diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index 6a818c3c..e69ad916 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 		caCertDir            string
 		globalPullSecret     string
 	)
-	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
+	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":7443", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&pprofAddr, "pprof-bind-address", "0", "The address the pprof endpoint binds to. an empty string or 0 disables pprof")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", false,
diff --git a/config/base/manager/manager.yaml b/config/base/manager/manager.yaml
index a4d7b776..77af33fd 100644
--- a/config/base/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/base/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spec:
         - ./manager
         args:
         - --leader-elect
-        - --metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080
+        - --metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:7443
         - --external-address=catalogd-service.olmv1-system.svc
         image: controller:latest
         name: manager