diff --git a/cluster/manifests/freeleaps-data-platform/kafka/connectors/freeleaps/freeleaps-mongo-cds.yaml b/cluster/manifests/freeleaps-data-platform/kafka/connectors/freeleaps/freeleaps-mongo-cds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12b3edb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/manifests/freeleaps-data-platform/kafka/connectors/freeleaps/freeleaps-mongo-cds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
+kind: KafkaConnect
+metadata:
+  name: freeleaps-prod-mongo-cds
+  namespace: freeleaps-data-platform
+  annotations:
+    strimzi.io/use-connector-resources: "true"
+spec:
+  version: 4.0.0
+  bootstrapServers: freeleaps-kafka-cluster-kafka-bootstrap.freeleaps-data-platform.svc.freeleaps.cluster:9093
+  config:
+    config.storage.topic: freeleaps-prod-mongo-cds-configs
+    config.storage.replication.factor: -1
+    group.id: freeleaps-prod-mongo-cds
+    offset.storage.topic: freeleaps-prod-mongo-cds-offsets
+    offset.storage.replication.factor: -1
+    status.storage.topic: freeleaps-prod-mongo-cds-status
+    status.storage.replication.factor: -1
+  image: freeleaps/kafka-connectors:mongo-connector
+  replicas: 1
+  authentication:
+    type: scram-sha-512
+    username: freeleaps-user
+    passwordSecret:
+      secretName: freeleaps-user
+      password: password
+  tls:
+    trustedCertificates:
+      - secretName: freeleaps-kafka-cluster-cluster-ca-cert
+        pattern: "*.crt"
+---
+apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
+kind: KafkaConnector
+metadata:
+  name: freeleaps-prod-mongo-cds
+  namespace: freeleaps-data-platform
+  labels:
+    strimzi.io/cluster: freeleaps-prod-mongo-cds
+spec:
+  class: com.mongodb.kafka.connect.MongoSourceConnector
+  config:
+    connection.uri: mongodb+srv://freeadmin:0eMV0bt8oyaknA0m@freeleaps2.zmsmpos.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
+    database: freeleaps2
+    pipeline: '[{"$match": {"operationType": {"$in": ["insert", "update", "delete", "replace"]}}}]'
+    startup.mode: copy_existing
+    startup.mode.copy.existing.pipeline: "[]"
+    topic.prefix: raw-cds-events
+  tasksMax: 1
diff --git a/cluster/manifests/freeleaps-data-platform/kafka/freeleaps-kafka-cluster.yaml b/cluster/manifests/freeleaps-data-platform/kafka/freeleaps-kafka-cluster.yaml
index f389028a..169c3bef 100644
--- a/cluster/manifests/freeleaps-data-platform/kafka/freeleaps-kafka-cluster.yaml
+++ b/cluster/manifests/freeleaps-data-platform/kafka/freeleaps-kafka-cluster.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ spec:
         port: 9093
         type: internal
         tls: true
+        authentication:
+          type: scram-sha-512
     config:
       offsets.topic.replication.factor: 1
       transaction.state.log.replication.factor: 1