diff --git a/dashboards/apache-airflow/apache-airflow-prometheus.json b/dashboards/apache-airflow/apache-airflow-prometheus.json
index 0192e75dc1..24a6cd3df5 100644
--- a/dashboards/apache-airflow/apache-airflow-prometheus.json
+++ b/dashboards/apache-airflow/apache-airflow-prometheus.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       {
         "height": 3,
         "widget": {
-          "title": "Tasks: Starving, Running, Executable",
+          "title": "Tasks: Starving, Executable",
           "xyChart": {
             "chartOptions": {
               "mode": "COLOR"
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@
                 "timeSeriesQuery": {
                   "prometheusQuery": "airflow_scheduler_tasks_executable{${Cluster},${Location},${Namespace}}"
                 }
-              },
-              {
-                "plotType": "LINE",
-                "targetAxis": "Y1",
-                "timeSeriesQuery": {
-                  "prometheusQuery": "airflow_scheduler_tasks_running{${Cluster},${Location},${Namespace}}"
-                }
               }
             ],
             "timeshiftDuration": "0s",
diff --git a/dashboards/apache-airflow/apache-airflow-prometheus.png b/dashboards/apache-airflow/apache-airflow-prometheus.png
index 1a0c7bcbad..10ee85fe02 100644
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diff --git a/integrations/airflow/prometheus_metadata.yaml b/integrations/airflow/prometheus_metadata.yaml
index bee729296b..ea654680dd 100644
--- a/integrations/airflow/prometheus_metadata.yaml
+++ b/integrations/airflow/prometheus_metadata.yaml
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@ platforms:
     launch_stage: GA
     detections:
       - characteristic_metric:
-          metric_type: prometheus.googleapis.com/airflow_scheduler_tasks_running/gauge
+          metric_type: prometheus.googleapis.com/airflow_scheduler_heartbeat/gauge
     exporter_metadata:
       name: Airflow Prometheus Exporter
       doc_url: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/logging-monitoring/metrics.html
       minimum_supported_version: "2.3.0"
     default_metrics:
-      - name: prometheus.googleapis.com/airflow_scheduler_tasks_running/gauge
-        prometheus_name: airflow_scheduler_tasks_running
-        kind: GAUGE
-        value_type: DOUBLE
       - name: prometheus.googleapis.com/airflow_scheduler_tasks_starving/gauge
         prometheus_name: airflow_scheduler_tasks_starving
         kind: GAUGE