diff --git a/templates/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/templates/prometheus/prometheus.yml
index d315d83..5072be8 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+++ b/templates/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ scrape_configs:
     # scheme defaults to 'http' enable https in case your application is server via https
     #scheme: https
     # basic auth is not needed by default. See https://www.jhipster.tech/monitoring/#configuring-metrics-forwarding for details
-    #basic_auth:
-    # username: prometheus
-    # password: 
+    basic_auth:
+       username: prometheus
+       password: 
     metrics_path: /management/prometheus
     static_configs:
       - targets: