diff --git a/packages/relay/src/lib/clients/sdkClient.ts b/packages/relay/src/lib/clients/sdkClient.ts
index 1478530eb4..db525611f9 100644
--- a/packages/relay/src/lib/clients/sdkClient.ts
+++ b/packages/relay/src/lib/clients/sdkClient.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import HbarLimit from '../hbarlimiter';
 import constants from './../constants';
 import { BigNumber } from '@hashgraph/sdk/lib/Transfer';
 import { SDKClientError } from './../errors/SDKClientError';
+import { HbarLimitService } from '../services/hbarLimitService';
 import { JsonRpcError, predefined } from './../errors/JsonRpcError';
 import { CacheService } from '../services/cacheService/cacheService';
 import { formatRequestIdMessage, weibarHexToTinyBarInt } from '../../formatters';
@@ -114,6 +115,14 @@ export class SDKClient {
    */
   private readonly eventEmitter: EventEmitter;
 
+  /**
+   * An instance of the HbarLimitService that tracks hbar expenses and limits.
+   * @private
+   * @readonly
+   * @type {HbarLimitService}
+   */
+  private readonly hbarLimitService: HbarLimitService;
+
   /**
    * Constructs an instance of the SDKClient and initializes various services and settings.
    *
@@ -129,6 +138,7 @@ export class SDKClient {
     hbarLimiter: HbarLimit,
     cacheService: CacheService,
     eventEmitter: EventEmitter,
+    hbarLimitService: HbarLimitService,
   ) {
     this.clientMain = clientMain;
 
@@ -142,6 +152,7 @@ export class SDKClient {
     this.hbarLimiter = hbarLimiter;
     this.cacheService = cacheService;
     this.eventEmitter = eventEmitter;
+    this.hbarLimitService = hbarLimitService;
     this.maxChunks = Number(process.env.FILE_APPEND_MAX_CHUNKS) || 20;
     this.fileAppendChunkSize = Number(process.env.FILE_APPEND_CHUNK_SIZE) || 5120;
   }
diff --git a/packages/relay/src/lib/services/hapiService/hapiService.ts b/packages/relay/src/lib/services/hapiService/hapiService.ts
index 0f534d3a46..0306ba5ad2 100644
--- a/packages/relay/src/lib/services/hapiService/hapiService.ts
+++ b/packages/relay/src/lib/services/hapiService/hapiService.ts
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ export default class HAPIService {
       this.hbarLimiter,
       this.cacheService,
       this.eventEmitter,
+      this.hbarLimitService,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/relay/tests/lib/sdkClient.spec.ts b/packages/relay/tests/lib/sdkClient.spec.ts
index cb3b93f417..b79cdf81fe 100644
--- a/packages/relay/tests/lib/sdkClient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/relay/tests/lib/sdkClient.spec.ts
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ describe('SdkClient', async function () {
   let hbarLimiter: HbarLimit;
   let instance: AxiosInstance;
   let eventEmitter: EventEmitter;
+  let cacheService: CacheService;
   let metricService: MetricService;
   let mirrorNodeClient: MirrorNodeClient;
+  let hbarLimitService: HbarLimitService;
 
   const feeSchedules = {
     current: {
@@ -113,12 +115,27 @@ describe('SdkClient', async function () {
     const total = constants.HBAR_RATE_LIMIT_TINYBAR();
     hbarLimiter = new HbarLimit(logger.child({ name: 'hbar-rate-limit' }), Date.now(), total, duration, registry);
     eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
+
+    cacheService = new CacheService(logger, registry);
+    const hbarSpendingPlanRepository = new HbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
+    const ethAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository = new EthAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
+    const ipAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository = new IPAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
+    hbarLimitService = new HbarLimitService(
+      hbarSpendingPlanRepository,
+      ethAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository,
+      ipAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository,
+      logger,
+      register,
+      total,
+    );
+
     sdkClient = new SDKClient(
       client,
       logger.child({ name: `consensus-node` }),
       hbarLimiter,
       new CacheService(logger.child({ name: `cache` }), registry),
       eventEmitter,
+      hbarLimitService,
     );
 
