diff --git a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
index 38fa941631..e2bfe4e9c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/load-test.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 env:
   GO_VERSION: "~1.20"
   # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=cloud-bulldozer/kube-burner
-  KUBE_BURNER_VERSION: "v1.7.9"
+  KUBE_BURNER_VERSION: "v1.7.10"
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8c4ad792d7..65fc8c6569 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ integration-test-allowed-namespaces-local: install-prometheus
 load-test:
 	kubectl apply -f ./test/load/assets/templates/namespace.yaml
 	kubectl apply -f ./test/load/assets/templates/provider.yaml
-	kube-burner init -c ./test/load/cfg.yml --metrics-profile ./test/load/metrics.yml
+	kube-burner init -c ./test/load/cfg.yml --metrics-profile ./test/load/metrics.yml --prometheus-url http://localhost:9090
 
 .PHONY: install-prometheus
 install-prometheus:
diff --git a/test/load/cfg.yml b/test/load/cfg.yml
index fcad371a73..19aebff8ba 100644
--- a/test/load/cfg.yml
+++ b/test/load/cfg.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ global:
   indexerConfig:
     type: "local"
     metricsDirectory: collected-metrics
-  prometheusURL: http://localhost:9090
 
 jobs:
   - name: keptn-metrics