diff --git a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml
index bd000905f222..d5dc8dc1d796 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: Rabbitmq metrics exporter for prometheus
 name: prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter
-version: 2.1.1
+version: 2.2.1
 appVersion: 1.0.0
 home: https://github.com/kbudde/rabbitmq_exporter
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index f59c70a3713d..1c07fc223823 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- if .Values.prometheus.monitor.enabled }}
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+apiVersion: {{ .Values.prometheus.monitor.apiVersion }}
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter.fullname" . }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml
index 66ceac849ab9..7125e6a344bc 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ prometheus:
     metricRelabelings: []
     relabelings: []
     targetLabels: []
+    apiVersion: "monitoring.coreos.com/v1"
 
   rules:
     enabled: false