diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
index e559ee64..bd7201ca 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: "authentication"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- if .Values.logIngest.enabled }}
+  annotations:
+        opentelemetry.io/config-checksum: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/authentication/opentelemetry.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+{{- end }}
   name: "authentication"
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace | quote }}
 spec: