diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 02f8ce87..23345dd3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o /bin/exporters .
 EXPOSE 8090
 
 
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.3-1361.1699548032
-RUN microdnf update --setopt=install_weak_deps=0 -y && microdnf install -y libcurl-minimal libcurl-devel
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-micro:9.3-9
 
 COPY --from=builder /bin/exporters /bin/exporters
 
diff --git a/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/kustomization.yaml b/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/kustomization.yaml
index 42d0e8eb..f64d8c23 100644
--- a/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
+- prometheus-exporter-service-monitor.yaml
 - prometheus-exporter-service.yaml
 images:
 - name: exporter
diff --git a/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/prometheus-exporter-service-monitor.yaml b/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/prometheus-exporter-service-monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71d217ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/prometheus-exporter-service-monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: metrics-reader
+  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: metrics-reader
+  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/service-account.name: metrics-reader
+type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: exporter-role-metrics-reader
+rules:
+- nonResourceURLs:
+  - /metrics
+  verbs:
+  - get
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: exporter-role-binding-metrics-reader
+  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: exporter-role-metrics-reader
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: metrics-reader
+  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
+---
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: o11y-servicemonitor
+  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
+spec:
+  endpoints:
+  - path: /metrics
+    port: https
+    scheme: https
+    bearerTokenSecret:
+      name: "metrics-reader"
+      key: token
+    tlsConfig:
+      insecureSkipVerify: true
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: grafana-datasource-exporter
diff --git a/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/prometheus-exporter-service.yaml b/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/prometheus-exporter-service.yaml
index d776ab46..c67ba58d 100644
--- a/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/prometheus-exporter-service.yaml
+++ b/config/exporters/monitoring/grafana/base/prometheus-exporter-service.yaml
@@ -32,18 +32,45 @@ roleRef:
   kind: ClusterRole
   name: exporter-cluster-role
 ---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: kube-rbac-proxy
+rules:
+- apiGroups: ["authentication.k8s.io"]
+  resources:
+  - tokenreviews
+  verbs: ["create"]
+- apiGroups: ["authorization.k8s.io"]
+  resources:
+  - subjectaccessreviews
+  verbs: ["create"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: exporter-role-binding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: kube-rbac-proxy
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: exporter-sa
+  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
+---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
-  name: exporter-service
-  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
   labels:
     app: grafana-datasource-exporter
+  name: exporter-service
+  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
 spec:
   ports:
-  - name: http
-    port: 8090
-    targetPort: http
+  - name: https
+    port: 8443
+    targetPort: https
   selector:
     app: grafana-datasource-exporter
 ---
@@ -64,32 +91,36 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: exporter-sa
       containers:
-      - name: grafana-datasource-exporter
-        image: exporter:latest
+      - name: kube-rbac-proxy
+        image: quay.io/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.14.0
+        args:
+        - "--secure-listen-address=0.0.0.0:8443"
+        - "--upstream=http://127.0.0.1:8090/"
+        - "--logtostderr=true"
+        - "--v=10"
         ports:
-        - containerPort: 8090
-          name: http
+        - containerPort: 8443
+          name: https
         resources:
           limits:
             cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
+            memory: 200Mi
           requests:
             cpu: 100m
-            memory: 10Mi
+            memory: 200Mi
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          runAsNonRoot: true
+      - name: exporters
+        image: exporter:latest
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 200Mi
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 200Mi
         securityContext:
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
           runAsNonRoot: true
----
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
-kind: ServiceMonitor
-metadata:
-  name: metrics-reader-test
-  namespace: appstudio-grafana-datasource-exporter
-spec:
-  endpoints:
-  - path: /metrics
-    port: http
-    scheme: http
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: grafana-datasource-exporter
diff --git a/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter.go b/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter.go
index 4491f3f5..f16e517d 100644
--- a/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter.go
+++ b/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter.go
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
-	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const check = "prometheus-appstudio-ds"
+
 var allDataSources = GetDataSources
 
 type CustomCollector struct {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func NewCustomCollector() *CustomCollector {
 			Name: "grafana_ds_up",
 			Help: "Availability of the Konflux default grafana datasource",
 		},
-		[]string{"check"}),
+			[]string{"check"}),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func GetDataSources(grafanaResource map[string]interface{}) ([]string, error) {
 			return []string{}, nil
 		}
 	} else {
-		return nil, errors.New("Error retrieving status key") 
+		return nil, errors.New("Error retrieving status key")
 	}
 	datasourcesIfc := grafanaResource["status"].(map[string]any)["datasources"].([]interface{})
 	datasources := make([]string, len(datasourcesIfc))
diff --git a/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter_test.go b/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter_test.go
index 07ecb35b..385ba2c3 100644
--- a/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter_test.go
+++ b/exporters/dsexporter/dsexporter_test.go
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"testing"
-	"reflect"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 )
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestGetGrafanaResource(t *testing.T) {
 		Host: server.URL,
 	}
 	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
-	if(err != nil) {
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error: %v", err)
 	}
 	result, errB := GetGrafanaResource(clientset)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestGetDataSources(t *testing.T) {
 
 	expectedResult = []string{}
 	result, _ = GetDataSources(grafanaRes)
-	
+
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, expectedResult) {
 		t.Errorf("Test-2 failed, Expected %v, but got %v", expectedResult, result)
 	}