diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf7b1d6508..a310414f08 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -281,13 +281,14 @@ test-experimental-e2e: KIND_CLUSTER_NAME := operator-controller-e2e
 test-experimental-e2e: GO_BUILD_EXTRA_FLAGS := -cover
 test-experimental-e2e: COVERAGE_NAME := experimental-e2e
 test-experimental-e2e: export MANIFEST := $(EXPERIMENTAL_RELEASE_MANIFEST)
+test-experimental-e2e: PROMETHEUS_VALUES := helm/prom_experimental.yaml
 test-experimental-e2e: run-internal image-registry prometheus e2e e2e-coverage kind-clean #HELP Run experimental e2e test suite on local kind cluster
 
 .PHONY: prometheus
 prometheus: PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE := olmv1-system
 prometheus: PROMETHEUS_VERSION := v0.83.0
 prometheus: $(KUSTOMIZE) #EXHELP Deploy Prometheus into specified namespace
-	./hack/test/install-prometheus.sh $(PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE) $(PROMETHEUS_VERSION) $(VERSION)
+	./hack/test/install-prometheus.sh $(PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE) $(PROMETHEUS_VERSION) $(VERSION) $(PROMETHEUS_VALUES)
 
 .PHONY: test-extension-developer-e2e
 test-extension-developer-e2e: SOURCE_MANIFEST := $(STANDARD_E2E_MANIFEST)
diff --git a/hack/test/install-prometheus.sh b/hack/test/install-prometheus.sh
index c9d7e0b1c4..f458b2d012 100755
--- a/hack/test/install-prometheus.sh
+++ b/hack/test/install-prometheus.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 help="install-prometheus.sh is used to set up prometheus monitoring for e2e testing.
 Usage:
-  install-prometheus.sh [PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE] [PROMETHEUS_VERSION] [GIT_VERSION]
+  install-prometheus.sh [PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE] [PROMETHEUS_VERSION] [GIT_VERSION] [PROMETHEUS_VALUES]
 "
 
-if [[ "$#" -ne 3 ]]; then
+if [[ "$#" -lt 3 || "$#" -gt 4 ]]; then
   echo "Illegal number of arguments passed"
   echo "${help}"
   exit 1
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ fi
 PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE="$1"
 PROMETHEUS_VERSION="$2"
 GIT_VERSION="$3"
+PROMETHEUS_VALUES="${4:-}"
+
+if [ -n "${PROMETHEUS_VALUES}" ]; then
+    echo "Adding ${PROMETHEUS_VALUES} to templating"
+    PROMETHEUS_VALUES="--values ${PROMETHEUS_VALUES}"
+fi
 
 TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 trap 'echo "Cleaning up $TMPDIR"; rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ echo "Waiting for Prometheus Operator pod to become ready..."
 kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready pod -n "$PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=prometheus-operator
 
 echo "Applying prometheus Helm chart..."
-${HELM} template prometheus helm/prometheus | sed "s/cert-git-version/cert-${VERSION}/g" | kubectl apply -f -
+${HELM} template prometheus helm/prometheus ${PROMETHEUS_VALUES} | sed "s/cert-git-version/cert-${VERSION}/g" | kubectl apply -f -
 