     process.env.GET_RECORD_DEFAULT_TO_CONSENSUS_NODE = 'true';
@@ -235,9 +252,7 @@ describe('SdkClient', async function () {
 
   describe('HAPIService', async () => {
     let hapiService: HAPIService;
-    let cacheService: CacheService;
     let originalEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-    let hbarLimitService: HbarLimitService;
     let initialOperatorKeyFormat: string | undefined;
 
     const OPERATOR_KEY_ED25519 = {
@@ -268,20 +283,6 @@ describe('SdkClient', async function () {
           },
         });
       }
-
-      const total = constants.HBAR_RATE_LIMIT_TINYBAR();
-      cacheService = new CacheService(logger, registry);
-      const hbarSpendingPlanRepository = new HbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
-      const ethAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository = new EthAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
-      const ipAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository = new IPAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
-      hbarLimitService = new HbarLimitService(
-        hbarSpendingPlanRepository,
-        ethAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository,
-        ipAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository,
-        logger,
-        register,
-        total,
-      );
     });
 
     this.beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/packages/relay/tests/lib/services/metricService/metricService.spec.ts b/packages/relay/tests/lib/services/metricService/metricService.spec.ts
index 69c868e882..8941a26675 100644
--- a/packages/relay/tests/lib/services/metricService/metricService.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/relay/tests/lib/services/metricService/metricService.spec.ts
@@ -24,18 +24,22 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import { config } from 'dotenv';
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
-import { Registry } from 'prom-client';
 import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
 import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
 import { Utils } from '../../../../src/utils';
+import { register, Registry } from 'prom-client';
 import constants from '../../../../src/lib/constants';
 import HbarLimit from '../../../../src/lib/hbarlimiter';
 import { MirrorNodeClient, SDKClient } from '../../../../src/lib/clients';
 import { calculateTxRecordChargeAmount, getRequestId } from '../../../helpers';
+import { HbarLimitService } from '../../../../src/lib/services/hbarLimitService';
 import MetricService from '../../../../src/lib/services/metricService/metricService';
 import { CacheService } from '../../../../src/lib/services/cacheService/cacheService';
 import { IExecuteQueryEventPayload, IExecuteTransactionEventPayload } from '../../../../src/lib/types/events';
 import { Hbar, Long, Status, Client, AccountId, TransactionRecord, TransactionRecordQuery } from '@hashgraph/sdk';
+import { HbarSpendingPlanRepository } from '../../../../src/lib/db/repositories/hbarLimiter/hbarSpendingPlanRepository';
+import { IPAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository } from '../../../../src/lib/db/repositories/hbarLimiter/ipAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository';
+import { EthAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository } from '../../../../src/lib/db/repositories/hbarLimiter/ethAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository';
 
 config({ path: resolve(__dirname, '../../../test.env') });
 const registry = new Registry();
@@ -137,12 +141,26 @@ describe('Metric Service', function () {
     hbarLimiter = new HbarLimit(logger.child({ name: 'hbar-rate-limit' }), Date.now(), total, duration, registry);
     eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
 
+    const cacheService = new CacheService(logger, registry);
+    const hbarSpendingPlanRepository = new HbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
+    const ethAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository = new EthAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
+    const ipAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository = new IPAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository(cacheService, logger);
+    const hbarLimitService = new HbarLimitService(
+      hbarSpendingPlanRepository,
+      ethAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository,
+      ipAddressHbarSpendingPlanRepository,
+      logger,
+      register,
+      total,
+    );
+
     const sdkClient = new SDKClient(
       client,
       logger.child({ name: `consensus-node` }),
       hbarLimiter,
       new CacheService(logger.child({ name: `cache` }), registry),
       eventEmitter,
+      hbarLimitService,
     );
     // Init new MetricService instance
     metricService = new MetricService(logger, sdkClient, mirrorNodeClient, hbarLimiter, registry, eventEmitter);