diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
index e824b9e7..e559ee64 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         app.kubernetes.io/config-checksum: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/authentication/authentication-config.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
 {{- if .Values.logIngest.enabled }}
+        opentelemetry.io/config-checksum: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         sidecar.opentelemetry.io/inject: "{{ .Release.Namespace}}/{{ .Release.Name }}-opentelemetry-collector"
 {{- end }}
     spec: