diff --git a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/metrics.py b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/metrics.py
index d842647776713..b9fcefa89f44b 100644
--- a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/metrics.py
+++ b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/metrics.py
@@ -5,30 +5,33 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def record_cw_metric_invocation(function_name: str, region_name: str):
+def record_cw_metric_invocation(function_name: str, account_id: str, region_name: str):
     try:
         publish_lambda_metric(
             "Invocations",
             1,
             {"func_name": function_name},
             region_name=region_name,
+            account_id=account_id,
         )
     except Exception as e:
         LOG.debug("Failed to send CloudWatch metric for Lambda invocation: %s", e)
 
 
-def record_cw_metric_error(function_name: str, region_name: str):
+def record_cw_metric_error(function_name: str, account_id: str, region_name: str):
     try:
         publish_lambda_metric(
             "Invocations",
             1,
             {"func_name": function_name},
             region_name=region_name,
+            account_id=account_id,
         )
         publish_lambda_metric(
             "Errors",
             1,
             {"func_name": function_name},
+            account_id=account_id,
             region_name=region_name,
         )
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/version_manager.py b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/version_manager.py
index 9a5404723379d..b994853da7212 100644
--- a/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/version_manager.py
+++ b/localstack/services/lambda_/invocation/version_manager.py
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ def invoke(self, *, invocation: Invocation) -> InvocationResult:
             start_thread(
                 lambda *args, **kwargs: record_cw_metric_error(
                     function_name=self.function.function_name,
+                    account_id=self.function_version.id.account,
                     region_name=self.function_version.id.region,
                 ),
                 name=f"record-cloudwatch-metric-error-{function_id.function_name}:{function_id.qualifier}",
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ def invoke(self, *, invocation: Invocation) -> InvocationResult:
             start_thread(
                 lambda *args, **kwargs: record_cw_metric_invocation(
                     function_name=self.function.function_name,
+                    account_id=self.function_version.id.account,
                     region_name=self.function_version.id.region,
                 ),
                 name=f"record-cloudwatch-metric-{function_id.function_name}:{function_id.qualifier}",
diff --git a/localstack/utils/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_util.py b/localstack/utils/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_util.py
index eb6b7f6f9504e..a1cb8984787e4 100644
--- a/localstack/utils/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_util.py
+++ b/localstack/utils/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_util.py
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ def dimension_lambda(kwargs):
     return [{"Name": "FunctionName", "Value": func_name}]
 
 
-def publish_lambda_metric(metric, value, kwargs, region_name: Optional[str] = None):
+def publish_lambda_metric(
+    metric, value, kwargs, account_id: Optional[str] = None, region_name: Optional[str] = None
+):
     # publish metric only if CloudWatch service is available
     if not is_api_enabled("cloudwatch"):
         return
-    cw_client = connect_to(region_name=region_name).cloudwatch
+    cw_client = connect_to(aws_access_key_id=account_id, region_name=region_name).cloudwatch
     try:
         cw_client.put_metric_data(
             Namespace="AWS/Lambda",