diff --git a/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
index eebe720755..d5d1b145a4 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func isACMLabelQuery(req *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	matchers := values["match[]"]
-	if slices.Contains(matchers, proxyconfig.RBACProxyLabelMetricName) {
+	if slices.Contains(matchers, proxyconfig.RBACProxyLabelMetricName+"{}") || slices.Contains(matchers, proxyconfig.RBACProxyLabelMetricName) {
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go b/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go
index 8927aeeba6..4416da6e0b 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/proxy/proxy_test.go
@@ -346,6 +346,14 @@ func TestHandleManagedClusterLabelQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			body:             nil,
 			expectedToHandle: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:             "should handle GET to label values endpoint with correct metric",
+			method:           "GET",
+			path:             "/api/v1/label/label_name/values?match[]=" + config.RBACProxyLabelMetricName + "{}",
+			body:             nil,
+			expectedToHandle: true,
+			expectedBody:     `{"status":"success","data":["cloud","cluster_open_cluster_management_io_clusterset","name","vendor"]}`,
+		},
 		{
 			name:             "should handle GET to label values endpoint with correct metric",
 			method:           "GET",