diff --git a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/Chart.yaml
index e5f305dcca57..a54cb486a1e5 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: Prometheus Blackbox Exporter
 name: prometheus-blackbox-exporter
-version: 11.8.0
+version: 11.9.0
 # renovate: github=prometheus/blackbox_exporter
 appVersion: v0.28.0
 kubeVersion: ">=1.21.0-0"
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/selfservicemonitor.yaml b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/selfservicemonitor.yaml
index 61db72dac66c..82b7a00df534 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/selfservicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/selfservicemonitor.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.selfMonitor.enabled }}
 ---
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+apiVersion: {{ .Values.serviceMonitor.apiVersion }}
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "prometheus-blackbox-exporter.fullname" $ }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index 62b9662858ea..1980d69206c2 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{- if .Values.serviceMonitor.enabled }}
 {{- range .Values.serviceMonitor.targets }}
 ---
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+apiVersion: {{ $.Values.serviceMonitor.apiVersion }}
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
   name: {{ template "prometheus-blackbox-exporter.fullname" $ }}-{{ .name }}
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/values.yaml
index d4787a6fcd03..78f048c95409 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-blackbox-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -278,6 +278,10 @@ extraArgs: []
 replicas: 1
 
 serviceMonitor:
+  ## apiVersion to use for ServiceMonitor resources.
+  ##
+  apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
+
   ## If true, a ServiceMonitor CRD is created for a prometheus operator
   ## https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator for blackbox-exporter itself
   ##