diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index f945a9e56bfebc7e228d215a52a41e76430ba9d6..0069acb5e2f488df8507e8163483434853546cf9 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
             containerLabel: container_name
           memory:
             containerQuery: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD",container_name!="",pod_name!=""}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
-            nodeQuery: sum(node:node_memory_bytes_total:sum{<<.LabelMatchers>>} - node:node_memory_bytes_available:sum{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+            nodeQuery: sum(node_memory_MemTotal_bytes{job="node-exporter",<<.LabelMatchers>>} - node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes{job="node-exporter",<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
             resources:
               overrides:
                 node:
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml b/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml
index 15434fc5ec8df846ed11c9342fad5e8b75c4b2a4..d709b1e2760000a02ef1225c91aefe200b7f214e 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ data:
         containerLabel: container_name
       memory:
         containerQuery: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD",container_name!="",pod_name!=""}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
-        nodeQuery: sum(node:node_memory_bytes_total:sum{<<.LabelMatchers>>} - node:node_memory_bytes_available:sum{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+        nodeQuery: sum(node_memory_MemTotal_bytes{job="node-exporter",<<.LabelMatchers>>} - node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes{job="node-exporter",<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
         resources:
           overrides:
             node: