diff --git a/src/metrics-server/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml b/src/metrics-server/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml
index dfe607dab4..128f552a76 100644
--- a/src/metrics-server/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics-server/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ metadata:
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 spec:
   network:
+    serviceMesh:
+      mode: ambient
     allow:
       - direction: Egress
         selector:
diff --git a/src/metrics-server/tasks.yaml b/src/metrics-server/tasks.yaml
index 7b0322f84a..eae0223a46 100644
--- a/src/metrics-server/tasks.yaml
+++ b/src/metrics-server/tasks.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ tasks:
 
   - name: e2e-test
     actions:
-      - description: "Run Metrics-Server E2E tests"
+      - description: "Run Metrics Server E2E tests"
+        cmd: |
+            npm ci && npx jest --testPathPattern metrics-server*
+        dir: test/jest
diff --git a/test/jest/metrics-server.spec.ts b/test/jest/metrics-server.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dbfb2b199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jest/metrics-server.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
+ */
+import { describe, test } from "@jest/globals";
+import * as k8s from "@kubernetes/client-node";
+
+const kc = new k8s.KubeConfig();
+kc.loadFromDefault();
+
+const k8sApi = kc.makeApiClient(k8s.CoreV1Api);
+const metricsClient = new k8s.Metrics(kc);
+
+describe("Metrics Server", () => {
+  test("metrics-server should return node metrics", async () => {
+    const response = await metricsClient.getNodeMetrics();
+    expect(response.items.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  test("metrics-server should return pod metrics", async () => {
+    const response = await metricsClient.getPodMetrics();
+    expect(response.items.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});