diff --git a/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/Chart.yaml
index 2e5047d0b6c6..c6a759c6d8a8 100644
--- a/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/Chart.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ name: kube-prometheus-stack
 sources:
   - https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts
   - https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus
-version: 51.1.1
+version: 51.2.0
 appVersion: v0.68.0
 kubeVersion: ">=1.19.0-0"
 home: https://github.com/prometheus-operator/kube-prometheus
diff --git a/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/templates/exporters/kubelet/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/templates/exporters/kubelet/servicemonitor.yaml
index 10de33955e2b..e5ad637ebba1 100644
--- a/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/templates/exporters/kubelet/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/templates/exporters/kubelet/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ metadata:
 {{- include "kube-prometheus-stack.labels" . | indent 4 }}
 spec:
   {{- include "servicemonitor.scrapeLimits" .Values.kubelet.serviceMonitor | nindent 2 }}
+  {{- with .Values.kubelet.serviceMonitor.attachMetadata }}
+  attachMetadata:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
   endpoints:
   {{- if .Values.kubelet.serviceMonitor.https }}
   - port: https-metrics
diff --git a/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/values.yaml b/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/values.yaml
index ea152cf71594..2ad07b069cb6 100644
--- a/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-prometheus-stack/values.yaml
@@ -1150,6 +1150,11 @@ kubelet:
   namespace: kube-system
 
   serviceMonitor:
+    ## Attach metadata to discovered targets. Requires Prometheus v2.45 for endpoints created by the operator.
+    ##
+    attachMetadata:
+      node: false
+
     ## Scrape interval. If not set, the Prometheus default scrape interval is used.
     ##
     interval: ""