diff --git a/storage/gcs/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/gcs/GcsStorage.java b/storage/gcs/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/gcs/GcsStorage.java
index 198c088ef..91728a62f 100644
--- a/storage/gcs/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/gcs/GcsStorage.java
+++ b/storage/gcs/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/storage/gcs/GcsStorage.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;
 
 public class GcsStorage implements StorageBackend {
-    private final MetricCollector metricCollector = new MetricCollector();
-
     private Storage storage;
     private String bucketName;
     private Integer resumableUploadChunkSize;
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ public void configure(final Map<String, ?> configs) {
         this.bucketName = config.bucketName();
         final StorageOptions.Builder builder = StorageOptions.newBuilder()
             .setCredentials(config.credentials())
-            .setTransportOptions(metricCollector.httpTransportOptions());
+            .setTransportOptions(new MetricCollector().httpTransportOptions());
         if (config.endpointUrl() != null) {
             builder.setHost(config.endpointUrl());
         }