diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a7a9207f..fdc197988 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - (Feature) (Platform) Dump CLI switch to Services
 - (Feature) (Platform) Fix ImagePullSecrets Merge
 - (Feature) (Platform) Update Failed Releases
+- (Feature) Add scrape annotations for ArangoD pods
 
 ## [1.3.2](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.3.2) (2025-11-20)
 - (Bugfix) (Platform) Increase memory limit for Inventory
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3ecadcaaf..0662b9408 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
       annotations:
+        platform.arangodb.com/port: "8528"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scrape: "true"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scheme: "https"
+{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.annotations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
     spec:
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3ecadcaaf..0662b9408 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
       annotations:
+        platform.arangodb.com/port: "8528"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scrape: "true"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scheme: "https"
+{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.annotations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
     spec:
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3ecadcaaf..0662b9408 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
       annotations:
+        platform.arangodb.com/port: "8528"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scrape: "true"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scheme: "https"
+{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.annotations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
     spec:
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3ecadcaaf..0662b9408 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
         release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
       annotations:
+        platform.arangodb.com/port: "8528"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scrape: "true"
+        platform.arangodb.com/scheme: "https"
+{{- if .Values.operator.annotations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.annotations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
     spec:
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/deployment_suite_test.go b/pkg/deployment/deployment_suite_test.go
index c72339598..a659725ef 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/deployment_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/deployment_suite_test.go
@@ -714,6 +714,14 @@ func (testCase *testCaseStruct) createTestPodData(deployment *Deployment, group
 		Finalizers: finalizers(group),
 	}
 
+	metrics := deployment.GetSpec().Metrics
+	if metrics.IsEnabled() {
+		testCase.ExpectedPod.ObjectMeta.Annotations = map[string]string{
+			utilConstants.AnnotationMetricsScrapeLabel: "true",
+			utilConstants.AnnotationMetricsScrapePort:  strconv.Itoa(shared.ArangoExporterPort),
+		}
+	}
+
 	groupSpec := testCase.ArangoDeployment.Spec.GetServerGroupSpec(group)
 	testCase.ExpectedPod.Spec.Tolerations = deployment.resources.CreatePodTolerations(group, groupSpec)
 
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
index 13b0916a4..6b9cceba5 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_arangod.go
@@ -549,7 +549,19 @@ func (m *MemberArangoDPod) ApplyPodSpec(p *core.PodSpec) error {
 }
 
 func (m *MemberArangoDPod) Annotations() map[string]string {
-	return collection.MergeAnnotations(m.Deployment.Annotations, m.GroupSpec.Annotations)
+	// Merge deployment and group annotations and add hardcoded scrape annotation for ArangoD pods
+	result := collection.MergeAnnotations(m.Deployment.Annotations, m.GroupSpec.Annotations)
+
+	// Enable scraping via platform by default for ArangoD (requires metrics sidecar to be enabled)
+	if m.Deployment.Metrics.IsEnabled() {
+		if result == nil {
+			result = map[string]string{}
+
+		}
+		result[utilConstants.AnnotationMetricsScrapeLabel] = "true"
+		result[utilConstants.AnnotationMetricsScrapePort] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", m.GroupSpec.GetExporterPort())
+	}
+	return result
 }
 
 func (m *MemberArangoDPod) Profiles() (schedulerApi.ProfileTemplates, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/util/constants/constants.go b/pkg/util/constants/constants.go
index ae30f7295..3dc9f4870 100644
--- a/pkg/util/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/util/constants/constants.go
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ const (
 
 	AnnotationEnforceAntiAffinity = "database.arangodb.com/enforce-anti-affinity" // Key of annotation added to PVC. Value is a boolean "true" or "false"
 
+	AnnotationMetricsScrapeLabel = "platform.arangodb.com/scrape"
+	AnnotationMetricsScrapePort  = "platform.arangodb.com/port"
+
 	BackupLabelRole      = "backup/role"
 	MLLabelRole          = "ml/role"
 	AnalyticsLabelRole   = "analytics/role"