diff --git a/chart/templates/nexus-repository-manager/values.yaml b/chart/templates/nexus-repository-manager/values.yaml
index 9dd5114563937af5f5db45f78b9cb5de6c5accc2..210f110adf7a38d2dc3515e01e15a280bb037e2d 100644
--- a/chart/templates/nexus-repository-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/nexus-repository-manager/values.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ job_image:
   
 monitoring:
   enabled: {{ .Values.monitoring.enabled }}
+  {{- if and .Values.istio.enabled (eq (dig "istio" "mtls" "mode" "STRICT" .Values.addons.velero.values) "STRICT") }}
+  serviceMonitor:
+    scheme: https
+    tlsConfig:
+      caFile: /etc/prom-certs/root-cert.pem
+      certFile: /etc/prom-certs/cert-chain.pem
+      keyFile: /etc/prom-certs/key.pem
+      insecureSkipVerify: true  # Prometheus does not support Istio security naming, thus skip verifying target
+  {{- end }}
 
 networkPolicies:
   enabled: {{ .Values.networkPolicies.enabled }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index ffb0e4e61aa36b066566afd3dedc526bc31ef423..9bfde28e4c688d529e49f838da9061ea4ca47728 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ addons:
     git:
       repo: https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/apps/developer-tools/nexus.git
       path: "./chart"
-      tag: "42.0.0-bb.2"
+      tag: "42.0.0-bb.3"
 
     # -- Base64 encoded license file.
     license_key: ""