diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/network_policy.yaml b/src/main/helm/templates/network_policy.yaml
index 35c46c125ff3963c3ed081d5286b37036d475c0a..839faecf67560b9930427847b5500aaee8478884 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/network_policy.yaml
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/network_policy.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ spec:
       podSelector: 
         matchLabels:
           component: vorgang-manager
+  - from:
+    - namespaceSelector:
+        matchLabels:
+          name: {{ (.Values.networkPolicy).monitoringNamespace | default "openshift-user-workload-monitoring" }}
+    ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 8081
 {{- with (.Values.networkPolicy).additionalIngressConfigLocal }}
 {{ toYaml . | indent 2 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/src/test/helm/network_policy_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/network_policy_test.yaml
index e8adaa912e8ca2ca7a5f85c14a1cf04f15f00a88..e741cf04b3641a3dc29e53804afb1150f9d04e64 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/network_policy_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/network_policy_test.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ tests:
                 podSelector: 
                   matchLabels:
                     component: vorgang-manager
+            - from:
+              - namespaceSelector:
+                  matchLabels:
+                    name: openshift-user-workload-monitoring
+              ports:
+                - port: 8081
+                  protocol: TCP
+
+                                   
             egress:
             - to:
               - namespaceSelector: