diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/64972-fix-unicorn-workers-metric.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/64972-fix-unicorn-workers-metric.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f80111f0bd9c15d0af6a604c1a54a71a3b6e2579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/64972-fix-unicorn-workers-metric.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix pid discovery for Unicorn processes in `PidProvider`
+merge_request: 31056
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/prometheus/pid_provider.rb b/lib/prometheus/pid_provider.rb
index c92522c73c53792c6364b8093ed84ca1c52cbe55..e0f7e7e0a9e0a5fbc153f1c06565d09e38681105 100644
--- a/lib/prometheus/pid_provider.rb
+++ b/lib/prometheus/pid_provider.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'prometheus/client/support/unicorn'
-
 module Prometheus
   module PidProvider
     extend self
@@ -10,29 +8,38 @@ module Prometheus
       if Sidekiq.server?
         'sidekiq'
       elsif defined?(Unicorn::Worker)
-        "unicorn_#{unicorn_worker_id}"
+        unicorn_worker_id
       elsif defined?(::Puma)
-        "puma_#{puma_worker_id}"
+        puma_worker_id
       else
-        "process_#{Process.pid}"
+        unknown_process_id
       end
     end
 
     private
 
-    # This is not fully accurate as we don't really know if the nil returned
-    # is actually means we're on master or not.
-    # Follow up issue was created to address this problem and
-    # to introduce more structrured approach to a current process discovery:
-    # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/64740
     def unicorn_worker_id
-      ::Prometheus::Client::Support::Unicorn.worker_id || 'master'
+      if matches = process_name.match(/unicorn.*worker\[([0-9]+)\]/)
+        "unicorn_#{matches[1]}"
+      elsif process_name =~ /unicorn/
+        "unicorn_master"
+      else
+        unknown_process_id
+      end
     end
 
-    # See the comment for #unicorn_worker_id
     def puma_worker_id
-      match = process_name.match(/cluster worker ([0-9]+):/)
-      match ? match[1] : 'master'
+      if matches = process_name.match(/puma.*cluster worker ([0-9]+):/)
+        "puma_#{matches[1]}"
+      elsif process_name =~ /puma/
+        "puma_master"
+      else
+        unknown_process_id
+      end
+    end
+
+    def unknown_process_id
+      "process_#{Process.pid}"
     end
 
     def process_name
diff --git a/spec/lib/prometheus/pid_provider_spec.rb b/spec/lib/prometheus/pid_provider_spec.rb
index e7d500612b1fcac53c519ed58f62d6a78aed1343..ba843b272548b19d107e98b77fd25f032a150f9b 100644
--- a/spec/lib/prometheus/pid_provider_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/prometheus/pid_provider_spec.rb
@@ -25,22 +25,60 @@ describe Prometheus::PidProvider do
       before do
         stub_const('Unicorn::Worker', Class.new)
         hide_const('Puma')
+
+        expect(described_class).to receive(:process_name)
+          .at_least(:once)
+          .and_return(process_name)
       end
 
-      context 'when `Prometheus::Client::Support::Unicorn` provides worker_id' do
-        before do
-          expect(::Prometheus::Client::Support::Unicorn).to receive(:worker_id).and_return(1)
+      context 'when unicorn master is specified in process name' do
+        context 'when running in Omnibus' do
+          context 'before the process was renamed' do
+            let(:process_name) { "/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/unicorn"}
+
+            it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_master' }
+          end
+
+          context 'after the process was renamed' do
+            let(:process_name) { "unicorn master -D -E production -c /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc/unicorn.rb /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/config.ru" }
+
+            it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_master' }
+          end
         end
 
-        it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_1' }
+        context 'when in development env' do
+          context 'before the process was renamed' do
+            let(:process_name) { "path_to_bindir/bin/unicorn_rails"}
+
+            it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_master' }
+          end
+
+          context 'after the process was renamed' do
+            let(:process_name) { "unicorn_rails master -c /gitlab_dir/config/unicorn.rb -E development" }
+
+            it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_master' }
+          end
+        end
       end
 
-      context 'when no worker_id is provided from `Prometheus::Client::Support::Unicorn`' do
-        before do
-          expect(::Prometheus::Client::Support::Unicorn).to receive(:worker_id).and_return(nil)
+      context 'when unicorn worker id is specified in process name' do
+        context 'when running in Omnibus' do
+          let(:process_name) { "unicorn worker[1] -D -E production -c /var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc/unicorn.rb /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/config.ru" }
+
+          it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_1' }
         end
 
-        it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_master' }
+        context 'when in development env' do
+          let(:process_name) { "unicorn_rails worker[1] -c gitlab_dir/config/unicorn.rb -E development" }
+
+          it { is_expected.to eq 'unicorn_1' }
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when no specified unicorn master or worker id in process name' do
+        let(:process_name) { "bin/unknown_process"}
+
+        it { is_expected.to eq "process_#{Process.pid}" }
       end
     end
 
@@ -48,20 +86,20 @@ describe Prometheus::PidProvider do
       before do
         stub_const('Puma', Module.new)
         hide_const('Unicorn::Worker')
+
+        expect(described_class).to receive(:process_name)
+          .at_least(:once)
+          .and_return(process_name)
       end
 
       context 'when cluster worker id is specified in process name' do
-        before do
-          expect(described_class).to receive(:process_name).and_return('puma: cluster worker 1: 17483 [gitlab-puma-worker]')
-        end
+        let(:process_name) { 'puma: cluster worker 1: 17483 [gitlab-puma-worker]' }
 
         it { is_expected.to eq 'puma_1' }
       end
 
       context 'when no worker id is specified in process name' do
-        before do
-          expect(described_class).to receive(:process_name).and_return('bin/puma')
-        end
+        let(:process_name) { 'bin/puma' }
 
         it { is_expected.to eq 'puma_master' }
       end