diff --git a/voltha/templates/_helpers.tpl b/voltha/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 46046c3..12d1cbb 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/voltha/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   kafka:
     class: kafkaloghandler.KafkaLogHandler
     bootstrap_servers:
-      - "cord-kafka.default:9092"
+      - "{{ .KafkaServer }}"
     topic: "voltha.log.{{ .KafkaTopic }}"
 
 loggers:
diff --git a/voltha/templates/logconfigmaps.yaml b/voltha/templates/logconfigmaps.yaml
index 01ec31f..62e8109 100644
--- a/voltha/templates/logconfigmaps.yaml
+++ b/voltha/templates/logconfigmaps.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}-serviceaccount
 data:
   logconfig: |
-{{- $data := dict "KafkaTopic" "vcore" "loglevel" .Values.loglevel }}
+    {{- $data := dict "KafkaServer" (printf "%s.default:9092" .Values.kafkaReleaseName) "KafkaTopic" "vcore" "loglevel" .Values.loglevel }}
 {{ include "logconfig.yml" $data | indent 4 }}
 
 ---
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}-serviceaccount
 data:
   logconfig: |
-{{- $data := dict "KafkaTopic" "netconf" "loglevel" .Values.loglevel }}
+{{- $data := dict "KafkaServer" (printf "%s.default:9092" .Values.kafkaReleaseName) "KafkaTopic" "netconf" "loglevel" .Values.loglevel }}
 {{ include "logconfig.yml" $data | indent 4 }}
 
 ---
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@
   serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.global.namespace }}-serviceaccount
 data:
   logconfig: |
-{{- $data := dict "KafkaTopic" "ofagent" "loglevel" .Values.loglevel }}
+{{- $data := dict "KafkaServer" (printf "%s.default:9092" .Values.kafkaReleaseName) "KafkaTopic" "ofagent" "loglevel" .Values.loglevel }}
 {{ include "logconfig.yml" $data | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/voltha/values.yaml b/voltha/values.yaml
index ee2f720..3aa83fd 100644
--- a/voltha/values.yaml
+++ b/voltha/values.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 kafkaReleaseName: cord-kafka
 etcdReleaseName: etcd-cluster
 
-
 loglevel: "DEBUG"
 
 images: