diff --git a/charts/operator-wandb/Chart.yaml b/charts/operator-wandb/Chart.yaml
index cfcfe3e1..a70d9f88 100644
--- a/charts/operator-wandb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/operator-wandb/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: operator-wandb
 description: A Helm chart for deploying W&B to Kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 0.10.28
+version: 0.10.29
 appVersion: 1.0.0
 icon: https://wandb.ai/logo.svg
 
diff --git a/charts/operator-wandb/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/operator-wandb/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml
index b8d95841..9a94065e 100644
--- a/charts/operator-wandb/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/operator-wandb/charts/app/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -156,11 +156,15 @@ spec:
 
             - name: GORILLA_SESSION_LENGTH
               value: "{{ .Values.global.auth.sessionLengthHours }}h"
-            
+
+            {{- if and .Values.global .Values.global.observability }}
+            {{- if eq (default "custom" .Values.global.observability.mode) "otel" }}
             - name: GORILLA_STATSD_PORT
               value: "8125"
             - name: GORILLA_STATSD_HOST
               value: "0.0.0.0"
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- end }}
 
             - name: BUCKET
               value: "{{ include "app.bucket" . }}"