diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15732868dd6..68310bc765a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ The next release will require at least [Go 1.25].
 - Change the `rpc.server.call.duration` metric value from milliseconds to seconds in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc`. (#8509)
 - Enforce that `client_certificate_file` and `client_key_file` are provided together in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/otelconf`. (#8450)
 - Fixed broken CSS and JavaScript CDN URLs in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages` by replacing the inaccessible code.getmdl.io CDN with cdnjs.cloudflare.com. (#8502)
+- Use Prometheus translation strategy instead of deprecated funcs in `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/otelconf`. (#8595)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/otelconf/v0.2.0/metric.go b/otelconf/v0.2.0/metric.go
index 41423931213..05a0e505d5f 100644
--- a/otelconf/v0.2.0/metric.go
+++ b/otelconf/v0.2.0/metric.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc"
@@ -272,12 +273,13 @@ func prometheusReader(ctx context.Context, prometheusConfig *Prometheus) (sdkmet
 	if prometheusConfig.WithoutScopeInfo != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutScopeInfo {
 		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithoutScopeInfo())
 	}
-	if prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix {
-		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithoutCounterSuffixes()) //nolint:staticcheck // WithoutCounterSuffixes is deprecated, but we still need it for backwards compatibility.
-	}
-	if prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits {
-		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithoutUnits()) //nolint:staticcheck // WithouTypeSuffix is deprecated, but we still need it for backwards compatibility.
+
+	if prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix && prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits {
+		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithTranslationStrategy(otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes))
+	} else {
+		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithTranslationStrategy(otlptranslator.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes))
 	}
+
 	if prometheusConfig.WithResourceConstantLabels != nil {
 		if prometheusConfig.WithResourceConstantLabels.Included != nil {
 			var keys []attribute.Key
diff --git a/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric.go b/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric.go
index 03169295137..03f69f0d72f 100644
--- a/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric.go
+++ b/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"github.com/prometheus/otlptranslator"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc"
@@ -384,12 +385,13 @@ func prometheusReaderOpts(prometheusConfig *Prometheus) ([]otelprom.Option, erro
 	if prometheusConfig.WithoutScopeInfo != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutScopeInfo {
 		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithoutScopeInfo())
 	}
-	if prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix {
-		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithoutCounterSuffixes()) //nolint:staticcheck // WithouTypeSuffix is deprecated, but we still need it for backwards compatibility.
-	}
-	if prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits {
-		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithoutUnits()) //nolint:staticcheck // WithouTypeSuffix is deprecated, but we still need it for backwards compatibility.
+
+	if prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutTypeSuffix && prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits != nil && *prometheusConfig.WithoutUnits {
+		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithTranslationStrategy(otlptranslator.UnderscoreEscapingWithoutSuffixes))
+	} else {
+		opts = append(opts, otelprom.WithTranslationStrategy(otlptranslator.NoUTF8EscapingWithSuffixes))
 	}
+
 	if prometheusConfig.WithResourceConstantLabels != nil {
 		f, err := newIncludeExcludeFilter(prometheusConfig.WithResourceConstantLabels)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric_test.go b/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric_test.go
index 6b9f9534b85..e0c8712700e 100644
--- a/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric_test.go
+++ b/otelconf/v0.3.0/metric_test.go
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ func TestPrometheusReaderOpts(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:        "no options",
 			cfg:         Prometheus{},
-			wantOptions: 0,
+			wantOptions: 1,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "all set",
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ func TestPrometheusReaderOpts(t *testing.T) {
 				WithoutUnits:               ptr(true),
 				WithResourceConstantLabels: &IncludeExclude{},
 			},
-			wantOptions: 4,
+			wantOptions: 3,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "all set false",
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ func TestPrometheusReaderOpts(t *testing.T) {
 				WithoutUnits:               ptr(false),
 				WithResourceConstantLabels: &IncludeExclude{},
 			},
-			wantOptions: 1,
+			wantOptions: 2,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range testCases {