diff --git a/operator/go.mod b/operator/go.mod
index c8d9889982..2a40479065 100644
--- a/operator/go.mod
+++ b/operator/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/operator
 go 1.19
 
 require (
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2 v2.9.0
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr/antlr4/runtime/Go/antlr v1.4.10 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/operator/go.sum b/operator/go.sum
index cac690ff9d..6502105721 100644
--- a/operator/go.sum
+++ b/operator/go.sum
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ dmitri.shuralyov.com/gpu/mtl v0.0.0-20190408044501-666a987793e9/go.mod h1:H6x//7
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2 v2.9.0 h1:1Cz3mqj95iqnQPykEovq2p52rrU26XvLC2Fz6hPE+TU=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2 v2.9.0/go.mod h1:sHt3EuVMN8PSYJu065qwp3pZxCwR3RZP4sJnYwj/ZQY=
+github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.0 h1:+K/VEwIAaPcHiMtQvpLD4lqW7f0Gk3xdYZmI1hD+CXo=
+github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.0/go.mod h1:g4AWEaM3yOg3HYfnJ3YIawPnVdXJh9QME85blwSAmyw=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 h1:ZUDjpQae29j0ryrS0u/B8HZfJBtBQHjqw2rQ2cqUQ3I=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=