diff --git a/frontend/deploy/helm/frontend/templates/peerauthentication.yaml b/frontend/deploy/helm/frontend/templates/peerauthentication.yaml
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+apiVersion: security.istio.io/v1beta1
+kind: PeerAuthentication
+metadata:
+  name: aro-hcp-frontend-metrics
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: aro-hcp-frontend
+  portLevelMtls:
+    8081:
+      mode: PERMISSIVE