diff --git a/modules/gke-nodepool/main.tf b/modules/gke-nodepool/main.tf
index fdfb77bd8..81d711622 100644
--- a/modules/gke-nodepool/main.tf
+++ b/modules/gke-nodepool/main.tf
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ locals {
       : [
         "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only",
         "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write",
+        "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring",
         "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.write"
       ]
     )
diff --git a/tests/modules/gke_nodepool/test_plan.py b/tests/modules/gke_nodepool/test_plan.py
index 1a71b4d49..a1f8872ed 100644
--- a/tests/modules/gke_nodepool/test_plan.py
+++ b/tests/modules/gke_nodepool/test_plan.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ OAUTH_SCOPE = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform']
 OAUTH_SCOPES = [
     'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only',
     'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write',
+    'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring',
     'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring.write']