diff --git a/rules/kube_apiserver-availability.libsonnet b/rules/kube_apiserver-availability.libsonnet
index 18c9e4ef7..486e2f5ec 100644
--- a/rules/kube_apiserver-availability.libsonnet
+++ b/rules/kube_apiserver-availability.libsonnet
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                   # write too slow
                   sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_count:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverWriteSelector)s})
                   -
-                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverWriteSelector)s,le="%(kubeApiserverWriteLatency)s"})
+                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverWriteSelector)s,le=~"%(kubeApiserverWriteLatency)s"})
                 ) +
                 (
                   # read too slow
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@
                   -
                   (
                     (
-                      sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope=~"resource|",le="%(kubeApiserverReadResourceLatency)s"})
+                      sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope=~"resource|",le=~"%(kubeApiserverReadResourceLatency)s"})
                       or
                       vector(0)
                     )
                     +
-                    sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="namespace",le="%(kubeApiserverReadNamespaceLatency)s"})
+                    sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="namespace",le=~"%(kubeApiserverReadNamespaceLatency)s"})
                     +
-                    sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="cluster",le="%(kubeApiserverReadClusterLatency)s"})
+                    sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="cluster",le=~"%(kubeApiserverReadClusterLatency)s"})
                   )
                 ) +
                 # errors
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@
                 (
                   # too slow
                   (
-                    sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope=~"resource|",le="%(kubeApiserverReadResourceLatency)s"})
+                    sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope=~"resource|",le=~"%(kubeApiserverReadResourceLatency)s"})
                     or
                     vector(0)
                   )
                   +
-                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="namespace",le="%(kubeApiserverReadNamespaceLatency)s"})
+                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="namespace",le=~"%(kubeApiserverReadNamespaceLatency)s"})
                   +
-                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="cluster",le="%(kubeApiserverReadClusterLatency)s"})
+                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverReadSelector)s,scope="cluster",le=~"%(kubeApiserverReadClusterLatency)s"})
                 )
                 +
                 # errors
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                   # too slow
                   sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_count:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverWriteSelector)s})
                   -
-                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverWriteSelector)s,le="%(kubeApiserverWriteLatency)s"})
+                  sum by (%(clusterLabel)s) (cluster_verb_scope_le:apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket:increase%(SLODays)s{%(kubeApiserverWriteSelector)s,le=~"%(kubeApiserverWriteLatency)s"})
                 )
                 +
                 # errors
diff --git a/rules/kube_apiserver-config.libsonnet b/rules/kube_apiserver-config.libsonnet
index ad0a013bd..80bff2b7d 100644
--- a/rules/kube_apiserver-config.libsonnet
+++ b/rules/kube_apiserver-config.libsonnet
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     // These are buckets that exist on the apiserver_request_sli_duration_seconds_bucket histogram.
     // They are what the Kubernetes SIG Scalability is using to measure availability of Kubernetes clusters.
     // If you want to change these, make sure the "le" buckets exist on the histogram!
-    kubeApiserverReadResourceLatency: '1',
-    kubeApiserverReadNamespaceLatency: '5',
-    kubeApiserverReadClusterLatency: '30',
-    kubeApiserverWriteLatency: '1',
+    kubeApiserverReadResourceLatency: '1(\\.0)?',
+    kubeApiserverReadNamespaceLatency: '5(\\.0)?',
+    kubeApiserverReadClusterLatency: '30(\\.0)?',
+    kubeApiserverWriteLatency: '1(\\.0)?',
   },
 }