diff --git a/Documentation/Storage-Configuration/Monitoring/ceph-monitoring.md b/Documentation/Storage-Configuration/Monitoring/ceph-monitoring.md
index 7cb6e352ff07..46e809673735 100644
--- a/Documentation/Storage-Configuration/Monitoring/ceph-monitoring.md
+++ b/Documentation/Storage-Configuration/Monitoring/ceph-monitoring.md
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ First the Prometheus operator needs to be started in the cluster so it can watch
 A full explanation can be found in the [Prometheus operator repository on GitHub](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator), but the quick instructions can be found here:
 
 ```console
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.40.0/bundle.yaml
+kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.71.1/bundle.yaml
 ```
+!!! note
+    If the Prometheus Operator is already present in your cluster, the command provided above may fail. For a detailed explanation of the issue and a workaround, please refer to [this issue](https://github.com/rook/rook/issues/13459).
+
 
 This will start the Prometheus operator, but before moving on, wait until the operator is in the `Running` state:
 
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ To clean up all the artifacts created by the monitoring walk-through, copy/paste
 kubectl delete -f service-monitor.yaml
 kubectl delete -f prometheus.yaml
 kubectl delete -f prometheus-service.yaml
-kubectl delete -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.40.0/bundle.yaml
+kubectl delete -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.71.1/bundle.yaml
 ```
 
 Then the rest of the instructions in the [Prometheus Operator docs](https://github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator#removal) can be followed to finish cleaning up.
diff --git a/tests/framework/installer/ceph_installer.go b/tests/framework/installer/ceph_installer.go
index 525f99d025d4..680925465974 100644
--- a/tests/framework/installer/ceph_installer.go
+++ b/tests/framework/installer/ceph_installer.go
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ func (h *CephInstaller) InstallRook() (bool, error) {
 
 	if h.settings.UseHelm {
 		// Install Prometheus so we can create the prometheus rules
-		args := []string{"apply", "-f", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.40.0/bundle.yaml"}
+		args := []string{"create", "-f", "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.71.1/bundle.yaml"}
 		_, err = h.k8shelper.MakeContext().Executor.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("kubectl", args...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to install prometheus")
diff --git a/tests/scripts/auto-grow-storage.sh b/tests/scripts/auto-grow-storage.sh
index 8871af059f36..38d5aa87030b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/auto-grow-storage.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/auto-grow-storage.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function growOSD(){
 function creatingPrerequisites(){
    echo "creating Prerequisites deployments - Prometheus Operator and Prometheus Instances"
    # creating Prometheus operator
-   kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.40.0/bundle.yaml
+   kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.71.1/bundle.yaml
    # waiting for Prometheus operator to get ready
    timeout 30 sh -c "until [ $(kubectl get pod -l app.kubernetes.'io/name'=prometheus-operator -o json | jq -r '.items[0].status.phase') = Running ]; do echo 'waiting for prometheus-operator to get created' && sleep 1; done"
    # creating a service monitor that will watch the Rook cluster and collect metrics regularly
diff --git a/tests/scripts/create-dev-cluster.sh b/tests/scripts/create-dev-cluster.sh
index 3809c84b3ea9..cead784ce4ff 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/create-dev-cluster.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/create-dev-cluster.sh
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ enable_rook_orchestrator() {
 
 enable_monitoring() {
     echo "Enabling monitoring"
-    $KUBECTL apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.40.0/bundle.yaml
+    $KUBECTL create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.71.1/bundle.yaml
     $KUBECTL wait --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=prometheus-operator --timeout=30s
     $KUBECTL apply -f monitoring/rbac.yaml
     $KUBECTL apply -f monitoring/service-monitor.yaml
diff --git a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
index faf23f116083..9af42bae4b99 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ function deploy_cluster() {
   fi
   # enable monitoring
   yq w -i -d0 cluster-test.yaml spec.monitoring.enabled true
-  kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.40.0/bundle.yaml
+  kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/v0.71.1/bundle.yaml
   kubectl create -f monitoring/rbac.yaml
 
   # create the cluster resources