diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index a2f7b6b6bd1..426ca3d9900 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ All notable changes to experimental packages in this project will be documented
 
 * ci(instrumentation-http): remove got devDependency
   [#3347](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues/3347) @dyladan
+* deps(instrumentation-http): move sdk-metrics to dev dependencies [#3380](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/issues/3380) @pichlermarc
 
 ## 0.33.0
 
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
index 67983b76d6f..dc20ae09c4e 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.2.0",
     "@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks": "1.7.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "0.33.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "1.7.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node": "1.7.0",
     "@types/mocha": "10.0.0",
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/core": "1.7.0",
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "0.33.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "0.33.0",
     "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "1.7.0",
     "semver": "^7.3.5"
   },