diff --git a/autogen/safer-cluster/main.tf.tmpl b/autogen/safer-cluster/main.tf.tmpl
index 3146875d47..9437a38c46 100644
--- a/autogen/safer-cluster/main.tf.tmpl
+++ b/autogen/safer-cluster/main.tf.tmpl
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ module "gke" {
   monitoring_service = var.monitoring_service
 
   monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus = var.monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus
+  monitoring_enable_observability_metrics = var.monitoring_enable_observability_metrics
 
   // We never use the default service account for the cluster. The default
   // project/editor permissions can create problems if nodes were to be ever
diff --git a/autogen/safer-cluster/variables.tf.tmpl b/autogen/safer-cluster/variables.tf.tmpl
index 0f21e99a4e..2d74af0246 100644
--- a/autogen/safer-cluster/variables.tf.tmpl
+++ b/autogen/safer-cluster/variables.tf.tmpl
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ variable "monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "monitoring_enable_observability_metrics" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Whether or not the advanced datapath metrics are enabled."
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "grant_registry_access" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Grants created cluster-specific service account storage.objectViewer role."
diff --git a/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/README.md b/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/README.md
index 8aa383cec1..49d9d43d12 100644
--- a/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/README.md
+++ b/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/README.md
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ For simplicity, we suggest using `roles/container.admin` and
 | master\_authorized\_networks | List of master authorized networks. If none are provided, disallow external access (except the cluster node IPs, which GKE automatically whitelists). | `list(object({ cidr_block = string, display_name = string }))` | `[]` | no |
 | master\_ipv4\_cidr\_block | The IP range in CIDR notation to use for the hosted master network | `string` | `"10.0.0.0/28"` | no |
 | monitoring\_enable\_managed\_prometheus | (Beta) Configuration for Managed Service for Prometheus. Whether or not the managed collection is enabled. | `bool` | `false` | no |
+| monitoring\_enable\_observability\_metrics | Whether or not the advanced datapath metrics are enabled. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | monitoring\_service | The monitoring service that the cluster should write metrics to. Automatically send metrics from pods in the cluster to the Google Cloud Monitoring API. VM metrics will be collected by Google Compute Engine regardless of this setting Available options include monitoring.googleapis.com, monitoring.googleapis.com/kubernetes (beta) and none | `string` | `"monitoring.googleapis.com/kubernetes"` | no |
 | name | The name of the cluster | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | network | The VPC network to host the cluster in | `string` | n/a | yes |
diff --git a/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/main.tf b/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/main.tf
index 3da128f44e..97adc08a4c 100644
--- a/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/main.tf
+++ b/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/main.tf
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ module "gke" {
   logging_service    = var.logging_service
   monitoring_service = var.monitoring_service
 
-  monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus = var.monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus
+  monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus    = var.monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus
+  monitoring_enable_observability_metrics = var.monitoring_enable_observability_metrics
 
   // We never use the default service account for the cluster. The default
   // project/editor permissions can create problems if nodes were to be ever
diff --git a/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/variables.tf b/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/variables.tf
index 2b51a97541..8d0a53faf8 100644
--- a/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/safer-cluster-update-variant/variables.tf
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ variable "monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "monitoring_enable_observability_metrics" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Whether or not the advanced datapath metrics are enabled."
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "grant_registry_access" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Grants created cluster-specific service account storage.objectViewer role."
diff --git a/modules/safer-cluster/README.md b/modules/safer-cluster/README.md
index 8aa383cec1..49d9d43d12 100644
--- a/modules/safer-cluster/README.md
+++ b/modules/safer-cluster/README.md
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ For simplicity, we suggest using `roles/container.admin` and
 | master\_authorized\_networks | List of master authorized networks. If none are provided, disallow external access (except the cluster node IPs, which GKE automatically whitelists). | `list(object({ cidr_block = string, display_name = string }))` | `[]` | no |
 | master\_ipv4\_cidr\_block | The IP range in CIDR notation to use for the hosted master network | `string` | `"10.0.0.0/28"` | no |
 | monitoring\_enable\_managed\_prometheus | (Beta) Configuration for Managed Service for Prometheus. Whether or not the managed collection is enabled. | `bool` | `false` | no |
+| monitoring\_enable\_observability\_metrics | Whether or not the advanced datapath metrics are enabled. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | monitoring\_service | The monitoring service that the cluster should write metrics to. Automatically send metrics from pods in the cluster to the Google Cloud Monitoring API. VM metrics will be collected by Google Compute Engine regardless of this setting Available options include monitoring.googleapis.com, monitoring.googleapis.com/kubernetes (beta) and none | `string` | `"monitoring.googleapis.com/kubernetes"` | no |
 | name | The name of the cluster | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | network | The VPC network to host the cluster in | `string` | n/a | yes |
diff --git a/modules/safer-cluster/main.tf b/modules/safer-cluster/main.tf
index 67a3a54ed4..9ec5622fc8 100644
--- a/modules/safer-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/modules/safer-cluster/main.tf
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ module "gke" {
   logging_service    = var.logging_service
   monitoring_service = var.monitoring_service
 
-  monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus = var.monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus
+  monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus    = var.monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus
+  monitoring_enable_observability_metrics = var.monitoring_enable_observability_metrics
 
   // We never use the default service account for the cluster. The default
   // project/editor permissions can create problems if nodes were to be ever
diff --git a/modules/safer-cluster/variables.tf b/modules/safer-cluster/variables.tf
index 2b51a97541..8d0a53faf8 100644
--- a/modules/safer-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/safer-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ variable "monitoring_enable_managed_prometheus" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "monitoring_enable_observability_metrics" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "Whether or not the advanced datapath metrics are enabled."
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "grant_registry_access" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Grants created cluster-specific service account storage.objectViewer role."