diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index 8ddcb6fdf0..a3dc564c44 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -265,4 +265,14 @@
         <className>com/google/cloud/bigtable/admin/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableTableAdminStub</className>
         <method>*</method>
     </difference>
+    <difference>
+        <differenceType>7004</differenceType>
+        <className>com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter</className>
+        <method>*</method>
+    </difference>
+    <difference>
+        <differenceType>7004</differenceType>
+        <className>com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/DefaultMetricsProvider</className>
+        <method>*</method>
+    </difference>
 </differences>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/BigtableDataClientFactory.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/BigtableDataClientFactory.java
index 9b2f2e345f..34ec77bdfc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/BigtableDataClientFactory.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/BigtableDataClientFactory.java
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ public static BigtableDataClientFactory create(BigtableDataSettings defaultSetti
           EnhancedBigtableStub.getOpenTelemetry(
               defaultSettings.getProjectId(),
               defaultSettings.getMetricsProvider(),
-              sharedClientContext.getCredentials());
+              sharedClientContext.getCredentials(),
+              defaultSettings.getStubSettings().getMetricsEndpoint());
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to get OTEL, will skip exporting client side metrics", t);
     }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java
index 17aa382f96..8c29acf1a6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStub.java
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ public static EnhancedBigtableStub create(EnhancedBigtableStubSettings settings)
           getOpenTelemetry(
               settings.getProjectId(),
               settings.getMetricsProvider(),
-              clientContext.getCredentials());
+              clientContext.getCredentials(),
+              settings.getMetricsEndpoint());
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to get OTEL, will skip exporting client side metrics", t);
     }
@@ -268,7 +269,11 @@ public static ClientContext createClientContext(EnhancedBigtableStubSettings set
       // We don't want client side metrics to crash the client, so catch any exception when getting
       // the OTEL instance and log the exception instead.
       openTelemetry =
-          getOpenTelemetry(settings.getProjectId(), settings.getMetricsProvider(), credentials);
+          getOpenTelemetry(
+              settings.getProjectId(),
+              settings.getMetricsProvider(),
+              credentials,
+              settings.getMetricsEndpoint());
     } catch (Throwable t) {
       logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Failed to get OTEL, will skip exporting client side metrics", t);
     }
@@ -378,7 +383,10 @@ public static ApiTracerFactory createBigtableTracerFactory(
 
   @Nullable
   public static OpenTelemetry getOpenTelemetry(
-      String projectId, MetricsProvider metricsProvider, @Nullable Credentials defaultCredentials)
+      String projectId,
+      MetricsProvider metricsProvider,
+      @Nullable Credentials defaultCredentials,
+      String metricsEndpoint)
       throws IOException {
     if (metricsProvider instanceof CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider) {
       CustomOpenTelemetryMetricsProvider customMetricsProvider =
@@ -390,7 +398,7 @@ public static OpenTelemetry getOpenTelemetry(
               ? BigtableDataSettings.getMetricsCredentials()
               : defaultCredentials;
       DefaultMetricsProvider defaultMetricsProvider = (DefaultMetricsProvider) metricsProvider;
-      return defaultMetricsProvider.getOpenTelemetry(projectId, credentials);
+      return defaultMetricsProvider.getOpenTelemetry(projectId, metricsEndpoint, credentials);
     } else if (metricsProvider instanceof NoopMetricsProvider) {
       return null;
     }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java
index 46933c1690..dbb6a6e10c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.metrics.MetricsProvider;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.mutaterows.MutateRowsBatchingDescriptor;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.readrows.ReadRowsBatchingDescriptor;
+import com.google.cloud.monitoring.v3.MetricServiceSettings;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ public class EnhancedBigtableStubSettings extends StubSettings<EnhancedBigtableS
   private final FeatureFlags featureFlags;
 
   private final MetricsProvider metricsProvider;
+  private final String metricsEndpoint;
 
   private EnhancedBigtableStubSettings(Builder builder) {
     super(builder);
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ private EnhancedBigtableStubSettings(Builder builder) {
     enableRoutingCookie = builder.enableRoutingCookie;
     enableRetryInfo = builder.enableRetryInfo;
     metricsProvider = builder.metricsProvider;
+    metricsEndpoint = builder.metricsEndpoint;
 
