diff --git a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/prometheus_instrumentation.py b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/prometheus_instrumentation.py
index 2593ef0a7902..c4c6af97bdac 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/prometheus_instrumentation.py
+++ b/packages/service-library/src/servicelib/fastapi/prometheus_instrumentation.py
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
+from prometheus_client import CollectorRegistry
 from prometheus_fastapi_instrumentator import Instrumentator
 
 
 def setup_prometheus_instrumentation(app: FastAPI) -> Instrumentator:
-
+    # NOTE: use that registry to prevent having a global one
+    registry = CollectorRegistry(auto_describe=True)
     instrumentator = Instrumentator(
-        should_instrument_requests_inprogress=True, inprogress_labels=False
+        should_instrument_requests_inprogress=True,
+        inprogress_labels=False,
+        registry=registry,
     ).instrument(app)
 
-    async def on_startup(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+    async def _on_startup(app: FastAPI) -> None:
         instrumentator.expose(app, include_in_schema=False)
 
     def _unregister() -> None:
@@ -21,6 +25,6 @@ def _unregister() -> None:
         ):
             instrumentator.registry.unregister(collector)
 
-    app.add_event_handler("startup", on_startup)
+    app.add_event_handler("startup", _on_startup)
     app.add_event_handler("shutdown", _unregister)
     return instrumentator