diff --git a/operations/external-db.yml b/operations/external-db.yml
index 7e2a43ae6a..f3f926d024 100644
--- a/operations/external-db.yml
+++ b/operations/external-db.yml
@@ -129,3 +129,10 @@
 - type: replace
   path: /instance_groups/name=metricsforwarder/jobs/name=metricsforwarder/properties/autoscaler/storedprocedure_db_connection_config?
   value: *databaseConnectionConfig
+
+- type: replace
+  path: /instance_groups/name=metricsforwarder/jobs/name=metricsforwarder/properties/autoscaler/binding_db
+  value: *external_database
+- type: replace
+  path: /instance_groups/name=metricsforwarder/jobs/name=metricsforwarder/properties/autoscaler/binding_db_connection_config?
+  value: *databaseConnectionConfig
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