diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2935936cf..0f42e7ea4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## [master](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/master) (N/A)
 - (Bugfix) Fix arangosync members state inspection
 - (Feature) (ACS) Improve Reconciliation Loop
+- (Bugfix) Allow missing Monitoring CRD
 
 ## [1.2.12](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.12) (2022-05-10)
 - (Feature) Add CoreV1 Endpoints Inspector
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/deployment.go b/pkg/deployment/deployment.go
index 52baba813..99919ef1d 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/k8sutil"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/kclient"
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/trigger"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 )
 
 // Config holds configuration settings for a Deployment
@@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ func (d *Deployment) lookForServiceMonitorCRD() {
 	var err error
 	if d.GetScope().IsNamespaced() {
 		_, err = d.currentState.ServiceMonitor().V1()
-		if apierrors.IsForbidden(err) {
+		if k8sutil.IsForbiddenOrNotFound(err) {
 			return
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/resources/annotations.go b/pkg/deployment/resources/annotations.go
index 1f3b077e8..1478c7464 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/resources/annotations.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/resources/annotations.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	policy "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ func ensurePvcsAnnotations(patch PatchFunc, cachedStatus inspectorInterface.Insp
 func ensureServiceMonitorsAnnotations(patch PatchFunc, cachedStatus inspectorInterface.Inspector, kind, name, namespace string, spec api.DeploymentSpec) error {
 	i, err := cachedStatus.ServiceMonitor().V1()
 	if err != nil {
-		if apierrors.IsForbidden(err) {
+		if k8sutil.IsForbiddenOrNotFound(err) {
 			return nil
 		}
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/resources/labels.go b/pkg/deployment/resources/labels.go
index 163520be1..9dffd976f 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/resources/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/resources/labels.go
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/globals"
 
 	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/errors"
+	"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/k8sutil"
 	inspectorInterface "github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/util/k8sutil/inspector"
 	monitoring "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	policy "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 )
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (r *Resources) EnsureServiceMonitorsLabels(ctx context.Context, cachedStatu
 	changed := false
 	i, err := cachedStatus.ServiceMonitor().V1()
 	if err != nil {
-		if apierrors.IsForbidden(err) {
+		if k8sutil.IsForbiddenOrNotFound(err) {
 			return nil
 		}
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/util/k8sutil/errors.go b/pkg/util/k8sutil/errors.go
index 496aa44ad..291c6db7a 100644
--- a/pkg/util/k8sutil/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/util/k8sutil/errors.go
@@ -48,3 +48,7 @@ func IsNotFound(err error) bool {
 func IsInvalid(err error) bool {
 	return apierrors.IsInvalid(errors.Cause(err))
 }
+
+func IsForbiddenOrNotFound(err error) bool {
+	return apierrors.IsNotFound(err) || apierrors.IsForbidden(err)
+}