diff --git a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 87da1e136..d11c2ba88 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ yq_version: "{{ (yq_checksums['amd64'] | dict2items)[0].key }}"
 gateway_api_version: "1.2.1"
 gateway_api_channel: "standard"
 
+prometheus_operator_crds_version: "{{ (prometheus_operator_crds_checksums.no_arch | dict2items)[0].key }}"
+
 github_url: https://github.com
 dl_k8s_io_url: https://dl.k8s.io
 storage_googleapis_url: https://storage.googleapis.com
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ skopeo_download_url: "{{ github_url }}/lework/skopeo-binary/releases/download/v{
 yq_download_url: "{{ github_url }}/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v{{ yq_version }}/yq_linux_{{ image_arch }}"
 argocd_install_url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v{{ argocd_version }}/manifests/install.yaml"
 gateway_api_crds_download_url: "{{ github_url }}/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/download/v{{ gateway_api_version }}/{{ gateway_api_channel }}-install.yaml"
+prometheus_operator_crds_download_url: "{{ github_url }}/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/releases/download/v{{ prometheus_operator_crds_version }}/stripped-down-crds.yaml"
 
 etcd_binary_checksum: "{{ etcd_binary_checksums[image_arch][etcd_version] }}"
 cni_binary_checksum: "{{ cni_binary_checksums[image_arch][cni_version] }}"
@@ -975,6 +978,18 @@ downloads:
     groups:
       - kube_control_plane
 
+  prometheus_operator_crds:
+    enabled: "{{ prometheus_operator_crds_enabled }}"
+    file: true
+    version: "{{ prometheus_operator_crds_version }}"
+    dest: "{{ local_release_dir }}/prometheus-operator-crds.yaml"
+    checksum: "{{ prometheus_operator_crds_checksums.no_arch[prometheus_operator_crds_version] }}"
+    url: "{{ prometheus_operator_crds_download_url }}"
+    owner: "root"
+    mode: "0755"
+    groups:
+      - kube_control_plane
+
   csi_attacher:
     enabled: "{{ cinder_csi_enabled or aws_ebs_csi_enabled }}"
     container: true
diff --git a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
index 1ecbcc5ae..b6795ff40 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray_defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ metallb_enabled: false
 metallb_speaker_enabled: "{{ metallb_enabled }}"
 argocd_enabled: false
 gateway_api_enabled: false
+prometheus_operator_crds_enabled: false
 
 ## When OpenStack is used, Cinder version can be explicitly specified if autodetection fails (Fixed in 1.9: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/50461)
 # openstack_blockstorage_version: "v1/v2/auto (default)"
diff --git a/roles/kubespray_defaults/vars/main/checksums.yml b/roles/kubespray_defaults/vars/main/checksums.yml
index 241d8848c..2aaf0c4c6 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray_defaults/vars/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray_defaults/vars/main/checksums.yml
@@ -1528,6 +1528,9 @@ gateway_api_experimental_crds_checksums:
     1.2.0: sha256:4369188e63b9ab5a35b5a83032c94d871159dece086b908b6ea18ea321ca06a9
     1.1.0: sha256:10f322744a005d4e73e2b067e95fecd4cfec619dc7564930b488c296bfa3bec1
     1.0.0: sha256:6c601dced7872a940d76fa667ae126ba718cb4c6db970d0bab49128ecc1192a3
+prometheus_operator_crds_checksums:
+  no_arch:
+    0.84.0: sha256:8990f6837ccff4461df9abe19d31d532fef11386d85d861b392249fff2502255
 argocd_install_checksums:
   no_arch:
     2.14.15: sha256:0368b8a0adbb673408f2cc2367302ad1068d12cd9ab17cf6680bcb5fdba7c381