diff --git a/config/prometheus.yml b/config/prometheus.yml
index 9ddcf5453..db94ffa41 100644
--- a/config/prometheus.yml
+++ b/config/prometheus.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ global:
   evaluation_interval: 15s
 
 rule_files:
-  # - "first_rules.yml"
-  # - "second_rules.yml"
+  - "prometheus/alert_rules.yml"
 
 scrape_configs:
   - job_name: 'prometheus'
diff --git a/config/prometheus/alert_rules.yml b/config/prometheus/alert_rules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea9479534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/prometheus/alert_rules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+groups:
+  - name: veza_critical
+    rules:
+      - alert: ServiceDown
+        expr: up == 0
+        for: 30s
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "Service {{ $labels.job }} is down"
+          description: "{{ $labels.instance }} has been down for more than 30 seconds."
+
+      - alert: HighErrorRate
+        expr: rate(http_requests_total{status=~"5.."}[5m]) / rate(http_requests_total[5m]) > 0.05
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "High error rate on {{ $labels.job }}"
+          description: "Error rate is above 5% for the last 5 minutes."
+
+      - alert: HighLatencyP99
+        expr: histogram_quantile(0.99, rate(http_request_duration_seconds_bucket[5m])) > 2
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "High P99 latency on {{ $labels.job }}"
+          description: "P99 latency is above 2 seconds for the last 5 minutes."
+
+      - alert: RedisUnreachable
+        expr: redis_up == 0
+        for: 30s
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "Redis is unreachable"
+          description: "Redis has been unreachable for more than 30 seconds."