diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0c5da1d5c2..72ffb05cf9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PGO_IMAGE_URL ?= https://www.crunchydata.com/products/crunchy-postgresql-for-kub
 PGO_IMAGE_PREFIX ?= localhost
 
 PGMONITOR_DIR ?= hack/tools/pgmonitor
-PGMONITOR_VERSION ?= v4.11.0
+PGMONITOR_VERSION ?= v5.1.1-RC1
 QUERIES_CONFIG_DIR ?= hack/tools/queries
 
 EXTERNAL_SNAPSHOTTER_DIR ?= hack/tools/external-snapshotter
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgmonitor_test.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgmonitor_test.go
index 0432ee15d1..8d8c8281d0 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgmonitor_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgmonitor_test.go
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ func TestReconcilePGMonitorExporterStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		podExecCalled:   false,
 		// Status was generated manually for this test case
 		// TODO (jmckulk): add code to generate status
-		status:                      v1beta1.MonitoringStatus{ExporterConfiguration: "7cdb484b6c"},
+		status:                      v1beta1.MonitoringStatus{ExporterConfiguration: "6d874c58df"},
 		statusChangedAfterReconcile: false,
 	}} {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {