diff --git a/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/dataimportcron.go b/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/dataimportcron.go
index 73a1581828..fe94afeacc 100644
--- a/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/dataimportcron.go
+++ b/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/dataimportcron.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// PrometheusCronNsLabel labels the DataImportCron namespace
-	PrometheusCronNsLabel = "ns"
+	PrometheusCronNsLabel = "namespace"
 	// PrometheusCronNameLabel labels the DataImportCron name
 	PrometheusCronNameLabel = "cron_name"
 	// PrometheusCronPendingLabel labels whether the DataImportCron import DataVolume is pending for default storage class
diff --git a/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go b/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go
index acd8ff1a1d..8bbe9ebf31 100644
--- a/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go
@@ -58,16 +58,28 @@ var operatorAlerts = []promv1.Rule{
 	},
 	{
 		Alert: "CDIDataImportCronOutdated",
-		Expr:  intstr.FromString(`sum by(ns,cron_name) (kubevirt_cdi_dataimportcron_outdated{pending="false"}) > 0`),
+		Expr:  intstr.FromString(`sum by(namespace,cron_name) (kubevirt_cdi_dataimportcron_outdated{pending="false", namespace=~"openshift-virtualization-os-images|kubevirt-os-images"}) > 0`),
 		For:   (*promv1.Duration)(ptr.To("15m")),
 		Annotations: map[string]string{
 			"summary": "DataImportCron (recurring polling of VM templates disk image sources, also known as golden images) PVCs are not being updated on the defined schedule",
 		},
 		Labels: map[string]string{
-			severityAlertLabelKey:        "info",
+			severityAlertLabelKey:        "warning",
 			operatorHealthImpactLabelKey: "warning",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Alert: "CDIUserDefinedDataImportCronOutdated",
+		Expr:  intstr.FromString(`sum by(namespace,cron_name) (kubevirt_cdi_dataimportcron_outdated{pending="false", namespace!~"openshift-virtualization-os-images|kubevirt-os-images"}) > 0`),
+		For:   (*promv1.Duration)(ptr.To("15m")),
+		Annotations: map[string]string{
+			"summary": "DataImportCron (recurring polling of VM templates disk image sources, also known as golden images) PVCs are not being updated on the defined schedule",
+		},
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			severityAlertLabelKey:        "warning",
+			operatorHealthImpactLabelKey: "none",
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		Alert: "CDINoDefaultStorageClass",
 		Expr: intstr.FromString(`sum(kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info{default="true"} or on() vector(0)) +