diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index 010855524..13b54852e 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func main() {
 		caCertDir                 string
 		globalPullSecret          string
 	)
-	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", "", "The address for the metrics endpoint. Requires tls-cert and tls-key. (Default: ':8443')")
+	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", "", "The address for the metrics endpoint. Requires tls-cert and tls-key. (Default: ':8445')")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&caCertDir, "ca-certs-dir", "", "The directory of TLS certificate to use for verifying HTTPS connections to the Catalogd and docker-registry web servers.")
 	flag.StringVar(&certFile, "tls-cert", "", "The certificate file used for the metrics server. Required to enable the metrics server. Requires tls-key.")
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if certFile != "" && keyFile != "" && metricsAddr == "" {
-		metricsAddr = ":8443"
+		metricsAddr = ":8445"
 	}
 
 	ctrl.SetLogger(textlogger.NewLogger(textlogger.NewConfig()))
diff --git a/config/base/manager/manager.yaml b/config/base/manager/manager.yaml
index 12bd673a0..47ffbef64 100644
--- a/config/base/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/base/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ spec:
         - /manager
         args:
         - "--health-probe-bind-address=:8081"
-        - "--metrics-bind-address=:8443"
+        - "--metrics-bind-address=:8445"
         - "--leader-elect"
         image: controller:latest
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/config/base/rbac/auth_proxy_service.yaml b/config/base/rbac/auth_proxy_service.yaml
index 11f4cfc6f..bc2400154 100644
--- a/config/base/rbac/auth_proxy_service.yaml
+++ b/config/base/rbac/auth_proxy_service.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   ports:
   - name: https
-    port: 8443
+    port: 8445
     protocol: TCP
-    targetPort: 8443
+    targetPort: 8445
   selector:
     control-plane: operator-controller-controller-manager
diff --git a/test/e2e/metrics_test.go b/test/e2e/metrics_test.go
index 7d730af7a..1132bb5a3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/metrics_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/metrics_test.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestOperatorControllerMetricsExportedEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, waitErr, "Error waiting for curl pod to be ready: %s", string(waitOutput))
 
 	t.Log("Validating the metrics endpoint")
-	metricsURL := "https://operator-controller-controller-manager-metrics-service." + namespace + ".svc.cluster.local:8443/metrics"
+	metricsURL := "https://operator-controller-controller-manager-metrics-service." + namespace + ".svc.cluster.local:8445/metrics"
 	curlCmd := exec.Command(client, "exec", curlPod, "-n", namespace, "--",
 		"curl", "-v", "-k", "-H", "Authorization: Bearer "+token, metricsURL)
 	output, err = curlCmd.CombinedOutput()