diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 67e7e94..14e3869 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func (i *Instrumenter) InstrumentedRoundTripper() http.RoundTripper {
 		promhttp.InstrumentRoundTripperDuration(requestLatencyHistogram,
 			i.instrumentRoundTripperEndpoint(requestsPerEndpointCounter,
 				&http.Transport{
+					Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 					TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
 						InsecureSkipVerify: i.insecureSkipVerify, //nolint:gosec
 					},