diff --git a/apps/prod/kafka/clusters/kustomization.yaml b/apps/prod/kafka/clusters/kustomization.yaml
index 703029d5f..aad6985ee 100644
--- a/apps/prod/kafka/clusters/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/prod/kafka/clusters/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
-namespace: kafka-operator
+namespace: kafka
 resources:
   - cd/cluster.yaml
   - cd/topics.yaml
diff --git a/apps/prod/kafka/operator-release.yaml b/apps/prod/kafka/operator-release.yaml
index 37eb5f096..8ddd9b30f 100644
--- a/apps/prod/kafka/operator-release.yaml
+++ b/apps/prod/kafka/operator-release.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ spec:
   interval: 5m0s
   values:
     replicas: 2
+    watchNamespaces: [kafka]