diff --git a/shared/mongoexpress.yml b/shared/mongoexpress.yml
index 83d90b4..067da5f 100644
--- a/shared/mongoexpress.yml
+++ b/shared/mongoexpress.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: mongodb-application-readwrite
                   key: connectionString.standard
+            - name: ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ENABLE_ADMIN
+              value: 'false'
 ---
 apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
 kind: NetworkPolicy