diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Deployment-directus.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Deployment-directus.yaml
index 1861c0b75..dea48b332 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Deployment-directus.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Deployment-directus.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   key: metric-token
                   name: directus-metric-token
-          image: ghcr.io/directus/directus:11.17.3@sha256:ae6ab737fd04077d295bbefa545cc4aefccc206e3d0120c83812f9b482a8c9a5
+          image: ghcr.io/directus/directus:11.17.4@sha256:eb326f679ae847c0a776f93b972761dc2ebe84980e0b9d274a6bc31cd62809f7
           name: main
           resources:
             requests:
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PodMonitor-directus-valkey.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PodMonitor-directus-valkey.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..500722199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PodMonitor-directus-valkey.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PodMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: directus-valkey
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: valkey-0.9.4
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "9.0.3"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: valkey
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: podmonitor
+spec:
+  podMetricsEndpoints:
+    - port: metrics
+      interval: 30s
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+      - directus
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PrometheusRule-directus-valkey.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PrometheusRule-directus-valkey.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4f7535f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/PrometheusRule-directus-valkey.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: PrometheusRule
+metadata:
+  name: directus-valkey
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: valkey-0.9.4
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "9.0.3"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: valkey
+spec:
+  groups:
+    - name: directus-valkey
+      rules:
+        - alert: ValkeyDown
+          annotations:
+            description: Valkey instance {{ $labels.instance }} is down.
+            summary: Valkey instance {{ $labels.instance }} down
+          expr: |
+            redis_up{service="directus-valkey-metrics"} == 0
+          for: 2m
+          labels:
+            severity: error
+        - alert: ValkeyMemoryHigh
+          annotations:
+            description: |
+              Valkey instance {{ $labels.instance }} is using {{ $value }}% of its available memory.
+            summary: Valkey instance {{ $labels.instance }} is using too much memory
+          expr: |
+            redis_memory_used_bytes{service="directus-valkey-metrics"} * 100
+            /
+            redis_memory_max_bytes{service="directus-valkey-metrics"}
+            > 90 <= 100
+          for: 2m
+          labels:
+            severity: error
+        - alert: ValkeyKeyEviction
+          annotations:
+            description: |
+              Valkey instance {{ $labels.instance }} has evicted {{ $value }} keys in the last 5 minutes.
+            summary: Valkey instance {{ $labels.instance }} has evicted keys
+          expr: |
+            increase(redis_evicted_keys_total{service="directus-valkey-metrics"}[5m]) > 0
+          for: 1s
+          labels:
+            severity: error
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Service-directus-valkey-metrics.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Service-directus-valkey-metrics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb9d35d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/Service-directus-valkey-metrics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: directus-valkey-metrics
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: valkey-0.9.4
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "9.0.3"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: valkey
+  annotations:
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  ports:
+    - name: metrics
+      port: 9121
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: metrics
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ServiceMonitor-directus-valkey.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ServiceMonitor-directus-valkey.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56e961fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ServiceMonitor-directus-valkey.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+kind: ServiceMonitor
+metadata:
+  name: directus-valkey
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: valkey-0.9.4
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "9.0.3"
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: valkey
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: service-monitor
+spec:
+  endpoints:
+    - port: metrics
+      interval: 30s
+  namespaceSelector:
+    matchNames:
+      - directus
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: valkey
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: metrics
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/StatefulSet-directus-valkey.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/StatefulSet-directus-valkey.yaml
index 8bcc6729a..12f8d096f 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/StatefulSet-directus-valkey.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/StatefulSet-directus-valkey.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,34 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /data
             - name: valkey-acl
               mountPath: /etc/valkey
+        - name: metrics
+          image: ghcr.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:v1.82.0@sha256:6a97d4dd743b533e1f950c677b87d880e44df363c61af3f406fc9e53ed65ee03
+          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 9121
+          startupProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: metrics
+          livenessProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: metrics
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /
+              port: metrics
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 1m
+              memory: 10M
+          env:
+            - name: REDIS_ALIAS
+              value: directus-valkey
+            - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: directus-valkey-config
+                  key: default
       volumes:
         - name: scripts
           configMap: