diff --git a/assets/prometheus-k8s/prometheus-rule.yaml b/assets/prometheus-k8s/prometheus-rule.yaml
index 85d43626f7..d4fdc1111d 100644
--- a/assets/prometheus-k8s/prometheus-rule.yaml
+++ b/assets/prometheus-k8s/prometheus-rule.yaml
@@ -166,11 +166,12 @@ spec:
         description: Prometheus {{$labels.namespace}}/{{$labels.pod}} remote write is {{ printf "%.1f" $value }}s behind for {{ $labels.remote_name}}:{{ $labels.url }}.
         summary: Prometheus remote write is behind.
       expr: |
+        # Use the metric added in https://github.com/openshift/prometheus/pull/262 and related PRs.
         # Without max_over_time, failed scrapes could create false negatives, see
         # https://www.robustperception.io/alerting-on-gauges-in-prometheus-2-0 for details.
         (
-          max_over_time(prometheus_remote_storage_highest_timestamp_in_seconds{job=~"prometheus-k8s|prometheus-user-workload"}[5m])
-        - ignoring(remote_name, url) group_right
+          max_over_time(prometheus_remote_storage_queue_highest_timestamp_seconds{job=~"prometheus-k8s|prometheus-user-workload"}[5m])
+        -
           max_over_time(prometheus_remote_storage_queue_highest_sent_timestamp_seconds{job=~"prometheus-k8s|prometheus-user-workload"}[5m])
         )
         > 120
diff --git a/jsonnet/utils/sanitize-rules.libsonnet b/jsonnet/utils/sanitize-rules.libsonnet
index 8560190745..0b0b1b42ab 100644
--- a/jsonnet/utils/sanitize-rules.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/utils/sanitize-rules.libsonnet
@@ -409,6 +409,17 @@ local patchedRules = [
         labels: {
           severity: 'info',
         },
+        expr: |||
+          # Use the metric added in https://github.com/openshift/prometheus/pull/262 and related PRs.
+          # Without max_over_time, failed scrapes could create false negatives, see
+          # https://www.robustperception.io/alerting-on-gauges-in-prometheus-2-0 for details.
+          (
+            max_over_time(prometheus_remote_storage_queue_highest_timestamp_seconds{job=~"prometheus-k8s|prometheus-user-workload"}[5m])
+          -
+            max_over_time(prometheus_remote_storage_queue_highest_sent_timestamp_seconds{job=~"prometheus-k8s|prometheus-user-workload"}[5m])
+          )
+          > 120
+        |||,
       },
     ],
   },