diff --git a/packages/php_fpm/changelog.yml b/packages/php_fpm/changelog.yml
index 2b4a77737b6..99257c27747 100644
--- a/packages/php_fpm/changelog.yml
+++ b/packages/php_fpm/changelog.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # newer versions go on top
+- version: "0.6.1"
+  changes:
+    - description: Add metric_type for pool and process data streams.
+      type: enhancement
+      link: https://github.com/elastic/integrations/pull/7527
 - version: "0.6.0"
   changes:
     - description: Add service.address field and update dashboard.
diff --git a/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/pool/fields/fields.yml b/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/pool/fields/fields.yml
index dd415d25df1..c0956a8ecfd 100644
--- a/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/pool/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/pool/fields/fields.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
             - name: children_reached.max
               type: long
               description: Has the maximum number of processes ever been reached? If so the displayed value is 1 otherwise the value is 0.
+              metric_type: gauge
             - name: count
               type: long
               description: The current total number of processes.
@@ -69,4 +70,3 @@
         - name: start_time
           type: long
           description: The date/time that the process pool was last started.
-          metric_type: counter
diff --git a/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/process/fields/fields.yml b/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/process/fields/fields.yml
index ec64f1ebbe3..2f4b4e981b2 100644
--- a/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/process/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/packages/php_fpm/data_stream/process/fields/fields.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                   type: long
                   description: The maximum amount of memory consumed by the last request. This will be 0 if the process is not Idle because the calculation is done when the request processing is complete.
                   metric_type: gauge
+                  unit: byte
         - name: script
           type: keyword
           description: The full path of the script executed by the last request. This will be '-' if not applicable (eg. status page requests).
diff --git a/packages/php_fpm/docs/README.md b/packages/php_fpm/docs/README.md
index 0188d7202ca..9a891af8f14 100644
--- a/packages/php_fpm/docs/README.md
+++ b/packages/php_fpm/docs/README.md
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ An example event for `pool` looks as following:
 | php_fpm.pool.process_manager.type | The process manager type - static, dynamic or ondemand. | keyword |  |  |
 | php_fpm.pool.processes.active.count | The number of processes that are currently processing requests. | long |  | gauge |
 | php_fpm.pool.processes.active.max | The maximum number of concurrently active processes. | long |  | gauge |
-| php_fpm.pool.processes.children_reached.max | Has the maximum number of processes ever been reached? If so the displayed value is 1 otherwise the value is 0. | long |  |  |
+| php_fpm.pool.processes.children_reached.max | Has the maximum number of processes ever been reached? If so the displayed value is 1 otherwise the value is 0. | long |  | gauge |
 | php_fpm.pool.processes.count | The current total number of processes. | long |  | gauge |
 | php_fpm.pool.processes.idle | The number of processes that are currently idle (waiting for requests). | long |  | gauge |
 | php_fpm.pool.slow_requests | The total number of requests that have hit the configured request_slowlog_timeout. | long |  | counter |
 | php_fpm.pool.start_since | The time in seconds since the process pool was last started. | long | s | counter |
-| php_fpm.pool.start_time | The date/time that the process pool was last started. | long |  | counter |
+| php_fpm.pool.start_time | The date/time that the process pool was last started. | long |  |  |
 | service.address | Address where data about this service was collected from. This should be a URI, network address (ipv4:port or [ipv6]:port) or a resource path (sockets). | keyword |  |  |
 | tags | List of keywords used to tag each event. | keyword |  |  |
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ An example event for `process` looks as following:
 | php_fpm.process.request.count | The total number of requests served. | long |  | counter |
 | php_fpm.process.request.duration | The duration in microseconds of the requests. | long | micros | gauge |
 | php_fpm.process.request.last.cpu.pct | The %cpu of the last request. This will be 0 if the process is not Idle because the calculation is done when the request processing is complete. | long | percent | gauge |
-| php_fpm.process.request.last.memory | The maximum amount of memory consumed by the last request. This will be 0 if the process is not Idle because the calculation is done when the request processing is complete. | long |  | gauge |
+| php_fpm.process.request.last.memory | The maximum amount of memory consumed by the last request. This will be 0 if the process is not Idle because the calculation is done when the request processing is complete. | long | byte | gauge |
 | php_fpm.process.script | The full path of the script executed by the last request. This will be '-' if not applicable (eg. status page requests). | keyword |  |  |
 | php_fpm.process.start_since | The number of seconds since the process started. | long | s | counter |
 | php_fpm.process.start_time | The date/time at which the process started. | long |  |  |
diff --git a/packages/php_fpm/manifest.yml b/packages/php_fpm/manifest.yml
index 62e094c009e..b8f1f09d3f0 100644
--- a/packages/php_fpm/manifest.yml
+++ b/packages/php_fpm/manifest.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 format_version: 2.0.0
 name: php_fpm
 title: PHP-FPM
-version: "0.6.0"
+version: "0.6.1"
 description: This Elastic integration collects metrics from PHP-FPM.
 type: integration
 categories: