diff --git a/docs/_releasenotes/1831.BREAKING.kube-prometheus-stack-updated-to-71.2.0 b/docs/_releasenotes/1831.BREAKING.kube-prometheus-stack-updated-to-71.2.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..58900764805453ac1c623a858b01c1d18c232dc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_releasenotes/1831.BREAKING.kube-prometheus-stack-updated-to-71.2.0
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated default version of helm chart kube-prometheus-stack of https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts from 70.10.0 to 71.2.0
diff --git a/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.prometheus.rst b/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.prometheus.rst
index 7733c97662b0c7dd6e51cf0a34f277f04a78ef98..c6f273f2bb26e2302e0100a45e85c9100e9ec576 100644
--- a/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.prometheus.rst
+++ b/docs/user/reference/options/yk8s.k8s-service-layer.prometheus.rst
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ https://github.com/prometheus-community/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/kube-promet
 
 **Default:**::
 
-  "70.10.0"
+  "71.2.0"
 
 
 **Declared by**
diff --git a/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/monitoring.nix b/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/monitoring.nix
index f622b04a83cda3f7fb7472ad54e2025ddeff14c5..06367bb32a532f61f7e056356e0fee8f819dd3a6 100644
--- a/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/monitoring.nix
+++ b/nix/yk8s/k8s-supplements/monitoring.nix
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ in {
       '';
       type = types.nonEmptyStr;
       # renovate: datasource=helm depName=kube-prometheus-stack registryUrl=https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
-      default = "70.10.0";
+      default = "71.2.0";
     };
     prometheus_adapter_version = mkOption {
       type = types.nonEmptyStr;