diff --git a/bin/unit_metrics.py b/bin/unit_metrics.py
index 227139cf10b09..8ec2f5782f2e3 100644
--- a/bin/unit_metrics.py
+++ b/bin/unit_metrics.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 
 def application(environ, start_response):
-    connection = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost:8081")
+    connection = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost:8181")
     connection.request("GET", "/status")
     response = connection.getresponse()
 
diff --git a/unit.json b/unit.json
index 3d80936e14fb1..49541eb1f8e60 100644
--- a/unit.json
+++ b/unit.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "*:8001": {
             "pass": "routes/metrics"
         },
-        "*:8081": {
+        "*:8181": {
             "pass": "routes/status"
         }
     },