diff --git a/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs b/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs
index f0d71ff8e9f..6b2928638fa 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs
+++ b/lib/cli/src/Cardano/CLI.hs
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ import System.Directory
     , doesFileExist
     , getXdgDirectory
     )
+import System.Environment
+    ( lookupEnv )
 import System.Exit
     ( exitFailure, exitSuccess )
 import System.FilePath
@@ -314,6 +316,8 @@ import System.IO
     , stdin
     , stdout
     )
+import Text.Read
+    ( readMaybe )
 
 import qualified Cardano.BM.Backend.EKGView as EKG
 import qualified Cardano.BM.Configuration.Model as CM
@@ -1554,14 +1558,18 @@ initTracer
     -> [LogOutput]
     -> IO (Switchboard Text, (CM.Configuration, Trace IO Text))
 initTracer loggerName outputs = do
+    ekg_port <- fromMaybe 13788 . (>>= readMaybe @Int)
+        <$> lookupEnv "CARDANO_WALLET_EKG_PORT"
+    prometheus_port <- fromMaybe 13798 . (>>= readMaybe @Int)
+        <$> lookupEnv "CARDANO_WALLET_PROMETHEUS_PORT"
     cfg <- do
         c <- defaultConfigStdout
         CM.setSetupBackends c [CM.KatipBK, CM.AggregationBK, CM.EKGViewBK, CM.EditorBK]
         CM.setDefaultBackends c [CM.KatipBK, CM.EKGViewBK]
         CM.setSetupScribes c $ map mkScribe outputs
         CM.setDefaultScribes c $ map mkScribeId outputs
-        CM.setEKGBindAddr c $ Just (Endpoint ("127.0.0.1", 13788))
-        CM.setPrometheusBindAddr c $ Just ("127.0.0.1", 13798)
+        CM.setEKGBindAddr c $ Just (Endpoint ("127.0.0.1", ekg_port))
+        CM.setPrometheusBindAddr c $ Just ("127.0.0.1", prometheus_port)
         CM.setBackends c "cardano-wallet.metrics" (Just [CM.EKGViewBK])
         pure c
     (tr, sb) <- setupTrace_ cfg loggerName
@@ -1570,6 +1578,7 @@ initTracer loggerName outputs = do
     pure (sb, (cfg, tr))
 
   where
+    -- https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/blob/f7d57e30c47028ba2aeb306a4f21b47bb41dec01/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Configuration/Logging.hs#L224
     startCapturingMetrics :: Trace IO Text -> IO ()
     startCapturingMetrics trace0 = do
       let trace = appendName "metrics" trace0
diff --git a/lib/shelley/cardano-wallet.cabal b/lib/shelley/cardano-wallet.cabal
index b8509e2db36..ec78d5ffae0 100644
--- a/lib/shelley/cardano-wallet.cabal
+++ b/lib/shelley/cardano-wallet.cabal
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ library
     , ouroboros-consensus-shelley
     , ouroboros-network
     , ouroboros-network-framework
+    , port-utils
     , process
     , random
     , retry
diff --git a/lib/shelley/src/Cardano/Wallet/Shelley/Launch.hs b/lib/shelley/src/Cardano/Wallet/Shelley/Launch.hs
index c0c16c23c5c..281646fbc95 100644
--- a/lib/shelley/src/Cardano/Wallet/Shelley/Launch.hs
+++ b/lib/shelley/src/Cardano/Wallet/Shelley/Launch.hs
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
     ( posixSecondsToUTCTime, utcTimeToPOSIXSeconds )
 import GHC.TypeLits
     ( KnownNat, Nat, SomeNat (..), someNatVal )
+import Network.Socket.Free
+    ( getFreePort )
 import Options.Applicative
     ( Parser, flag', help, long, metavar, (<|>) )
 import Ouroboros.Consensus.Shelley.Node
@@ -513,6 +515,11 @@ withCluster
     -> IO a
 withCluster tr severity poolConfigs dir logFile onByron onFork onClusterStart =
     bracketTracer' tr "withCluster" $ do
+        ekg_port <- getFreePort
+        prometheus_port <- getFreePort
+        setEnv "CARDANO_WALLET_EKG_PORT" (show ekg_port)
+        setEnv "CARDANO_WALLET_PROMETHEUS_PORT" (show prometheus_port)
+
         traceWith tr $ MsgStartingCluster dir
         let poolCount = length poolConfigs
         (port0:ports) <- randomUnusedTCPPorts (poolCount + 2)
diff --git a/nix/.stack.nix/cardano-wallet.nix b/nix/.stack.nix/cardano-wallet.nix
index 652e1092525..fbcd5809144 100644
--- a/nix/.stack.nix/cardano-wallet.nix
+++ b/nix/.stack.nix/cardano-wallet.nix
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@
           (hsPkgs."ouroboros-consensus-shelley" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "ouroboros-consensus-shelley"))
           (hsPkgs."ouroboros-network" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "ouroboros-network"))
           (hsPkgs."ouroboros-network-framework" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "ouroboros-network-framework"))
+          (hsPkgs."port-utils" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "port-utils"))
           (hsPkgs."process" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "process"))
-          (hsPkgs."prometheus-client" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "prometheus-client"))
-          (hsPkgs."prometheus-metrics-ghc" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "prometheus-metrics-ghc"))
           (hsPkgs."random" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "random"))
           (hsPkgs."retry" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "retry"))
           (hsPkgs."servant-server" or (errorHandler.buildDepError "servant-server"))
diff --git a/nix/.stack.nix/default.nix b/nix/.stack.nix/default.nix
index 657632af829..611cc42ace9 100644
--- a/nix/.stack.nix/default.nix
+++ b/nix/.stack.nix/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         "directory" = (((hackage.directory)."1.3.3.0").revisions).default;
         "process" = (((hackage.process)."1.6.5.0").revisions).default;
         "time" = (((hackage.time)."1.8.0.2").revisions).default;
-        "prometheus-metrics-ghc" = (((hackage.prometheus-metrics-ghc)."1.0.1.1").revisions).default;
         "base16" = (((hackage.base16)."0.1.2.1").revisions).default;
         "base58-bytestring" = (((hackage.base58-bytestring)."0.1.0").revisions).default;
         "base64" = (((hackage.base64)."0.4.2").revisions).default;