diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/tracing/default.yaml b/examples/kubernetes/tracing/default.yaml
index 7c58e4fff7b..05b6bb18c18 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes/tracing/default.yaml
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/tracing/default.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ spec:
       provider:
         host: otel-collector.monitoring.svc.cluster.local
         port: 4317
+        type: OpenTelemetry
       customTags:
         # This is an example of using a literal as a tag value
         key1: