diff --git a/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java b/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java
index fe9b1cd57..44930bc46 100644
--- a/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java
+++ b/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLI.java
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ public class NBCLI {
             logger.info("Docker metrics is enabled. Docker must be installed for this to work");
             DockerMetricsManager dmh = new DockerMetricsManager();
             Map<String, String> dashboardOptions = Map.of(
-                    DockerMetricsManager.GRAFANA_TAG, globalOptions.getDockerGrafanaTag()
+                    DockerMetricsManager.GRAFANA_TAG, globalOptions.getDockerGrafanaTag(),
+                    DockerMetricsManager.PROM_TAG, globalOptions.getDockerPromTag()
             );
             dmh.startMetrics(dashboardOptions);
             String warn = "Docker Containers are started, for grafana and prometheus, hit" +
diff --git a/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLIOptions.java b/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLIOptions.java
index ac1f55f42..6dda818f0 100644
--- a/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLIOptions.java
+++ b/engine-cli/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/cli/NBCLIOptions.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public class NBCLIOptions {
 
     private static final String METRICS_PREFIX = "--metrics-prefix";
 
-    //    private static final String ANNOTATE_TO_GRAFANA = "--grafana-baseurl";
     private static final String ANNOTATE_EVENTS = "--annotate";
     private static final String ANNOTATORS_CONFIG = "--annotators";
     private static final String DEFAULT_ANNOTATORS = "all";
@@ -86,11 +85,12 @@ public class NBCLIOptions {
     private final static String ENABLE_CHART = "--enable-chart";
     private final static String DOCKER_METRICS = "--docker-metrics";
     private final static String DOCKER_METRICS_AT = "--docker-metrics-at";
+    private static final String DOCKER_GRAFANA_TAG = "--docker-grafana-tag";
+    private static final String DOCKER_PROM_TAG = "--docker-prom-tag";
 
     private static final String GRAALJS_ENGINE = "--graaljs";
     private static final String NASHORN_ENGINE = "--nashorn";
     private static final String GRAALJS_COMPAT = "--graaljs-compat";
-    private static final String DOCKER_GRAFANA_TAG = "--docker-grafana-tag";
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGGING_PATTERN = "%7r %-5level [%t] %-12logger{0} %msg%n%throwable";
 
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public class NBCLIOptions {
     private boolean graaljs_compat = false;
     private int hdr_digits = 3;
     private String docker_grafana_tag = "7.3.4";
+    private String docker_prom_tag = "latest";
     private boolean showStackTraces = false;
     private boolean compileScript = false;
     private String scriptFile = null;
@@ -283,6 +284,10 @@ public class NBCLIOptions {
                     arglist.removeFirst();
                     workspacesDirectory = readWordOrThrow(arglist, "a workspaces directory");
                     break;
+                case DOCKER_PROM_TAG:
+                    arglist.removeFirst();
+                    docker_prom_tag = readWordOrThrow(arglist, "prometheus docker tag");
+                    break;
                 case DOCKER_GRAFANA_TAG:
                     arglist.removeFirst();
                     docker_grafana_tag = readWordOrThrow(arglist, "grafana docker tag");
@@ -764,6 +769,10 @@ public class NBCLIOptions {
         return docker_grafana_tag;
     }
 
+    public String getDockerPromTag() {
+        return docker_prom_tag;
+    }
+
     public static class LoggerConfigData {
         public String file;
         public String pattern = ".*";