diff --git a/config/network-policy/allow-metrics-traffic.yaml b/config/network-policy/allow-metrics-traffic.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d24812ad..00000000
--- a/config/network-policy/allow-metrics-traffic.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# This NetworkPolicy allows ingress traffic
-# with Pods running on namespaces labeled with 'metrics: enabled'. Only Pods on those
-# namespaces are able to gathering data from the metrics endpoint.
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: external-secrets-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: external-secrets-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
-  name: allow-metrics-traffic
-  namespace: system
-spec:
-  podSelector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: external-secrets-operator
-  policyTypes:
-    - Ingress
-  ingress:
-    # This allows ingress traffic from any namespace with the label metrics: enabled
-    - from:
-      - namespaceSelector:
-          matchLabels:
-            metrics: enabled  # Only from namespaces with this label
-      ports:
-        - port: 8443
-          protocol: TCP
diff --git a/config/network-policy/allow-network-traffic.yaml b/config/network-policy/allow-network-traffic.yaml
index e59c0c83..32c56ebb 100644
--- a/config/network-policy/allow-network-traffic.yaml
+++ b/config/network-policy/allow-network-traffic.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ spec:
           port: 6443 # Required: Kubernetes API server
   ingress:
     # Optional: expose metrics (8443 and 8080 based on user configuration)
+    - from:
+        - namespaceSelector:
+            matchLabels:
+              name: openshift-monitoring
     - ports:
         - protocol: TCP
           port: 8443
-    - ports:
         - protocol: TCP
           port: 8080
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diff --git a/config/network-policy/kustomization.yaml b/config/network-policy/kustomization.yaml
index 696becbc..5a71a8c2 100644
--- a/config/network-policy/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/network-policy/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 resources:
-- allow-metrics-traffic.yaml
 - allow-network-traffic.yaml
 - deny-all.yaml
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