diff --git a/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus-sso.yaml b/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus-sso.yaml
index d38d81e..0e6e43a 100644
--- a/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus-sso.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus-sso.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,9 @@ spec:
       - CreateNamespace=true
     automated:
       selfHeal: true
+    retry:
+      limit: -1
+      backoff:
+        duration: 15s
+        factor: 1
+        maxDuration: 15s
diff --git a/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus.yaml b/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus.yaml
index 1f5218c..7bcf3ca 100644
--- a/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/monitoring/kube-prometheus.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ spec:
       - ServerSideApply=true  # do not copy metdata, since (because of its large size) it can lead to sync failure
     retry:
       limit: -1
+      backoff:
+        duration: 15s
+        factor: 1
+        maxDuration: 15s
   destination:
     name: in-cluster
     namespace: monitoring