diff --git a/k8s/ex-prod-tasks.ps1 b/k8s/ex-prod-tasks.ps1
index d03b7a8b6e..2df5327194 100644
--- a/k8s/ex-prod-tasks.ps1
+++ b/k8s/ex-prod-tasks.ps1
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ helm upgrade vpa fairwinds-stable/vpa --namespace vpa -f vpa-values.yaml --reset
 
 # upgrade signoz
 helm repo update
-helm upgrade --reset-values signoz-collector signoz/k8s-infra -f signoz.yaml --set "signozApiKey=$SIGNOZ_KEY" --dry-run
+helm upgrade --reset-values signoz-collector signoz/k8s-infra --version 0.16.0 -f signoz.yaml --set "signozApiKey=$SIGNOZ_KEY" --dry-run
 
 # upgrade elasticsearch metrics exporter
 helm upgrade --reset-values es-exporter prometheus-community/prometheus-elasticsearch-exporter `
diff --git a/k8s/ex-setup.ps1 b/k8s/ex-setup.ps1
index 56b4aecd5c..a745401365 100644
--- a/k8s/ex-setup.ps1
+++ b/k8s/ex-setup.ps1
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ kubectl apply -f ex-$ENV-redis.yaml -n ex-$ENV
 
 # install signoz otel collector
 helm repo add signoz https://charts.signoz.io
-helm install signoz-collector signoz/k8s-infra -f signoz.yaml --set "signozApiKey=$SIGNOZ_KEY"
+helm install signoz-collector signoz/k8s-infra --version 0.16.0 -f signoz.yaml --set "signozApiKey=$SIGNOZ_KEY"
 
 # install elasticsearch metrics exporter for signoz (prod only)
 helm install es-exporter prometheus-community/prometheus-elasticsearch-exporter `
diff --git a/k8s/signoz.yaml b/k8s/signoz.yaml
index f07e6e75d7..6b58817368 100644
--- a/k8s/signoz.yaml
+++ b/k8s/signoz.yaml
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ global:
   cloud: aks
   clusterName: ex-k8s-v6
   deploymentEnvironment: prod
-otelCollectorEndpoint: ingest.us.signoz.cloud:443
+otelCollectorEndpoint: https://ingest.us.signoz.cloud:443
 otelInsecure: false
 presets:
   otlpExporter:
+    enabled: false
+  otlphttpExporter:
     enabled: true
   loggingExporter:
     enabled: false
@@ -26,6 +28,24 @@ presets:
         static_configs:
           - targets:
               - es-exporter-prometheus-elasticsearch-exporter.ex-prod:9108
+otelDeployment:
+  config:
+    processors:
+      filter/drop_es_per_index:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metrics:
+          datapoint:
+            - 'IsMatch(metric.name, "^elasticsearch_") and attributes["index"] != nil'
+      filter/drop_redis_latency:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metrics:
+          metric:
+            - 'IsMatch(name, "^redis_commands_latencies_usec")'
+            - 'IsMatch(name, "^redis_latency_percentiles_usec")'
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        metrics/scraper:
+          processors: [resource/deployenv, resourcedetection, filter/drop_es_per_index, filter/drop_redis_latency, batch]
 otelAgent:
   config:
     exporters:
@@ -33,9 +53,43 @@ otelAgent:
         endpoint: http://apm.elastic-system.svc:8200
         tls:
           insecure: true
+    processors:
+      filter/drop_unused_metrics:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metrics:
+          exclude:
+            match_type: strict
+            metric_names:
+              - http.client.request.duration
+              - http.client.request.time_in_queue
+              - http.client.connection.duration
+              - http.client.open_connections
+              - http.client.active_requests
+              - dns.lookup.duration
+              - kestrel.connection.duration
+              - aspnetcore.authentication.authenticate.duration
+              - aspnetcore.routing.match_attempts
+              - dotnet.exceptions
+              - dotnet.gc.collections
+              - dotnet.gc.last_collection.heap.size
+              - dotnet.gc.last_collection.heap.fragmentation.size
+              - dotnet.process.cpu.time
+              - foundatio.lock.wait.time
+              - ex.posts.size
+              - ex.events.parse.jsoneventparserplugin
+              - ex.events.field.count
+              - ex.eventpipeline.markascriticalaction
+      filter/drop_cache_spans:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        traces:
+          span:
+            - 'attributes["db.system"] == "redis" and status.code != STATUS_CODE_ERROR and (resource.attributes["service.name"] == "exceptionless-web" or resource.attributes["service.name"] == "job-event-posts")'
+            - 'name == "Message: EntityChanged"'
     service:
       pipelines:
         traces:
-          exporters: [otlp, otlp/elastic]
+          processors: [filter/drop_cache_spans, batch]
+          exporters: [otlphttp, otlp/elastic]
         metrics:
-          exporters: [otlp, otlp/elastic]
+          processors: [filter/drop_unused_metrics, batch]
+          exporters: [otlphttp, otlp/elastic]
diff --git a/src/Exceptionless.Web/ApmExtensions.cs b/src/Exceptionless.Web/ApmExtensions.cs
index 999b329740..0f6af7263f 100644
--- a/src/Exceptionless.Web/ApmExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Exceptionless.Web/ApmExtensions.cs
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ public static IHostBuilder AddApm(this IHostBuilder builder, ApmConfig config)
                 b.AddRuntimeInstrumentation();
                 b.AddProcessInstrumentation();
 
+                b.AddView(
+                    "http.server.request.duration",
+                    new ExplicitBucketHistogramConfiguration
+                    {
+                        Boundaries = [0.005, 0.025, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 5]
+                    });
+
                 if (config.Console)
                     b.AddConsoleExporter((_, metricReaderOptions) =>
                     {