diff --git a/omec/omec-data-plane/templates/statefulset-spgwu.yaml b/omec/omec-data-plane/templates/statefulset-spgwu.yaml
index 11749e7..07f9082 100644
--- a/omec/omec-data-plane/templates/statefulset-spgwu.yaml
+++ b/omec/omec-data-plane/templates/statefulset-spgwu.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: spgwu
+  serviceName: spgwu-headless
   labels:
 {{ tuple "spgwu" . | include "omec-data-plane.metadata_labels" | indent 4 }}
 spec: