diff --git a/deployment/utils/observability.ts b/deployment/utils/observability.ts
index f758b3a0b..112e00aeb 100644
--- a/deployment/utils/observability.ts
+++ b/deployment/utils/observability.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export type ObservabilityConfig = {
 };
 
 // prettier-ignore
-export const OTLP_COLLECTOR_CHART = helmChart('https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts', 'opentelemetry-collector', '0.97.1');
+export const OTLP_COLLECTOR_CHART = helmChart('https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts', 'opentelemetry-collector', '0.96.0');
 // prettier-ignore
 export const VECTOR_HELM_CHART = helmChart('https://helm.vector.dev', 'vector', '0.34.0');