diff --git a/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/metrics.rs b/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/metrics.rs
index 9f535967f79f..769a8bbc7e0f 100644
--- a/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/metrics.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use vise::{Buckets, Gauge, Histogram, Metrics, Unit};
+use vise::{Buckets, Counter, Gauge, Histogram, Metrics, Unit};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Metrics)]
 #[metrics(prefix = "tee_prover")]
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub(crate) struct TeeProverMetrics {
     pub proof_generation_time: Histogram<Duration>,
     #[metrics(buckets = Buckets::LATENCIES, unit = Unit::Seconds)]
     pub proof_submitting_time: Histogram<Duration>,
-    pub network_errors_counter: Gauge<u64>,
+    pub network_errors_counter: Counter<u64>,
     pub last_batch_number_processed: Gauge<u64>,
 }
 
diff --git a/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/tee_prover.rs b/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/tee_prover.rs
index bb7176644e63..5d22d1e7c630 100644
--- a/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/tee_prover.rs
+++ b/core/bin/zksync_tee_prover/src/tee_prover.rs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl Task for TeeProver {
                     }
                 }
                 Err(err) => {
-                    METRICS.network_errors_counter.inc_by(1);
+                    METRICS.network_errors_counter.inc();
                     if !err.is_retriable() || retries > config.max_retries {
                         return Err(err.into());
                     }