diff --git a/charts/operator-wandb/Chart.yaml b/charts/operator-wandb/Chart.yaml
index 56beb327..fa38df96 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: 0.10.26
+version: 0.10.27
 appVersion: 1.0.0
 icon: https://wandb.ai/logo.svg
 
diff --git a/charts/operator-wandb/values.yaml b/charts/operator-wandb/values.yaml
index d839c3b1..f182e683 100644
--- a/charts/operator-wandb/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/operator-wandb/values.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ prometheus:
     install: true
 
 otel:
-  install: true
+  install: false
 #   # cannot use install because schema validation will fail.
 #   enabled: true