diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index b4a0a01d8e0df341e3c316371b561645cf9939f0..5cdb9ddbd5273ece21d32dbc7e1d2ea757248384 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ###
 
 kafkaClient:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false
   nodeSelector: {}