diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index b61bb492..968930ae 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Unreleased
 ----------
 
 * Added configuration for JWT authentication from CrateDB version 5.7.2 onwards.
+* Bumped version of the JMX Exporter to ``1.2.0``
 
 2.40.2 (2024-08-01)
 -------------------
diff --git a/deploy/charts/crate-operator/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/crate-operator/values.yaml
index 8e7b7a14..02f7053f 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/crate-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/crate-operator/values.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ env:
   CRATEDB_OPERATOR_BOOTSTRAP_TIMEOUT: "1800"
   CRATEDB_OPERATOR_DEBUG_VOLUME_SIZE: "128GiB"
   CRATEDB_OPERATOR_DEBUG_VOLUME_STORAGE_CLASS: "default"
-  CRATEDB_OPERATOR_JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION: "1.1.0"
+  CRATEDB_OPERATOR_JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION: "1.2.0"
   CRATEDB_OPERATOR_LOG_LEVEL: "INFO"
   CRATEDB_OPERATOR_ROLLING_RESTART_TIMEOUT: "3600"
   CRATEDB_OPERATOR_SCALING_TIMEOUT: "3600"
diff --git a/deploy/deployment.yaml b/deploy/deployment.yaml
index 6a366393..89b00833 100644
--- a/deploy/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/deployment.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ spec:
         - name: CRATEDB_OPERATOR_DEBUG_VOLUME_STORAGE_CLASS
           value: "default"
         - name: CRATEDB_OPERATOR_JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION
-          value: "1.1.0"
+          value: "1.2.0"
         - name: CRATEDB_OPERATOR_LOG_LEVEL
           value: "INFO"
         - name: CRATEDB_OPERATOR_ROLLING_RESTART_TIMEOUT
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 50e3ddce..ac4cc272 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def load_config(worker_id):
         "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_DEBUG_VOLUME_SIZE": "2GiB",
         "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_DEBUG_VOLUME_STORAGE_CLASS": "default",
         "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_IMAGE_PULL_SECRETS": "",
-        "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION": "1.1.0",
+        "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_JMX_EXPORTER_VERSION": "1.2.0",
         "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_LOG_LEVEL": "DEBUG",
         "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_TESTING": "true",
         "CRATEDB_OPERATOR_PARALLEL_TESTING": "false"