diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/monitoring/prometheus-ceph-v14-rules.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/monitoring/prometheus-ceph-v14-rules.yaml
index d5507ace9fae3..991f71371bd67 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/monitoring/prometheus-ceph-v14-rules.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/monitoring/prometheus-ceph-v14-rules.yaml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ spec:
         severity_level: critical
         storage_type: ceph
       expr: |
-        count(kube_pod_status_phase{pod=~"rook-ceph-mon-.*", phase=~"Running|running"}) by (namespace) < 2
+        count(kube_pod_status_phase{pod=~"rook-ceph-mon-.*", phase=~"Running|running"} == 1) by (namespace) < 2
       for: 5m
       labels:
         severity: critical