     // Per method settings.
     readRowsSettings = builder.readRowsSettings.build();
@@ -362,6 +365,10 @@ public boolean getEnableRetryInfo() {
     return enableRetryInfo;
   }
 
+  public String getMetricsEndpoint() {
+    return metricsEndpoint;
+  }
+
   /** Returns a builder for the default ChannelProvider for this service. */
   public static InstantiatingGrpcChannelProvider.Builder defaultGrpcTransportProviderBuilder() {
     Boolean isDirectpathEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv(CBT_ENABLE_DIRECTPATH));
@@ -684,6 +691,7 @@ public static class Builder extends StubSettings.Builder<EnhancedBigtableStubSet
     private FeatureFlags.Builder featureFlags;
 
     private MetricsProvider metricsProvider;
+    private String metricsEndpoint;
 
     /**
      * Initializes a new Builder with sane defaults for all settings.
@@ -702,6 +710,7 @@ private Builder() {
       this.enableRoutingCookie = true;
       this.enableRetryInfo = true;
       metricsProvider = DefaultMetricsProvider.INSTANCE;
+      metricsEndpoint = MetricServiceSettings.getDefaultEndpoint();
 
       // Defaults provider
       BigtableStubSettings.Builder baseDefaults = BigtableStubSettings.newBuilder();
@@ -831,6 +840,7 @@ private Builder(EnhancedBigtableStubSettings settings) {
       enableRoutingCookie = settings.enableRoutingCookie;
       enableRetryInfo = settings.enableRetryInfo;
       metricsProvider = settings.metricsProvider;
+      metricsEndpoint = settings.getMetricsEndpoint();
 
       // Per method settings.
       readRowsSettings = settings.readRowsSettings.toBuilder();
@@ -999,6 +1009,17 @@ public MetricsProvider getMetricsProvider() {
       return this.metricsProvider;
     }
 
+    /** Set the endpoint for publishing client side metrics. */
+    public Builder setMetricsEndpoint(String endpoint) {
+      this.metricsEndpoint = endpoint;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /** Get the endpoint for client side metrics. */
+    public String getMetricsEndpoint() {
+      return metricsEndpoint;
+    }
+
     @InternalApi("Used for internal testing")
     public Map<String, String> getJwtAudienceMapping() {
       return jwtAudienceMapping;
@@ -1184,6 +1205,7 @@ public String toString() {
         .add("pingAndWarmSettings", pingAndWarmSettings)
         .add("executeQuerySettings", executeQuerySettings)
         .add("metricsProvider", metricsProvider)
+        .add("metricsEndpoint", metricsEndpoint)
         .add("parent", super.toString())
         .toString();
   }
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter.java
index f6a2527302..c3263950dc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 import com.google.cloud.monitoring.v3.MetricServiceClient;
 import com.google.cloud.monitoring.v3.MetricServiceSettings;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
@@ -78,13 +77,6 @@ public final class BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter implements MetricExporter {
   private static final Logger logger =
       Logger.getLogger(BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter.class.getName());
 
-  // This system property can be used to override the monitoring endpoint
-  // to a different environment. It's meant for internal testing only.
-  private static final String MONITORING_ENDPOINT =
-      MoreObjects.firstNonNull(
-          System.getProperty("bigtable.test-monitoring-endpoint"),
-          MetricServiceSettings.getDefaultEndpoint());
-
   private static final String APPLICATION_RESOURCE_PROJECT_ID = "project_id";
 
