diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml
index 94a59fc30064..a8cab66c58a6 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: A Helm chart for prometheus mysql exporter with cloudsqlproxy
 name: prometheus-mysql-exporter
-version: 2.0.0
+version: 2.1.0
 home: https://github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter
 appVersion: v0.15.0
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 6b23984296f3..1428208b4bcc 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ Secret key for config
 {{- end -}}
 */}}
 
+{{/*
+Define overriding namespace
+*/}}
+{{- define "prometheus-mysql-exporter.namespace" -}}
+  {{- if .Values.namespaceOverride -}}
+    {{- .Values.namespaceOverride -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- .Release.Namespace -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/*
 CloudSqlProxy Workload Identity Service Account Annotation
 */}}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7a99a0464553..d83c9b3bb007 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.namespace" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-config.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-config.yaml
index be4652ba8c9b..2a0528e8c8f2 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-config.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret-config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.secretName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.namespace" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret.yaml
index b10e0ac8de43..cbff3671bf66 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
   name:  {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.cloudsqlsecret" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.namespace" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 type: Opaque
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/service.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/service.yaml
index c0846bfc4a54..afc2b2b283b7 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/service.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.fullname" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.namespace" . }}
   labels:
     {{- include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 {{- if .Values.service.labels }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
index 8c0b53962a96..22859fdd74dd 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  namespace: {{ include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.namespace" . }}
   labels:
     app: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.name" . }}
     chart: {{ template "prometheus-mysql-exporter.chart" . }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index c75010447087..dba2bfdd6359 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   namespaceSelector:
     matchNames:
-    - {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+    - {{ include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.namespace" . }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "prometheus-mysql-exporter.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml
index 6ad9dcd85a7a..b0011bf47b18 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-mysql-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 ## This is a YAML-formatted file.
 ## Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
+## namespaceOverride overrides the namespace which the resources will be deployed in
+namespaceOverride: ""
+
 ## override release name
 fullnameOverride: ""