diff --git a/voltha-go-controller/Chart.yaml b/voltha-go-controller/Chart.yaml
index 9d4c87e..52c255b 100644
--- a/voltha-go-controller/Chart.yaml
+++ b/voltha-go-controller/Chart.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 appVersion: "1.0"
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 name: voltha-go-controller
-version: 0.1.2
+version: 0.1.3
diff --git a/voltha-go-controller/templates/deployment.yaml b/voltha-go-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
index ff62ea6..3101724 100644
--- a/voltha-go-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/voltha-go-controller/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         - name: KV_STORE_PORT
           value: "6379"
         - name: KAFKA_ADAPTER_HOST
-          value: "internal-kafka-headless.{{ .Values.global.voltha_infra_namespace }}.svc.cluster.local"
+          value: "{{ tpl .Values.services.kafka.cluster.address . }}"
         - name: KAFKA_ADAPTER_PORT
           value: "9092"
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
diff --git a/voltha-go-controller/values.yaml b/voltha-go-controller/values.yaml
index ce9fe7a..63d5ccc 100644
--- a/voltha-go-controller/values.yaml
+++ b/voltha-go-controller/values.yaml
@@ -103,3 +103,9 @@
 tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
+
+# Define connectivity to required services
+services:
+  kafka:
+    cluster:
+      address: kafka:9092