diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cc25bf6..c532965 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hoprd_operator"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "base64",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e57235..e65f240 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hoprd_operator"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 authors = ["HOPR Association <tech@hoprnet.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
diff --git a/src/constants.rs b/src/constants.rs
index 2bb2752..51ba9b4 100644
--- a/src/constants.rs
+++ b/src/constants.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub const IDENTITY_POOL_WALLET_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY_REF_KEY: &str = "DEPLOYER_PR
 pub const IDENTITY_POOL_WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY_REF_KEY: &str = "PRIVATE_KEY";
 pub const IDENTITY_POOL_IDENTITY_PASSWORD_REF_KEY: &str = "IDENTITY_PASSWORD";
 pub const IDENTITY_POOL_API_TOKEN_REF_KEY: &str = "HOPRD_API_TOKEN";
-pub const IDENTITY_POOL_METRICS_PASSWORD_REF_KEY: &str = "METRICS_PASSWORD";
 
 // Annotations
 pub const ANNOTATION_LAST_CONFIGURATION: &str = "kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration";
diff --git a/src/hoprd/hoprd_deployment_spec.rs b/src/hoprd/hoprd_deployment_spec.rs
index ebfc081..75a00c2 100644
--- a/src/hoprd/hoprd_deployment_spec.rs
+++ b/src/hoprd/hoprd_deployment_spec.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl Default for HoprdDeploymentSpec {
         let mut limits: BTreeMap<String, Quantity> = BTreeMap::new();
         let mut requests: BTreeMap<String, Quantity> = BTreeMap::new();
         limits.insert("cpu".to_owned(), Quantity("1500m".to_owned()));
-        limits.insert("memory".to_owned(), Quantity("3Gi".to_owned()));
+        limits.insert("memory".to_owned(), Quantity("2Gi".to_owned()));
         requests.insert("cpu".to_owned(), Quantity("750m".to_owned()));
         requests.insert("memory".to_owned(), Quantity("512Mi".to_owned()));
         let resources_spec = serde_yaml::to_string(&ResourceRequirements {
diff --git a/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs b/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs
index a4b7cdb..007d6b0 100644
--- a/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs
+++ b/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_resource.rs
@@ -587,8 +587,7 @@ impl IdentityPool {
             if let Some(wallet_data) = wallet.data {
                 if wallet_data.contains_key(constants::IDENTITY_POOL_WALLET_DEPLOYER_PRIVATE_KEY_REF_KEY) && 
                     wallet_data.contains_key(constants::IDENTITY_POOL_IDENTITY_PASSWORD_REF_KEY) && 
-                    wallet_data.contains_key(constants::IDENTITY_POOL_API_TOKEN_REF_KEY) && 
-                    wallet_data.contains_key(constants::IDENTITY_POOL_METRICS_PASSWORD_REF_KEY) 
+                    wallet_data.contains_key(constants::IDENTITY_POOL_API_TOKEN_REF_KEY)
                 {
                     Ok(true)
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_service_monitor.rs b/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_service_monitor.rs
index d61986a..65af004 100644
--- a/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_service_monitor.rs
+++ b/src/identity_pool/identity_pool_service_monitor.rs
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::context_data::ContextData;
 use crate::servicemonitor::{
-    ServiceMonitorEndpoints, ServiceMonitorEndpointsBasicAuth,
-    ServiceMonitorEndpointsBasicAuthPassword, ServiceMonitorEndpointsBasicAuthUsername,
-    ServiceMonitorEndpointsRelabelings, ServiceMonitorEndpointsRelabelingsAction,
-    ServiceMonitorNamespaceSelector, ServiceMonitorSelector, ServiceMonitorSpec,
+    ServiceMonitorEndpoints, ServiceMonitorEndpointsBearerTokenSecret, ServiceMonitorEndpointsRelabelings, ServiceMonitorEndpointsRelabelingsAction, ServiceMonitorNamespaceSelector, ServiceMonitorSelector, ServiceMonitorSpec
 };
 use crate::{constants, servicemonitor::ServiceMonitor};
 
@@ -38,21 +35,14 @@ pub async fn create_service_monitor(context_data: Arc<ContextData>, name: &str,
                 interval: Some("15s".to_owned()),
                 path: Some("/api/v3/node/metrics".to_owned()),
                 port: Some("api".to_owned()),
-                basic_auth: Some(ServiceMonitorEndpointsBasicAuth {
-                    username: Some(ServiceMonitorEndpointsBasicAuthUsername {
-                        key: constants::IDENTITY_POOL_API_TOKEN_REF_KEY.to_owned(),
-                        name: Some(secret_name.to_owned()),
-                        optional: Some(false),
-                    }),
-                    password: Some(ServiceMonitorEndpointsBasicAuthPassword {
-                        key: constants::IDENTITY_POOL_METRICS_PASSWORD_REF_KEY.to_owned(),
-                        name: Some(secret_name.to_owned()),
-                        optional: Some(false),
-                    }),
-                }),
+                basic_auth: None,
                 authorization: None,
                 bearer_token_file: None,
-                bearer_token_secret: None,
+                bearer_token_secret: Some(ServiceMonitorEndpointsBearerTokenSecret{
+                    key: constants::IDENTITY_POOL_API_TOKEN_REF_KEY.to_owned(),
+                    name: Some(secret_name.to_owned()),
+                    optional: Some(false),
+                }),
                 follow_redirects: None,
                 honor_labels: None,
                 honor_timestamps: None,