diff --git a/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/BUILD b/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/BUILD
index 97d79e032f030..2f43ccf235035 100644
--- a/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/BUILD
+++ b/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/BUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ load(
 
 licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
 
-# Stats sink for the gRPC metrics service: api/envoy/service/metrics/v2/metrics_service.proto
+# Stats sink for the gRPC metrics service: api/envoy/service/metrics/v3/metrics_service.proto
 
 envoy_extension_package()
 
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         "//source/common/common:assert_lib",
         "//source/common/config:api_version_lib",
         "//source/common/protobuf",
-        "@envoy_api//envoy/config/metrics/v2:pkg_cc_proto",
-        "@envoy_api//envoy/service/metrics/v2:pkg_cc_proto",
+        "@envoy_api//envoy/config/metrics/v3:pkg_cc_proto",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/grpc_metrics_proto_descriptors.cc b/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/grpc_metrics_proto_descriptors.cc
index 3987969712f28..0a9626db01e35 100644
--- a/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/grpc_metrics_proto_descriptors.cc
+++ b/source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/grpc_metrics_proto_descriptors.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "source/extensions/stat_sinks/metrics_service/grpc_metrics_proto_descriptors.h"
 
-#include "envoy/config/metrics/v2/metrics_service.pb.h"
-#include "envoy/service/metrics/v2/metrics_service.pb.h"
+#include "envoy/config/metrics/v3/metrics_service.pb.h"
 
 #include "source/common/common/assert.h"
 #include "source/common/common/fmt.h"
@@ -14,19 +13,12 @@ namespace StatSinks {
 namespace MetricsService {
 
 void validateProtoDescriptors() {
-  // https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/9639
-  const API_NO_BOOST(envoy::service::metrics::v2::StreamMetricsMessage) _dummy_service_v2;
-  // https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/9618 made it necessary to register the previous
-  // version's config descriptor by calling ApiTypeOracle::getEarlierVersionDescriptor which has an
-  // assertion for nullptr types.
-  const API_NO_BOOST(envoy::config::metrics::v2::MetricsServiceConfig) _dummy_config_v2;
-
-  const auto method = "envoy.service.metrics.v2.MetricsService.StreamMetrics";
+  const auto method = "envoy.service.metrics.v3.MetricsService.StreamMetrics";
 
   RELEASE_ASSERT(Protobuf::DescriptorPool::generated_pool()->FindMethodByName(method) != nullptr,
                  "");
 
-  const auto config = "envoy.config.metrics.v2.MetricsServiceConfig";
+  const auto config = "envoy.config.metrics.v3.MetricsServiceConfig";
 
   // Keeping this as an ASSERT because ApiTypeOracle::getEarlierVersionDescriptor also has an
   // ASSERT.