   // This the quota limit from Cloud Monitoring. More details in
@@ -126,14 +118,14 @@ public final class BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter implements MetricExporter {
           .collect(ImmutableList.toImmutableList());
 
   public static BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter create(
-      String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials) throws IOException {
+      String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials, String endpoint) throws IOException {
     MetricServiceSettings.Builder settingsBuilder = MetricServiceSettings.newBuilder();
     CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider =
         Optional.ofNullable(credentials)
             .<CredentialsProvider>map(FixedCredentialsProvider::create)
             .orElse(NoCredentialsProvider.create());
     settingsBuilder.setCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider);
-    settingsBuilder.setEndpoint(MONITORING_ENDPOINT);
+    settingsBuilder.setEndpoint(endpoint);
 
     org.threeten.bp.Duration timeout = Duration.ofMinutes(1);
     // TODO: createServiceTimeSeries needs special handling if the request failed. Leaving
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BuiltinMetricsView.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BuiltinMetricsView.java
index 445160a146..a866800eba 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BuiltinMetricsView.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/BuiltinMetricsView.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import com.google.auth.Credentials;
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
+import com.google.cloud.monitoring.v3.MetricServiceSettings;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.InstrumentSelector;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProviderBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.View;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ private BuiltinMetricsView() {}
 
   /**
    * Register built-in metrics on the {@link SdkMeterProviderBuilder} with application default
-   * credentials.
+   * credentials and default endpoint.
    */
   public static void registerBuiltinMetrics(String projectId, SdkMeterProviderBuilder builder)
       throws IOException {
@@ -45,11 +46,29 @@ public static void registerBuiltinMetrics(String projectId, SdkMeterProviderBuil
         projectId, GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault(), builder);
   }
 
-  /** Register built-in metrics on the {@link SdkMeterProviderBuilder} with credentials. */
+  /**
+   * Register built-in metrics on the {@link SdkMeterProviderBuilder} with custom credentials and
+   * default endpoint.
+   */
   public static void registerBuiltinMetrics(
       String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials, SdkMeterProviderBuilder builder)
       throws IOException {
-    MetricExporter metricExporter = BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter.create(projectId, credentials);
+    BuiltinMetricsView.registerBuiltinMetrics(
+        projectId, credentials, builder, MetricServiceSettings.getDefaultEndpoint());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Register built-in metrics on the {@link SdkMeterProviderBuilder} with custom credentials and
+   * endpoint
+   */
+  public static void registerBuiltinMetrics(
+      String projectId,
+      @Nullable Credentials credentials,
+      SdkMeterProviderBuilder builder,
+      String endpoint)
+      throws IOException {
+    MetricExporter metricExporter =
+        BigtableCloudMonitoringExporter.create(projectId, credentials, endpoint);
     for (Map.Entry<InstrumentSelector, View> entry :
         BuiltinMetricsConstants.getAllViews().entrySet()) {
       builder.registerView(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/DefaultMetricsProvider.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/DefaultMetricsProvider.java
index b8aad8c931..c6b0a80c76 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/DefaultMetricsProvider.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/metrics/DefaultMetricsProvider.java
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ public final class DefaultMetricsProvider implements MetricsProvider {
   private DefaultMetricsProvider() {}
 
   @InternalApi
-  public OpenTelemetry getOpenTelemetry(String projectId, @Nullable Credentials credentials)
+  public OpenTelemetry getOpenTelemetry(
+      String projectId, String metricsEndpoint, @Nullable Credentials credentials)
       throws IOException {
     this.projectId = projectId;
     if (openTelemetry == null) {
       SdkMeterProviderBuilder meterProvider = SdkMeterProvider.builder();
-      BuiltinMetricsView.registerBuiltinMetrics(projectId, credentials, meterProvider);
+      BuiltinMetricsView.registerBuiltinMetrics(
+          projectId, credentials, meterProvider, metricsEndpoint);
       openTelemetry = OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setMeterProvider(meterProvider.build()).build();
     }
     return openTelemetry;
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/BuiltinMetricsIT.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/BuiltinMetricsIT.java
index 4f8ff4e4c9..1037347a31 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/BuiltinMetricsIT.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/it/BuiltinMetricsIT.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.test_helpers.env.PrefixGenerator;
 import com.google.cloud.bigtable.test_helpers.env.TestEnvRule;
 import com.google.cloud.monitoring.v3.MetricServiceClient;
+import com.google.cloud.monitoring.v3.MetricServiceSettings;
 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
 import com.google.common.collect.BoundType;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettingsTest.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettingsTest.java
index 4bcacab4c7..5280abe1fd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettingsTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/EnhancedBigtableStubSettingsTest.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public void settingsAreNotLostTest() {
     Duration watchdogInterval = Duration.ofSeconds(12);
     boolean enableRoutingCookie = false;
     boolean enableRetryInfo = false;
+    String metricsEndpoint = "test-endpoint:443";
 
     EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.Builder builder =
         EnhancedBigtableStubSettings.newBuilder()
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ public void settingsAreNotLostTest() {
             .setStreamWatchdogProvider(watchdogProvider)
             .setStreamWatchdogCheckInterval(watchdogInterval)
             .setEnableRoutingCookie(enableRoutingCookie)
-            .setEnableRetryInfo(enableRetryInfo);
+            .setEnableRetryInfo(enableRetryInfo)
+            .setMetricsEndpoint(metricsEndpoint);
 
     verifyBuilder(
         builder,
@@ -106,7 +108,8 @@ public void settingsAreNotLostTest() {
         watchdogProvider,
         watchdogInterval,
         enableRoutingCookie,
-        enableRetryInfo);
+        enableRetryInfo,
+        metricsEndpoint);
     verifySettings(
         builder.build(),
         projectId,
@@ -118,7 +121,8 @@ public void settingsAreNotLostTest() {
         watchdogProvider,
         watchdogInterval,
         enableRoutingCookie,
-        enableRetryInfo);
+        enableRetryInfo,
+        metricsEndpoint);
     verifyBuilder(
         builder.build().toBuilder(),
         projectId,
@@ -130,7 +134,8 @@ public void settingsAreNotLostTest() {
         watchdogProvider,
         watchdogInterval,
         enableRoutingCookie,
-        enableRetryInfo);
+        enableRetryInfo,
+        metricsEndpoint);
   }
 
   private void verifyBuilder(
@@ -144,7 +149,8 @@ private void verifyBuilder(
       WatchdogProvider watchdogProvider,
       Duration watchdogInterval,
       boolean enableRoutingCookie,
-      boolean enableRetryInfo) {
+      boolean enableRetryInfo,
+      String metricsEndpoint) {
     assertThat(builder.getProjectId()).isEqualTo(projectId);
     assertThat(builder.getInstanceId()).isEqualTo(instanceId);
     assertThat(builder.getAppProfileId()).isEqualTo(appProfileId);
@@ -155,6 +161,7 @@ private void verifyBuilder(
     assertThat(builder.getStreamWatchdogCheckInterval()).isEqualTo(watchdogInterval);
     assertThat(builder.getEnableRoutingCookie()).isEqualTo(enableRoutingCookie);
     assertThat(builder.getEnableRetryInfo()).isEqualTo(enableRetryInfo);
+    assertThat(builder.getMetricsEndpoint()).isEqualTo(metricsEndpoint);
   }
 
   private void verifySettings(
@@ -168,7 +175,8 @@ private void verifySettings(
       WatchdogProvider watchdogProvider,
       Duration watchdogInterval,
       boolean enableRoutingCookie,
-      boolean enableRetryInfo) {
+      boolean enableRetryInfo,
+      String metricsEndpoint) {
     assertThat(settings.getProjectId()).isEqualTo(projectId);
     assertThat(settings.getInstanceId()).isEqualTo(instanceId);
     assertThat(settings.getAppProfileId()).isEqualTo(appProfileId);
@@ -179,6 +187,7 @@ private void verifySettings(
     assertThat(settings.getStreamWatchdogCheckInterval()).isEqualTo(watchdogInterval);
     assertThat(settings.getEnableRoutingCookie()).isEqualTo(enableRoutingCookie);
     assertThat(settings.getEnableRetryInfo()).isEqualTo(enableRetryInfo);
+    assertThat(settings.getMetricsEndpoint()).isEqualTo(metricsEndpoint);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -965,6 +974,7 @@ public void enableRetryInfoFalseValueTest() throws IOException {
     "pingAndWarmSettings",
     "executeQuerySettings",
     "metricsProvider",
+    "metricsEndpoint",
   };
 
   @Test