diff --git a/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml
index 1939f6c7e4b8..ed11822b387b 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ appVersion: "v1.7.0"
 description: A Helm chart to export the metrics from Kafka in Prometheus format using the kafka-exporter from https://github.com/danielqsj/kafka_exporter
 name: prometheus-kafka-exporter
 home: https://github.com/danielqsj/kafka_exporter
-version: 2.9.0
+version: 2.10.0
 kubeVersion: ">=1.19.0-0"
 sources:
   - https://gkarthiks.github.io/helm-charts/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index 73d2399f1458..6060dd74e774 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{- if .Values.prometheus.serviceMonitor.enabled }}
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+apiVersion: {{ .Values.prometheus.serviceMonitor.apiVersion }}
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "prometheus-kafka-exporter.fullname" . }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/values.yaml
index fa9768393acb..3c522b4e898e 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-kafka-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ prometheus:
   serviceMonitor:
     enabled: false
     namespace: monitoring
+    apiVersion: "monitoring.coreos.com/v1"
     interval: "30s"
     # If serviceMonitor is enabled and you want prometheus to automatically register
     # target using serviceMonitor, add additionalLabels with prometheus release name