diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f75a62cf..d8d33da4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.5.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.1.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci v0.30.1
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.41.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.42.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.2.2
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.16.1
 	github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn/k8schain v0.0.0-20230802205906-a54d64203cff
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 51e6b105..93a91e00 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.1.2 h1:Unjo7hxadtB2dvGpeFqZZUdsjpRA08YYSBb7dF
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.1.2/go.mod h1:BHQyRHCskGMEDf6kDGbgQ+cyiNpUHbLsCOsaMYM2maI=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci v0.30.1 h1:XRCWzufSRtI6g6TvCH8pJHIqw9qXUf2+9fBH8pOpoU0=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci v0.30.1/go.mod h1:HAWYIdzEbCnAT7Me2YGVUlgA5y/CCBdJ0+tFdEOb2nI=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.41.0 h1:hjWUwVRCKDuGEUhovWrygt/6PRry4p278yKuJNgTfv8=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.41.0/go.mod h1:1GN+nxoQ7LmSsLJwjH8JW8pA27tBSO+KLH43HpywCDM=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.42.0 h1:a5DQ/f90YjoHBmiXZUpnp4bDSLORjInbmqP7K11L4uY=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime v0.42.0/go.mod h1:p6A3xWVV8cKLLQW0N90GehKgGMMmbNYv+OSJ/0qB0vg=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.2.2 h1:ZpVXECeLA5hIQMft11iLp6gN3cKcz6UNuVTQPw/bRdI=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.2.2/go.mod h1:NGnh/no8S6PyfCDxRFrPY3T5BUnqP48MxfxNRU0z8C0=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
diff --git a/internal/controller/imagerepository_controller.go b/internal/controller/imagerepository_controller.go
index ef6019d7..7127570d 100644
--- a/internal/controller/imagerepository_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/imagerepository_controller.go
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ func (r *ImageRepositoryReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
 
-	// Record suspended status metric.
-	r.RecordSuspend(ctx, obj, obj.Spec.Suspend)
-
 	// Initialize the patch helper with the current version of the object.
 	serialPatcher := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
@@ -161,7 +158,8 @@ func (r *ImageRepositoryReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 			retErr = kerrors.NewAggregate([]error{retErr, err})
 		}
 
-		// Always record readiness and duration metrics.
+		// Always record suspend, readiness and duration metrics.
+		r.Metrics.RecordSuspend(ctx, obj, obj.Spec.Suspend)
 		r.Metrics.RecordReadiness(ctx, obj)
 		r.Metrics.RecordDuration(ctx, obj, start)
 	}()
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 656a21b6..a0b6d34b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	feathelper "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/features"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/leaderelection"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/logger"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/metrics"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/pprof"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/probes"
 
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	metricsH := helper.MustMakeMetrics(mgr)
+	metricsH := helper.NewMetrics(mgr, metrics.MustMakeRecorder(), imagev1.ImageRepositoryFinalizer)
 
 	if err := (&controller.ImageRepositoryReconciler{
 		Client:         mgr.GetClient(),