diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca239dc80ee..5807688a184 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#2726](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2726))
 - fix: frozenset object has no attribute items
   ([#2727](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2727))
+- fix: update entry point object references for metrics
+  ([#2731](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2731))
 
 ## [1.12.0rc1-0.31b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.12.0rc1-0.31b0) - 2022-05-17
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/setup.cfg b/opentelemetry-api/setup.cfg
index 95c2092cb9f..c15cd53a37b 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/setup.cfg
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/setup.cfg
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ opentelemetry_context =
 opentelemetry_tracer_provider =
     default_tracer_provider = opentelemetry.trace:NoOpTracerProvider
 opentelemetry_meter_provider =
-    default_meter_provider = opentelemetry._metrics:NoOpMeterProvider
+    default_meter_provider = opentelemetry.metrics:NoOpMeterProvider
 opentelemetry_propagator =
     tracecontext = opentelemetry.trace.propagation.tracecontext:TraceContextTextMapPropagator
     baggage = opentelemetry.baggage.propagation:W3CBaggagePropagator
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
index 0581931d8e6..7ee57a00a3f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ opentelemetry_tracer_provider =
 opentelemetry_traces_exporter =
     console = opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export:ConsoleSpanExporter
 opentelemetry_meter_provider =
-    sdk_meter_provider = opentelemetry.sdk._metrics:MeterProvider
+    sdk_meter_provider = opentelemetry.sdk.metrics:MeterProvider
 opentelemetry_log_emitter_provider =
     sdk_log_emitter_provider = opentelemetry.sdk._logs:LogEmitterProvider
 opentelemetry_logs_exporter =
     console = opentelemetry.sdk._logs.export:ConsoleLogExporter
 opentelemetry_metrics_exporter =
-    console = opentelemetry.sdk._metrics.export:ConsoleMetricExporter
+    console = opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export:ConsoleMetricExporter
 opentelemetry_id_generator =
     random = opentelemetry.sdk.trace.id_generator:RandomIdGenerator
 opentelemetry_environment_variables =