diff --git a/powertools-metrics/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsUtils.java b/powertools-metrics/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsUtils.java
index d58dd52d6..8705c2da4 100644
--- a/powertools-metrics/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsUtils.java
+++ b/powertools-metrics/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsUtils.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public static void withSingleMetric(final String name,
                                         final double value,
                                         final Unit unit,
                                         final Consumer<MetricsLogger> logger) {
-        withMetricLogger(metricsLogger -> {
+        withMetricsLogger(metricsLogger -> {
             metricsLogger.putMetric(name, value, unit);
             logger.accept(metricsLogger);
         });
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public static void withSingleMetric(final String name,
                                         final Unit unit,
                                         final String namespace,
                                         final Consumer<MetricsLogger> logger) {
-        withMetricLogger(metricsLogger -> {
+        withMetricsLogger(metricsLogger -> {
             metricsLogger.setNamespace(namespace);
             metricsLogger.putMetric(name, value, unit);
             logger.accept(metricsLogger);
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public static void withSingleMetric(final String name,
      *
      * @param logger the MetricsLogger
      */
-    public static void withMetricLogger(final Consumer<MetricsLogger> logger) {
+    public static void withMetricsLogger(final Consumer<MetricsLogger> logger) {
         MetricsLogger metricsLogger = logger();
 
         try {
@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ public static void withMetricLogger(final Consumer<MetricsLogger> logger) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Provide and immediately flush a {@link MetricsLogger}. It uses the default namespace
+     * specified either on {@link Metrics} annotation or via POWERTOOLS_METRICS_NAMESPACE env var.
+     * It by default captures function_request_id as property if used together with {@link Metrics} annotation. It will also
+     * capture xray_trace_id as property if tracing is enabled.
+     *
+     * @param logger the MetricsLogger
+     *
+     * @deprecated use {@link MetricsUtils#withMetricsLogger} instead
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public static void withMetricLogger(final Consumer<MetricsLogger> logger) {
+        withMetricsLogger(logger);
+    }
+
     public static DimensionSet[] getDefaultDimensions() {
         return Arrays.copyOf(defaultDimensions, defaultDimensions.length);
     }
diff --git a/powertools-metrics/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsLoggerTest.java b/powertools-metrics/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsLoggerTest.java
index 20f56c3e2..6ebf30e04 100644
--- a/powertools-metrics/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsLoggerTest.java
+++ b/powertools-metrics/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/powertools/metrics/MetricsLoggerTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.config.SystemWrapper;
+import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.logger.MetricsLogger;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.model.DimensionSet;
 import software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs.emf.model.Unit;
 
@@ -124,13 +126,29 @@ void singleMetricsCaptureUtilityWithDefaultNameSpace() {
 
     @Test
     void metricsLoggerCaptureUtilityWithDefaultNameSpace() {
+        testLogger(MetricsUtils::withMetricsLogger);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void deprecatedMetricLoggerCaptureUtilityWithDefaultNameSpace() {
+        testLogger(MetricsUtils::withMetricLogger);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldThrowExceptionWhenDefaultDimensionIsNull() {
+        assertThatNullPointerException()
+                .isThrownBy(() -> MetricsUtils.defaultDimensionSet(null))
+                .withMessage("Null dimension set not allowed");
+    }
+
+    private void testLogger(Consumer<Consumer<MetricsLogger>> methodToTest) {
         try (MockedStatic<SystemWrapper> mocked = mockStatic(SystemWrapper.class);
              MockedStatic<software.amazon.lambda.powertools.core.internal.SystemWrapper> internalWrapper = mockStatic(software.amazon.lambda.powertools.core.internal.SystemWrapper.class)) {
             mocked.when(() -> SystemWrapper.getenv("AWS_EMF_ENVIRONMENT")).thenReturn("Lambda");
             mocked.when(() -> SystemWrapper.getenv("POWERTOOLS_METRICS_NAMESPACE")).thenReturn("GlobalName");
             internalWrapper.when(() -> getenv("_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID")).thenReturn("Root=1-5759e988-bd862e3fe1be46a994272793;Parent=53995c3f42cd8ad8;Sampled=1\"");
 
-            MetricsUtils.withMetricLogger(metricsLogger -> {
+            methodToTest.accept(metricsLogger -> {
                 metricsLogger.setDimensions(DimensionSet.of("Dimension1", "Value1"));
                 metricsLogger.putMetric("Metric1", 1, Unit.COUNT);
             });
@@ -154,13 +172,6 @@ void metricsLoggerCaptureUtilityWithDefaultNameSpace() {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    void shouldThrowExceptionWhenDefaultDimensionIsNull() {
-        assertThatNullPointerException()
-                .isThrownBy(() -> MetricsUtils.defaultDimensionSet(null))
-                .withMessage("Null dimension set not allowed");
-    }
-
     private Map<String, Object> readAsJson(String s) {
         try {
             return mapper.readValue(s, Map.class);