diff --git a/templates/411_process-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2 b/templates/411_process-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2
index 94d4e52..fccd43b 100644
--- a/templates/411_process-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2
+++ b/templates/411_process-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2
@@ -91,3 +91,19 @@ command:
     stdout:
       - "[% is_mgmt && rest_api.enable == 'yes' ? '1' : '0' %]"
     stderr: []
+
+# monit no longer listens on port 2812 but uses a unix socket:
+file:
+  /run/monit/monit.sock:
+    exists: true
+    mode: "0640"
+    size: 0
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    filetype: socket
+  /run/monit/monit.pid:
+    exists: true
+    mode: "0644"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    filetype: file
diff --git a/templates/822_network-ports-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2 b/templates/822_network-ports-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2
index dc86c7c..be3add1 100644
--- a/templates/822_network-ports-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2
+++ b/templates/822_network-ports-ngcp-pro.yaml.tt2
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
   host_ha_iface = out;
 -%]
 port:
-  # Monit
-  tcp:2812:
-    listening: true
-    ip: ["127.0.0.1"]
-
   # snmpd
   udp:161:
     listening: true