diff --git a/k8s-deploy-template.yaml b/k8s-deploy-template.yaml
index ef8dc0825c8ac3cd72ab5c8b8f79b4886d85c694..662bef8457731322379249487f244804dbcf9f44 100644
--- a/k8s-deploy-template.yaml
+++ b/k8s-deploy-template.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
   labels:
     app: ${APP_NAME}
-    tracing: on
+    tracing: "on"
 spec:
   replicas: ${REPLICAS}
   selector: