diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-horses-poke.md b/.changeset/spicy-horses-poke.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..982d425782d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-horses-poke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+Updating prometheus metrics for Automation log triggers
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/logprovider/buffer.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/logprovider/buffer.go
index 6418d683869..af934a08013 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/logprovider/buffer.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/logprovider/buffer.go
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ func (b *logEventBuffer) enqueue(id *big.Int, logs ...logpoller.Log) int {
 	}
 	if added > 0 {
 		lggr.Debugw("Added logs to buffer", "addedLogs", added, "dropped", dropped, "latestBlock", latestBlock)
-		prommetrics.AutomationLogsInLogBuffer.Add(float64(added - dropped))
+		prommetrics.AutomationLogBufferFlow.WithLabelValues(prommetrics.LogBufferFlowDirectionIngress).Add(float64(added))
+		prommetrics.AutomationLogBufferFlow.WithLabelValues(prommetrics.LogBufferFlowDirectionDropped).Add(float64(dropped))
 	}
 
 	return added - dropped
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ func (b *logEventBuffer) dequeueRange(start, end int64, upkeepLimit, totalLimit
 
 	if len(results) > 0 {
 		b.lggr.Debugw("Dequeued logs", "results", len(results), "start", start, "end", end)
-		prommetrics.AutomationLogsInLogBuffer.Sub(float64(len(results)))
+		prommetrics.AutomationLogBufferFlow.WithLabelValues(prommetrics.LogBufferFlowDirectionEgress).Add(float64(len(results)))
 	}
 
 	return results
diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/prommetrics/metrics.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/prommetrics/metrics.go
index cebbac59884..0925ce1c153 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/prommetrics/metrics.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/prommetrics/metrics.go
@@ -8,12 +8,21 @@ import (
 // AutomationNamespace is the namespace for all Automation related metrics
 const AutomationLogTriggerNamespace = "automation_log_trigger"
 
+// Metric labels
+const (
+	LogBufferFlowDirectionIngress = "ingress"
+	LogBufferFlowDirectionEgress  = "egress"
+	LogBufferFlowDirectionDropped = "dropped"
+)
+
 // Automation metrics
 var (
-	AutomationLogsInLogBuffer = promauto.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+	AutomationLogBufferFlow = promauto.NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Namespace: AutomationLogTriggerNamespace,
 		Name:      "num_logs_in_log_buffer",
 		Help:      "The total number of logs currently being stored in the log buffer",
+	}, []string{
+		"direction",
 	})
 	AutomationRecovererMissedLogs = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Namespace: AutomationLogTriggerNamespace,