diff --git a/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index c4c912e7ef85..0b301433ec79 100644
--- a/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ This document contains a historical list of changes between releases. Only
 changes that impact end-user behavior are listed; changes to documentation or
 internal API changes are not present.
 
+
+Main (unreleased)
+----------
+
+- Only utilize spec.internalTrafficPolicy in the Service if deploying to Kubernetes 1.26 or later. (@xylogenw376dq)
+
 0.43.3 (2024-09-26)
 ----------
 
diff --git a/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/templates/service.yaml b/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/templates/service.yaml
index 34427f822ac0..a6dc7b16f113 100644
--- a/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/operations/helm/charts/grafana-agent/templates/service.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ spec:
   {{- end }}
   selector:
     {{- include "grafana-agent.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- if semverCompare ">=1.26-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version }}
   internalTrafficPolicy: {{.Values.service.internalTrafficPolicy}}
+  {{- end }}
   ports:
     - name: http-metrics
       {{- if eq .Values.service.type "NodePort" }}