diff --git a/k8s-deploy-template.yaml b/k8s-deploy-template.yaml
index ac67a3b8e49e4161d4012180961c298d34609822..886bb9c690aa9587493cd7577981e55f830ab61b 100644
--- a/k8s-deploy-template.yaml
+++ b/k8s-deploy-template.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
   labels:
     app: ${APP_NAME}
-    tracing: "true"
+    tracing: true
 spec:
   replicas: ${REPLICAS}
   selector: