diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index e1bc8dcce1ff07fa8276eaceacb8c94159a9bf42..6462d06fa5573f857ba72e5018e9ff32ac987721 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
       config: |||
         resourceRules:
           cpu:
-            containerQuery: sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container!="POD",container!="",pod!=""}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
-            nodeQuery: sum(1 - rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}[5m]) * on(namespace, pod) group_left(node) node_namespace_pod:kube_pod_info:{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+            containerQuery: sum(irate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container!="POD",container!="",pod!=""}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+            nodeQuery: sum(1 - irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}[5m]) * on(namespace, pod) group_left(node) node_namespace_pod:kube_pod_info:{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
             resources:
               overrides:
                 node: