diff --git a/commonclient/metrics_cr11.go b/commonclient/metrics_cr11.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69309f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commonclient/metrics_cr11.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build controllerruntime_11 || controllerruntime_12 || controllerruntime_13 || controllerruntime_14 || controllerruntime_15
+
+package commonclient
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+)
+
+// SetMetricsBindAddress sets the metrics address on options independent of
+// manager options version
+func SetMetricsBindAddress(options *ctrl.Options, bindAddress string) error {
+	if options == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to set metrics bind address on non-existent manager options")
+	}
+	options.MetricsBindAddress = bindAddress
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/commonclient/metrics_cr16.go b/commonclient/metrics_cr16.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d31509e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commonclient/metrics_cr16.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//go:build !(controllerruntime_11 || controllerruntime_12 || controllerruntime_13 || controllerruntime_14 || controllerruntime_15)
+
+package commonclient
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+)
+
+// SetMetricsBindAddress sets the metrics address on options independent of
+// manager options version
+func SetMetricsBindAddress(options *ctrl.Options, bindAddress string) error {
+	if options == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to set metrics bind address on non-existent manager options")
+	}
+	options.Metrics.BindAddress = bindAddress
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/examples/guestbook-operator/main.go b/examples/guestbook-operator/main.go
index 9e2b42ab..255e7d38 100644
--- a/examples/guestbook-operator/main.go
+++ b/examples/guestbook-operator/main.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/healthz"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap"
-	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/commonclient"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/pkg/patterns/addon"
 
 	addonsv1alpha1 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/examples/guestbook-operator/api/v1alpha1"
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	var metricsAddr string
 	var enableLeaderElection bool
 	var probeAddr string
-	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "leader-elect", false,
 		"Enable leader election for controller manager. "+
@@ -68,15 +66,17 @@ func main() {
 	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseFlagOptions(&opts)))
 	addon.Init()
 
-	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
-		Scheme: scheme,
-		Metrics: metricsserver.Options{
-			BindAddress: "0", // Disable the metrics server
-		},
+	mgrOpt := ctrl.Options{
+		Scheme:                 scheme,
 		HealthProbeBindAddress: probeAddr,
 		LeaderElection:         enableLeaderElection,
 		LeaderElectionID:       "c3cffa1a.example.org",
-	})
+	}
+	err := commonclient.SetMetricsBindAddress(&mgrOpt, "0")
+	if err != nil {
+		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to configure manager")
+	}
+	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), mgrOpt)
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to start manager")
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/pkg/patterns/declarative/metrics_test.go b/pkg/patterns/declarative/metrics_test.go
index 63ecebc1..71d8d633 100644
--- a/pkg/patterns/declarative/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/patterns/declarative/metrics_test.go
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
-	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/applylib/applyset"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/commonclient"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/mockkubeapiserver"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/pkg/patterns/declarative/pkg/applier"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/pkg/patterns/declarative/pkg/manifest"
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ func TestAddIfNotPresent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Create manager
-	mgrOpt := manager.Options{
-		Metrics: metricsserver.Options{
-			BindAddress: "0", // Disable the metrics server, don't open unneeded ports
-		},
+	mgrOpt := manager.Options{}
+	err = commonclient.SetMetricsBindAddress(&mgrOpt, "0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
 	}
 	mgr, err := manager.New(restConfig, mgrOpt)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/test/testreconciler/simpletest/controller_test.go b/pkg/test/testreconciler/simpletest/controller_test.go
index 99b12b88..60d02c35 100644
--- a/pkg/test/testreconciler/simpletest/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/test/testreconciler/simpletest/controller_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/klogr"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
-	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/commonclient"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/mockkubeapiserver"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/pkg/patterns/addon/pkg/loaders"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder-declarative-pattern/pkg/patterns/declarative"
@@ -68,18 +68,20 @@ func testSimpleReconciler(h *testharness.Harness, testdir string, applier applie
 	}
 
 	logger := klogr.New()
-	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(restConfig, ctrl.Options{
-		Scheme: scheme,
-		Metrics: metricsserver.Options{
-			BindAddress: "0", // Disable the metrics server
-		},
+	mgrOpt := ctrl.Options{
+		Scheme:         scheme,
 		LeaderElection: false,
 
 		// MapperProvider provides the rest mapper used to map go types to Kubernetes APIs
 		MapperProvider: restmapper.NewControllerRESTMapper,
 
 		Logger: logger,
-	})
+	}
+	err = commonclient.SetMetricsBindAddress(&mgrOpt, "0")
+	if err != nil {
+		h.Errorf("error configuring manager: %v", err)
+	}
+	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(restConfig, mgrOpt)
 	if err != nil {
 		h.Fatalf("error starting manager: %v", err)
 	}