diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfigurationTests.java
index c2a224ac03..e5f4b81784 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.run((context) -> {
 					context.getBean(DataSource.class).getConnection().getMetaData();
 					MeterRegistry registry = context.getBean(MeterRegistry.class);
-					registry.get("jdbc.max.connections").tags("name", "dataSource")
+					registry.get("jdbc.connections.max").tags("name", "dataSource")
 							.meter();
 				});
 	}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.run((context) -> {
 					context.getBean(DataSource.class).getConnection().getMetaData();
 					MeterRegistry registry = context.getBean(MeterRegistry.class);
-					assertThat(registry.find("jdbc.max.connections")
+					assertThat(registry.find("jdbc.connections.max")
 							.tags("name", "dataSource").meter()).isNull();
 				});
 	}
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public class DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfigurationTests {
 					context.getBean("secondOne", DataSource.class).getConnection()
 							.getMetaData();
 					MeterRegistry registry = context.getBean(MeterRegistry.class);
-					registry.get("jdbc.max.connections").tags("name", "first").meter();
-					registry.get("jdbc.max.connections").tags("name", "secondOne")
+					registry.get("jdbc.connections.max").tags("name", "first").meter();
+					registry.get("jdbc.connections.max").tags("name", "secondOne")
 							.meter();
 				});
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetrics.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetrics.java
index 886a12e7aa..7952e8d931 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetrics.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetrics.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class DataSourcePoolMetrics implements MeterBinder {
 	private <N extends Number> void bindDataSource(MeterRegistry registry,
 			String metricName, Function<DataSource, N> function) {
 		if (function.apply(this.dataSource) != null) {
-			registry.gauge("jdbc." + metricName + ".connections", this.tags,
+			registry.gauge("jdbc.connections." + metricName, this.tags,
 					this.dataSource, (m) -> function.apply(m).doubleValue());
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsTests.java
index 6872119787..dedaf9de1c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsTests.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class DataSourcePoolMetricsTests {
 						"metrics.use-global-registry=false")
 				.run((context) -> {
 					context.getBean(DataSource.class).getConnection().getMetaData();
-					context.getBean(MeterRegistry.class).get("jdbc.max.connections")
+					context.getBean(MeterRegistry.class).get("jdbc.connections.max")
 							.meter();
 				});
 	}