diff --git a/k8s/release/deployment.yaml b/k8s/release/deployment.yaml
index 9ec41eff..22f816f0 100644
--- a/k8s/release/deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/release/deployment.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: spring-boot-app
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "8080"
+        prometheus.io/path: /actuator/prometheus
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: spring-boot-app
diff --git a/k8s/release/monitoring.yaml b/k8s/release/monitoring.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 246b9940..00000000
--- a/k8s/release/monitoring.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
-kind: ServiceMonitor
-metadata:
-  name: spring-boot-app-monitor
-  namespace: monitoring
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: spring-boot-app
-  namespaceSelector:
-    matchNames:
-      - grass-diary-backend-release
-  endpoints:
-    - port: 80
-      path: /actuator/prometheus
-      interval: 15s