diff --git a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
index d3994fb918..d908722da7 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
         image: gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.4.0
         args:
         - "--secure-listen-address=0.0.0.0:8443"
-        - "--upstream=http://127.0.0.1:8080/"
+        - "--upstream=http://127.0.0.1:9090/"
         - "--logtostderr=true"
         - "--v=10"
         ports:
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ spec:
           name: https
       - name: manager
         args:
-        - "--metrics-addr=127.0.0.1:8080"
+        - "--metrics-addr=127.0.0.1:9090"
diff --git a/config/default/manager_prometheus_metrics_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_prometheus_metrics_patch.yaml
index 0b96c6813e..14d706aaae 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_prometheus_metrics_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_prometheus_metrics_patch.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ spec:
       # Expose the prometheus metrics on default port
       - name: manager
         ports:
-        - containerPort: 8080
+        - containerPort: 9090
           name: metrics
           protocol: TCP
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 803e84331e..45521e63a9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(
 		&metricsAddr,
 		"metrics-addr",
-		":8080",
+		":9090",
 		"The address the metric endpoint binds to.",
 	)