diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/Chart.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/Chart.yaml
index fefe51c52..220a31e25 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/Chart.yaml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ sources:
 maintainers:
   - name: dmitryax
   - name: TylerHelmuth
+  - name: nicolastakashi
 icon: https://opentelemetry.io/img/logos/opentelemetry-logo-nav.png
 appVersion: v0.10.0
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/k8s-collector-deployment.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/k8s-collector-deployment.yaml
index 85179c320..9234b5d2a 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/k8s-collector-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/k8s-collector-deployment.yaml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ spec:
           - name: "EBPF_NET_CRASH_METRIC_HOST"
             value: {{ .Values.endpoint.address }}
           - name: "EBPF_NET_CRASH_METRIC_PORT"
-            value: {{ .Values.endpoint.port | default 4317 }}
+            value: {{ .Values.endpoint.port }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.k8sCollector.relay.env }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.k8sCollector.relay.env | indent 10 }}
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml
index 5302c078d..01505798f 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ spec:
             - name: "EBPF_NET_CRASH_METRIC_HOST"
               value: {{ .Values.endpoint.address }}
             - name: "EBPF_NET_CRASH_METRIC_PORT"
-              value: {{ .Values.endpoint.port | default 4317 }}
+              value: {{ .Values.endpoint.port }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.kernelCollector.env }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.kernelCollector.env | indent 12 }}
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/reducer-deployment.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/reducer-deployment.yaml
index 61f8b31bd..6a704aa49 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/reducer-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/templates/reducer-deployment.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec:
             - --disable-prometheus-metrics
             - --enable-otlp-grpc-metrics
             - --otlp-grpc-metrics-host={{ .Values.endpoint.address }}
-            - --otlp-grpc-metrics-port={{ .Values.endpoint.port | default 4317 }}
+            - --otlp-grpc-metrics-port={{ .Values.endpoint.port }}
             {{- if .Values.reducer.disableMetrics }}
             - --disable-metrics={{join "," .Values.reducer.disableMetrics}}
             {{- end }}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ spec:
             - name: "EBPF_NET_CRASH_METRIC_HOST"
               value: {{ .Values.endpoint.address }}
             - name: "EBPF_NET_CRASH_METRIC_PORT"
-              value: {{ .Values.endpoint.port | default 4317 }}
+              value: {{ .Values.endpoint.port }}
             {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
           ports:
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.schema.json b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.schema.json
index 436c85c0e..e77a22c89 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.schema.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
           "type": "string"
         },
         "port": {
-          "type": "string"
+          "type": "integer"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.yaml
index 0eb83e558..c0bd9fabb 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-ebpf/values.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resources: {}
 # OTLP gRPC endpoint to send the collected metrics
 endpoint:
   address: ""
-  port: ""
+  port: 4317
 
 log:
   console: false