diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14f8ca45..46e80a4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+# 18.9
+* Ensure Backward Compatibility for `monitoring.namespace` configuration
+
+# 1.8.8
+* Optional Namespace Configuration for Monitoring ServiceMonitor
+* Separat Namespace Configuration for Monitoring ConfigMaps with `monitoring.grafana.namespace`
+
 # 1.8.7
 * Update Policy Reporter UI to 0.14.0
     * Colored Diagrams
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.lock b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.lock
index d886bbb1..3383610d 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.lock
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: monitoring
   repository: ""
-  version: 1.4.2
+  version: 1.4.3
 - name: ui
   repository: ""
   version: 1.8.5
 - name: kyvernoPlugin
   repository: ""
   version: 0.5.2
-digest: sha256:45f5be3cc338b330f888fed0d004a87fb4b74cb4e95ec7e37f70034297fe7fa2
-generated: "2021-08-20T11:26:42.675672+02:00"
+digest: sha256:aa5a48b7998f791fd06a5ac4cf4127f4f197fa8ca24da01cd384e509faccc4dd
+generated: "2021-08-30T15:13:36.03159+02:00"
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
index 5f66dda7..d4ac080a 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ description: |
   It creates Prometheus Metrics and can send rule validation events to different targets like Loki, Elasticsearch, Slack or Discord
 
 type: application
-version: 1.8.8
+version: 1.8.9
 appVersion: 1.8.5
 
 dependencies:
   - name: monitoring
     condition: monitoring.enabled
     repository: ""
-    version: "1.4.2"
+    version: "1.4.3"
   - name: ui
     condition: ui.enabled
     repository: ""
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/Chart.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/Chart.yaml
index 7557642c..63580178 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ name: monitoring
 description: Policy Reporter Monitoring with predefined ServiceMonitor and Grafana Dashboards
 
 type: application
-version: 1.4.2
+version: 1.4.3
 appVersion: 0.0.0
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 8ff1c704..72551a9d 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -39,4 +39,12 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
 
 {{- define "monitoring.name" -}}
 {{- "monitoring" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "monitoring.namespace" -}}
+{{-  if .Values.grafana.namespace -}}
+{{- .Values.grafana.namespace -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- .Values.namespace -}}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/clusterpolicy-details.dashboard.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/clusterpolicy-details.dashboard.yaml
index cb90ec09..cbb786c2 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/clusterpolicy-details.dashboard.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/clusterpolicy-details.dashboard.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "monitoring.fullname" . }}-clusterpolicy-details-dashboard
-  namespace: {{ .Values.grafana.namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ include "monitoring.namespace" . }}
   annotations:
     {{ .Values.grafana.folder.annotation }}: {{ .Values.grafana.folder.name }}
   labels:
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/overview.dashboard.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/overview.dashboard.yaml
index 48439828..83596194 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/overview.dashboard.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/overview.dashboard.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "monitoring.fullname" . }}-overview-dashboard
-  namespace: {{ .Values.grafana.namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ include "monitoring.namespace" . }}
   annotations:
     {{ .Values.grafana.folder.annotation }}: {{ .Values.grafana.folder.name }}
   labels:
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/policy-details.dashboard.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/policy-details.dashboard.yaml
index f87d5efd..4a9d0d55 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/policy-details.dashboard.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/templates/policy-details.dashboard.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "monitoring.fullname" . }}-policy-details-dashboard
-  namespace: {{ .Values.grafana.namespace }}
+  namespace: {{ include "monitoring.namespace" . }}
   annotations:
     {{ .Values.grafana.folder.annotation }}: {{ .Values.grafana.folder.name }}
   labels:
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/values.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/values.yaml
index e4fc112a..65692bff 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/monitoring/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # allow to override the namespace for serviceMonitor
-namespace:
+namespace: cattle-dashboards
 
 plugins:
   kyverno: false
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ serviceMonitor:
 
 grafana:
   # namespace for configMap of grafana dashboards
-  namespace: cattle-dashboards
+  namespace:
   dashboards:
     # Label to find dashboards using the k8s sidecar
     label: grafana_dashboard