diff --git a/src/grafana/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml b/src/grafana/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml
index b99690b5fe..9b8d6a004b 100644
--- a/src/grafana/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml
+++ b/src/grafana/chart/templates/uds-package.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ spec:
       description: Metrics
 
   network:
+    serviceMesh:
+      mode: ambient
     expose:
       - service: grafana
         selector:
diff --git a/test/jest/prometheus.spec.ts b/test/jest/prometheus.spec.ts
index bbb117c0d0..d0bd6332a9 100644
--- a/test/jest/prometheus.spec.ts
+++ b/test/jest/prometheus.spec.ts
@@ -26,17 +26,16 @@ describe("Prometheus and Alertmanager", () => {
   });
 
   test("alert manager should be firing watchdog alert", async () => {
-    // fetch active alerts with alertname="Watchdog"
     const response = await fetch(
-      `${alertmanagerProxy.url}/api/v2/alerts/groups?filter=alertname%3D%22Watchdog%22&silenced=false&inhibited=false&active=true`,
+      `${alertmanagerProxy.url}/api/v2/alerts`
     );
-    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
 
-    const body = (await response.json()) as {
-      alerts: Array<{ status: { state: string } }>;
-    }[];
-    expect(body[0]).toBeDefined();
-    expect(body[0].alerts[0].status.state).toEqual("active");
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
+    const body = (await response.json()) as Array<{ labels: { alertname: string }; status: { state: string } }>;
+
+    expect(body.some(
+      alert => alert.labels.alertname === "Watchdog" && alert.status.state === "active"
+    )).toBe(true);
   });
 
   test("prometheus web ui should be responsive via the internal service address", async () => {