 echo "Waiting for metrics scraper to become ready..."
 kubectl wait --for=create pods -n "$PROMETHEUS_NAMESPACE" prometheus-prometheus-0 --timeout=60s
diff --git a/helm/prom_experimental.yaml b/helm/prom_experimental.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed7d455645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm/prom_experimental.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# experimental values for OLMv1 prometheus
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+# Quote the threshold values to avoid the helm templater interpretting them
+
+# List of options to include
+options:
+  operatorController:
+    thresholds:
+      memoryGrowth: "200_000"
+      memoryUsage: "150_000_000"
+  catalogd:
+    thresholds:
+      memoryGrowth: "200_000"
diff --git a/helm/prometheus/templates/prometheusrile-controller-alerts.yml b/helm/prometheus/templates/prometheusrule-controller-alerts.yml
similarity index 81%
rename from helm/prometheus/templates/prometheusrile-controller-alerts.yml
rename to helm/prometheus/templates/prometheusrule-controller-alerts.yml
index bce2706eea..13db7b3a7d 100644
--- a/helm/prometheus/templates/prometheusrile-controller-alerts.yml
+++ b/helm/prometheus/templates/prometheusrule-controller-alerts.yml
@@ -25,48 +25,48 @@ spec:
         - alert: operator-controller-memory-growth
           annotations:
             description: 'operator-controller pod memory usage growing at a high rate for 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | humanize }}`}}B/sec'
-          expr: deriv(sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"operator-controller.*",container="manager"})[5m:]) > 100_000
+          expr: deriv(sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"operator-controller.*",container="manager"})[5m:]) > {{ .Values.options.operatorController.thresholds.memoryGrowth }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
         - alert: catalogd-memory-growth
           annotations:
             description: 'catalogd pod memory usage growing at a high rate for 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | humanize }}`}}B/sec'
-          expr: deriv(sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"catalogd.*",container="manager"})[5m:]) > 100_000
+          expr: deriv(sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"catalogd.*",container="manager"})[5m:]) > {{ .Values.options.catalogd.thresholds.memoryGrowth }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
         - alert: operator-controller-memory-usage
           annotations:
             description: 'operator-controller pod using high memory resources for the last 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | humanize }}`}}B'
-          expr: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"operator-controller.*",container="manager"}) > 100_000_000
+          expr: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"operator-controller.*",container="manager"}) > {{ .Values.options.operatorController.thresholds.memoryUsage }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
         - alert: catalogd-memory-usage
           annotations:
             description: 'catalogd pod using high memory resources for the last 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | humanize }}`}}B'
-          expr: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"catalogd.*",container="manager"}) > 75_000_000
+          expr: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{pod=~"catalogd.*",container="manager"}) > {{ .Values.options.catalogd.thresholds.memoryUsage }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
         - alert: operator-controller-cpu-usage
           annotations:
             description: 'operator-controller using high cpu resource for 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | printf "%.2f" }}`}}%'
-          expr: rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{pod=~"operator-controller.*",container="manager"}[5m]) * 100 > 20
+          expr: rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{pod=~"operator-controller.*",container="manager"}[5m]) * 100 > {{ .Values.options.operatorController.thresholds.cpuUsage }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
         - alert: catalogd-cpu-usage
           annotations:
             description: 'catalogd using high cpu resources for 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | printf "%.2f" }}`}}%'
-          expr: rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{pod=~"catalogd.*",container="manager"}[5m]) * 100 > 20
+          expr: rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{pod=~"catalogd.*",container="manager"}[5m]) * 100 > {{ .Values.options.catalogd.thresholds.cpuUsage }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
         - alert: operator-controller-api-call-rate
           annotations:
             description: 'operator-controller making excessive API calls for 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | printf "%.2f" }}`}}/sec'
-          expr: sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{job=~"operator-controller-service"}[5m])) > 10
+          expr: sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{job=~"operator-controller-service"}[5m])) > {{ .Values.options.operatorController.thresholds.apiCallRate }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
         - alert: catalogd-api-call-rate
           annotations:
             description: 'catalogd making excessive API calls for 5 minutes: {{`{{ $value | printf "%.2f" }}`}}/sec'
-          expr: sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{job=~"catalogd-service"}[5m])) > 5
+          expr: sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{job=~"catalogd-service"}[5m])) > {{ .Values.options.catalogd.thresholds.apiCallRate }}
           for: 5m
           keep_firing_for: 1d
diff --git a/helm/prometheus/values.yaml b/helm/prometheus/values.yaml
index d73579da8d..b38a255929 100644
--- a/helm/prometheus/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/prometheus/values.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 # Default values for OLMv1.
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+# Quote the threshold values to avoid the helm templater interpretting them
 
 # List of components to include
 options:
   operatorController:
     enabled: true
+    thresholds:
+      memoryGrowth: "100_000"
+      memoryUsage: "100_000_000"
+      cpuUsage: 20
+      apiCallRate: 10
   catalogd:
     enabled: true
+    thresholds:
+      memoryGrowth: "100_000"
+      memoryUsage: "75_000_000"
+      cpuUsage: 20
+      apiCallRate: 5
 
 # The set of namespaces
 namespaces: