diff --git a/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml b/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
index 0fc82829a..70ce8385f 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ prometheus_static_targets_files:
   - prometheus/targets/*.json
 
 prometheus_scrape_config_files:
-  - prometheus/targets/*.yml
-  - prometheus/targets/*.json
+  - prometheus/scrapes/*.yml
+  - prometheus/scrapes/*.json
 
 # yamllint disable rule:line-length
 prometheus_alert_rules:  # noqa yaml[line-length]  # noqa line-length
diff --git a/roles/prometheus/templates/prometheus.yml.j2 b/roles/prometheus/templates/prometheus.yml.j2
index a49d47e34..63dc1bdcb 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus/templates/prometheus.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/prometheus/templates/prometheus.yml.j2
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ scrape_configs:
 {% if prometheus_version is version('2.43.0', '>=') %}
 {% if prometheus_scrape_config_files != [] %}
 scrape_config_files:
-  - scrapes/*
+  {{ prometheus_scrape_config_files | to_nice_yaml(indent=2,sort_keys=False) | indent(2,False) }}
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}