diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus.libsonnet
index 3b85906d534be71442b8ccbb7eb7c0f6f685ee48..f72f19f9cfa2e96c0f53146fb0ead8d6fe7c029f 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus.libsonnet
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ function(params) {
     apiVersion: 'v1',
     kind: 'ServiceAccount',
     metadata: p._metadata,
-    automountServiceAccountToken: false,
+    automountServiceAccountToken: true,
   },
 
   service: {
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus-serviceAccount.yaml b/manifests/prometheus-serviceAccount.yaml
index 275ffb0ada216bb0fdd2b1604fe652dcd6b27f42..580e309da1faa067a28fb688156b2279ef17d973 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus-serviceAccount.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus-serviceAccount.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v1
-automountServiceAccountToken: false
+automountServiceAccountToken: true
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   labels: