diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/src/metrics/eventLoopUtilizationCollector.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/src/metrics/eventLoopUtilizationCollector.ts
index 321e54aa6f..97a5642708 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/src/metrics/eventLoopUtilizationCollector.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/src/metrics/eventLoopUtilizationCollector.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class EventLoopUtilizationCollector extends BaseCollector {
         `${this.namePrefix}.${ATTR_NODEJS_EVENT_LOOP_UTILIZATION}`,
         {
           description: 'Event loop utilization',
-          unit: 's',
+          unit: '1',
         }
       )
       .addCallback(async observableResult => {
diff --git a/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/test/event_loop_utilization.test.ts b/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/test/event_loop_utilization.test.ts
index 77aaf77a9d..e434557f20 100644
--- a/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/test/event_loop_utilization.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/instrumentation-runtime-node/test/event_loop_utilization.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe(`${ConventionalNamePrefix.NodeJs}.${ATTR_NODEJS_EVENT_LOOP_UTILIZATION}
 
     assert.strictEqual(
       utilizationMetric!.descriptor.unit,
-      's',
+      '1',
       'expected default unit'
     );