diff --git a/operators/nephio-controller-manager/go.mod b/operators/nephio-controller-manager/go.mod
index 353afcf2..132b7c76 100644
--- a/operators/nephio-controller-manager/go.mod
+++ b/operators/nephio-controller-manager/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230515195305-f3d0a9c9a5cc
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.29.2
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.17.2
 
 )
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.29.2 // indirect
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20231010175941-2dd684a91f00 // indirect
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.4.0-beta.2.0.20230527123250-e111168cdff3 // indirect
diff --git a/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go b/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go
index 56885ade..d572d81c 100644
--- a/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go
+++ b/operators/nephio-controller-manager/main.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func main() {
 	managerOptions := ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme: scheme,
 		Metrics: server.Options{
-			BindAddress: fmt.Sprintf("%s%d", metricsAddr, 9443),
+			BindAddress: metricsAddr,
 		},
 		HealthProbeBindAddress:     probeAddr,
 		LeaderElection:             false,