diff --git a/etc/heat/templates/AWS_CloudWatch_Alarm.yaml b/etc/heat/templates/AWS_CloudWatch_Alarm.yaml
index bfdf565e3d..79f020dc51 100644
--- a/etc/heat/templates/AWS_CloudWatch_Alarm.yaml
+++ b/etc/heat/templates/AWS_CloudWatch_Alarm.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Resources:
     Properties:
       description:
         Ref: AlarmDescription
-      counter_name:
+      meter_name:
         Ref: MetricName
       period:
         Ref: Period
diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/ceilometer/alarm.py b/heat/engine/resources/ceilometer/alarm.py
index 60a2aeab27..9f08f65ac6 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/ceilometer/alarm.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/ceilometer/alarm.py
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ class CeilometerAlarm(resource.Resource):
             'Required': True,
             'Description': _('Number of periods to evaluate over')
         },
-        'counter_name': {
+        'meter_name': {
             'Type': 'String',
             'Required': True,
-            'Description': _('Counter name watched by the alarm')
+            'Description': _('Meter name watched by the alarm')
         },
         'period': {
             'Type': 'String',
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CeilometerAlarm(resource.Resource):
             'Type': 'String',
             'Required': True,
             'AllowedValues': ['count', 'avg', 'sum', 'min', 'max'],
-            'Description': _('Counter statistic to evaluate')
+            'Description': _('Meter statistic to evaluate')
         },
         'threshold': {
             'Type': 'String',
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ class CeilometerAlarm(resource.Resource):
         },
         'matching_metadata': {
             'Type': 'Map',
-            'Description': _('Counter should match this resource metadata '
-                             '(key=value) additionally to the counter_name')
+            'Description': _('Meter should match this resource metadata '
+                             '(key=value) additionally to the meter_name')
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/heat/engine/watchrule.py b/heat/engine/watchrule.py
index b9316b8c3e..e1a01c53e2 100644
--- a/heat/engine/watchrule.py
+++ b/heat/engine/watchrule.py
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ class WatchRule(object):
         from heat.engine import clients
         clients = clients.Clients(self.context)
         sample = {}
-        sample['counter_type'] = 'gauge'
+        sample['meter_type'] = 'gauge'
 
         for k, d in iter(data.items()):
             if k == 'Namespace':
                 continue
-            sample['counter_name'] = k
-            sample['counter_volume'] = d['Value']
-            sample['counter_unit'] = d['Unit']
+            sample['meter_name'] = k
+            sample['sample_volume'] = d['Value']
+            sample['meter_unit'] = d['Unit']
             dims = d.get('Dimensions', {})
             if isinstance(dims, list):
                 dims = dims[0]
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def rule_can_use_sample(wr, stats_data):
     if wr.state == WatchRule.SUSPENDED:
         return False
     if wr.state == WatchRule.CEILOMETER_CONTROLLED:
-        metric = wr.rule['counter_name']
+        metric = wr.rule['meter_name']
         rule_dims = {}
         for k, v in iter(wr.rule.get('matching_metadata', {}).items()):
             name = k.split('.')[-1]
diff --git a/heat/tests/test_ceilometer_alarm.py b/heat/tests/test_ceilometer_alarm.py
index 84ef615691..514279711e 100644
--- a/heat/tests/test_ceilometer_alarm.py
+++ b/heat/tests/test_ceilometer_alarm.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ alarm_template = '''
      "Type": "OS::Ceilometer::Alarm",
      "Properties": {
         "description": "Scale-up if MEM > 50% for 1 minute",
-        "counter_name": "MemoryUtilization",
+        "meter_name": "MemoryUtilization",
         "statistic": "avg",
         "period": "60",
         "evaluation_periods": "1",
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class CeilometerAlarmTest(HeatTestCase):
         rsrc = self.stack['MEMAlarmHigh']
 
         snippet = copy.deepcopy(rsrc.parsed_template())
-        snippet['Properties']['counter_name'] = 'temp'
+        snippet['Properties']['meter_name'] = 'temp'
 
         updater = scheduler.TaskRunner(rsrc.update, snippet)
         self.assertRaises(resource.UpdateReplace, updater)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2149156075..9a10a49b02 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ WebOb>=1.2.3,<1.3
 python-keystoneclient>=0.3.2
 python-swiftclient>=1.2
 python-neutronclient>=2.3.0,<3
-python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.3
+python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.5
 python-cinderclient>=1.0.4
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
 paramiko>=1.8.0