diff --git a/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/defaults/main.yml b/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/defaults/main.yml
index ad0d1bc09519c82c10bdcb0f940f4a34825e45b3..cf89a47542ff418b273b6ecae09d9ddf9f9a967d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/defaults/main.yml
@@ -269,3 +269,5 @@ service_health_checks:
     targets: "http://learner-service.{{ namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:9000/health"
 
 api_response_upward_trend_threshold: 0.3
+
+kafka_exporter_image_tag: v1.3.0
diff --git a/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/ingestion-kafka-exporter.yaml b/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/ingestion-kafka-exporter.yaml
index 7ddffd74eee7c69a523367af70b6fceda10785ca..2956b3976f4b2ad1d9f79626ceb65727f843cde2 100644
--- a/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/ingestion-kafka-exporter.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/ingestion-kafka-exporter.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ kafkaExporter:
   additionalFlags:
     - --use.consumelag.zookeeper
 
+image:
+  repository: danielqsj/kafka-exporter
+  tag: "{{ kafka_exporter_image_tag }}" 
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
 prometheus:
   serviceMonitor:
     enabled: true
diff --git a/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/processing-kafka-exporter.yaml b/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/processing-kafka-exporter.yaml
index 69d64410b6eb2f37d5c0cc549e9b58f70ad1cfc0..1f03467f347fd8814b43fc62dd64dd8eb28ea950 100644
--- a/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/processing-kafka-exporter.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/ansible/roles/sunbird-monitoring/templates/processing-kafka-exporter.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ kafkaExporter:
   additionalFlags:
     - --use.consumelag.zookeeper
 
+image:
+  repository: danielqsj/kafka-exporter
+  tag: "{{ kafka_exporter_image_tag }}"
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
 prometheus:
   serviceMonitor:
     enabled: true