diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/Chart.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/Chart.yaml
index 8a68e12e60..498e9fa22d 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: tempo-distributed
 description: Grafana Tempo in MicroService mode
 type: application
-version: 1.16.1
+version: 1.16.2
 appVersion: 2.5.0
 engine: gotpl
 home: https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md b/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md
index a67ab55fc4..824a7b286c 100755
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # tempo-distributed
 
-![Version: 1.16.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.16.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.5.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.5.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.16.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.16.2-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.5.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.5.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Grafana Tempo in MicroService mode
 
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
index 48edb47efe..cb546e1ca4 100755
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
@@ -1932,43 +1932,53 @@ gateway:
           }
 
           location = /jaeger/api/traces {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:14268/api/traces;
+            set $distributor {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$distributor:14268/api/traces;
           }
 
           location = /zipkin/spans {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:9411/spans;
+            set $distributor {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$distributor:9411/spans;
           }
 
           location = /v1/traces {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:4318/v1/traces;
+            set $distributor {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$distributor:4318/v1/traces;
           }
 
           location = /otlp/v1/traces {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:4318/v1/traces;
+            set $distributor {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$distributor:4318/v1/traces;
           }
 
           location ^~ /api {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "query-frontend") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:3100$request_uri;
+            set $query_frontend {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "query-frontend") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$query_frontend:3100$request_uri;
           }
 
           location = /flush {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "ingester") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:3100$request_uri;
+            set $ingester {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "ingester") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$ingester:3100$request_uri;
           }
 
           location = /shutdown {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "ingester") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:3100$request_uri;
+            set $ingester {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "ingester") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$ingester:3100$request_uri;
           }
 
           location = /distributor/ring {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:3100$request_uri;
+            set $distributor {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$distributor:3100$request_uri;
           }
 
           location = /ingester/ring {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:3100$request_uri;
+            set $distributor {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "distributor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$distributor:3100$request_uri;
           }
 
           location = /compactor/ring {
-            proxy_pass       http://{{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "compactor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }}:3100$request_uri;
+            set $compactor {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "compactor") }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.{{ .Values.global.clusterDomain }};
+            proxy_pass       http://$compactor:3100$request_uri;
           }
 
           {{- with .Values.gateway.nginxConfig.serverSnippet }}