diff --git a/hack/observability/kube-state-metrics/crd-sidecar-patch.yaml b/hack/observability/kube-state-metrics/crd-sidecar-patch.yaml
index 3690e92f42a3..07e371714eac 100644
--- a/hack/observability/kube-state-metrics/crd-sidecar-patch.yaml
+++ b/hack/observability/kube-state-metrics/crd-sidecar-patch.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ spec:
           value: observability
         - name: SCRIPT
           value: /script/compile.sh
+        - name: HEALTH_PORT
+          value: "18080" # Should not conflict with kube-state-metrics port
         # This image continuously collects config maps with the specified label and
         # updates the configuration for kube-state-metrics using a script.
         image: kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar:latest
@@ -47,4 +49,4 @@ spec:
       - configMap:
           defaultMode: 511
           name: kube-state-metrics-crd-sidecar-script
-        name: compile-script
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+        name: compile-script