diff --git a/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/mod.rs b/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/mod.rs
index bb8d722c70..324162b0b7 100644
--- a/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/mod.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ pub struct CosmosNetwork {
     pub launch_resp: CosmosResp,
     pub deployments: Deployments,
     pub chain_id: String,
+    pub metrics: u32,
     pub domain: u32,
 }
 
@@ -182,17 +183,17 @@ impl Drop for CosmosNetwork {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<(CosmosResp, Deployments, String, u32)> for CosmosNetwork {
-    fn from(v: (CosmosResp, Deployments, String, u32)) -> Self {
+impl From<(CosmosResp, Deployments, String, u32, u32)> for CosmosNetwork {
+    fn from(v: (CosmosResp, Deployments, String, u32, u32)) -> Self {
         Self {
             launch_resp: v.0,
             deployments: v.1,
             chain_id: v.2,
-            domain: v.3,
+            metrics: v.3,
+            domain: v.4,
         }
     }
 }
-
 pub struct CosmosHyperlaneStack {
     pub validators: Vec<AgentHandles>,
     pub relayer: AgentHandles,
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ fn launch_cosmos_validator(
         .hyp_env("ORIGINCHAINNAME", agent_config.name)
         .hyp_env("REORGPERIOD", "100")
         .hyp_env("DB", validator_base_db.to_str().unwrap())
-        .hyp_env("METRICSPORT", agent_config.domain_id.to_string())
+        .hyp_env("METRICSPORT", agent_config.metrics_port.to_string())
         .hyp_env("VALIDATOR_SIGNER_TYPE", agent_config.signer.typ)
         .hyp_env("VALIDATOR_KEY", agent_config.signer.key.clone())
         .hyp_env("VALIDATOR_PREFIX", "osmo")
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ fn launch_cosmos_validator(
 fn launch_cosmos_relayer(
     agent_config_path: PathBuf,
     relay_chains: Vec<String>,
+    metrics: u32,
     debug: bool,
 ) -> AgentHandles {
     let relayer_bin = concat_path(format!("../../{AGENT_BIN_PATH}"), "relayer");
@@ -290,7 +292,7 @@ fn launch_cosmos_relayer(
         .hyp_env("ALLOWLOCALCHECKPOINTSYNCERS", "true")
         .hyp_env("TRACING_LEVEL", if debug { "debug" } else { "info" })
         .hyp_env("GASPAYMENTENFORCEMENT", "[{\"type\": \"none\"}]")
-        .hyp_env("METRICSPORT", 9093.to_string())
+        .hyp_env("METRICSPORT", metrics.to_string())
         .spawn("RLY");
 
     relayer
@@ -347,10 +349,10 @@ fn run_locally() {
     };
 
     let port_start = 26600u32;
+    let metrics_start = 9090u32;
     let domain_start = 99990u32;
     let node_count = 2;
 
-
     let nodes = (0..node_count)
         .map(|i| {
             (
@@ -360,6 +362,7 @@ fn run_locally() {
                     ..default_config.clone()
                 }),
                 format!("cosmos-test-{}", i + domain_start),
+                metrics_start + i,
                 domain_start + i,
             )
         })
@@ -372,8 +375,8 @@ fn run_locally() {
 
     let nodes = nodes
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|v| (v.0.join(), v.1, v.2))
-        .map(|(launch_resp, chain_id, domain)| {
+        .map(|v| (v.0.join(), v.1, v.2, v.3))
+        .map(|(launch_resp, chain_id, metrics, domain)| {
             let deployments = deploy_cw_hyperlane(
                 launch_resp.cli(&osmosisd),
                 launch_resp.endpoint.clone(),
@@ -382,14 +385,14 @@ fn run_locally() {
                 domain,
             );
 
-            (launch_resp, deployments, chain_id, domain)
+            (launch_resp, deployments, chain_id, metrics, domain)
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
     // nodes with base deployments
     let nodes = nodes
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|v| (v.0, v.1.join(), v.2, v.3))
+        .map(|v| (v.0, v.1.join(), v.2, v.3, v.4))
         .map(|v| v.into())
         .collect::<Vec<CosmosNetwork>>();
 
@@ -449,9 +452,11 @@ fn run_locally() {
         .into_values()
         .map(|agent_config| launch_cosmos_validator(agent_config, agent_config_path.clone(), debug))
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let hpl_rly_metrics = metrics_start + node_count + 1u32;
     let hpl_rly = launch_cosmos_relayer(
         agent_config_path,
         agent_config_out.chains.into_keys().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        hpl_rly_metrics,
         debug,
     );
 
@@ -517,7 +522,7 @@ fn run_locally() {
     let mut failure_occurred = false;
     loop {
         // look for the end condition.
-        if termination_invariants_met(dispatched_messages).unwrap_or(false) {
+        if termination_invariants_met(hpl_rly_metrics, dispatched_messages).unwrap_or(false) {
             // end condition reached successfully
             break;
         } else if (Instant::now() - loop_start).as_secs() > TIMEOUT_SECS {
@@ -537,7 +542,7 @@ fn run_locally() {
     }
 }
 
-fn termination_invariants_met(_messages_expected: u32) -> eyre::Result<bool> {
+fn termination_invariants_met(_metrics: u32, _messages_expected: u32) -> eyre::Result<bool> {
     Ok(true)
     // TODO: uncomment once CI passes consistently on Ubuntu
     // let gas_payments_scraped = fetch_metric(
diff --git a/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/types.rs b/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/types.rs
index 8632687b15..072a8b04b1 100644
--- a/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/types.rs
+++ b/rust/utils/run-locally/src/cosmos/types.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ pub struct AgentUrl {
 pub struct AgentConfig {
     pub name: String,
     pub domain_id: u32,
+    pub metrics_port: u32,
     pub mailbox: String,
     pub interchain_gas_paymaster: String,
     pub validator_announce: String,
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ impl AgentConfig {
         AgentConfig {
             name: format!("cosmostest{}", network.domain),
             domain_id: network.domain,
+            metrics_port: network.metrics,
             mailbox: to_hex_addr(&network.deployments.mailbox),
             interchain_gas_paymaster: to_hex_addr(&network.deployments.igp),
             validator_announce: to_hex_addr(&network.deployments.va),