diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
index cf5042dbc891..44b456765c2a 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ midval = 98.0
 minpercent = 20.0
 maxpercent = 20.0
 
+[[metric]]
+name = "latency"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure container latency"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"latency\".Results | .[] | .latency.Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 0.75
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
+
 [[metric]]
 name = "network-iperf3"
 type = "json"