diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/resources/config/application.properties b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/resources/config/application.properties
index 78a07f2..7258b7b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/resources/config/application.properties
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-resources/resources/config/application.properties
@@ -104,3 +104,7 @@
 schema.service.ssl.key-store-password=${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}
 schema.service.ssl.trust-store-password=${TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD}
 {{ end }}
+
+#to expose the Prometheus scraping endpoint
+management.metrics.distribution.percentiles-histogram[http.server.requests]=true
+management.metrics.distribution.sla[http.server.requests]=20ms, 30ms, 40ms, 50ms, 60ms, 70ms, 80ms, 90ms, 100ms, 500ms, 1000ms, 5000ms, 7000ms
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