocessor.succeeded = succeeded,
-                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled"
+                    u64_counter!(
+                        "apollo.router.operations.coprocessor",
+                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled",
+                        1,
+                        "coprocessor.stage" = PipelineStep::SupergraphRequest,
+                        "coprocessor.succeeded" = succeeded
                     );
                     result
                 }
@@ -144,11 +145,12 @@ impl SupergraphStage {
                         );
                         error
                     });
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        monotonic_counter.apollo.router.operations.coprocessor = 1u64,
-                        coprocessor.stage = %PipelineStep::SupergraphResponse,
-                        coprocessor.succeeded = succeeded,
-                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled"
+                    u64_counter!(
+                        "apollo.router.operations.coprocessor",
+                        "Total operations with co-processors enabled",
+                        1,
+                        "coprocessor.stage" = PipelineStep::SupergraphResponse,
+                        "coprocessor.succeeded" = succeeded
                     );
                     result
                 }