diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/external-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/external-secret.yaml
index f91a7d8c4..c25bd8d55 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/external-secret.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/external-secret.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,29 @@ spec:
         metadataPolicy: None
         property: key
 
+---
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: directus-metric-token
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-metric-token
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  data:
+    - secretKey: metric-token
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /cl01tl/directus/metrics
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: metric-token
+
 ---
 apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
 kind: ExternalSecret
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/service-monitor.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/service-monitor.yaml
index e30f6a1b5..8d26b2857 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/service-monitor.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/templates/service-monitor.yaml
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
 spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: directus
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   endpoints:
     - port: http
       interval: 30s
       scrapeTimeout: 15s
       path: /metrics
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/name: directus
-      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+      bearerTokenSecret:
+        name: directus-metric-token
+        key: metric-token
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml
index b3ce39738..32c4eb47c 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/applications/directus/values.yaml
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ directus:
               value: false
             - name: METRICS_ENABLED
               value: true
+            - name: METRICS_TOKENS
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: directus-metric-token
+                  key: metric-token
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 10m