diff --git a/cmd/otel-allocator/allocation/strategy.go b/cmd/otel-allocator/allocation/strategy.go
index c9d9e64a3f..e299ced079 100644
--- a/cmd/otel-allocator/allocation/strategy.go
+++ b/cmd/otel-allocator/allocation/strategy.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func init() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	err = Register(perNodeStrategyName, func(log logr.Logger, opts ...AllocationOption) Allocator {
-		return newAllocator(log, newPerNodeStrategy(newleastWeightedStrategy()), opts...)
+		return newAllocator(log, newPerNodeStrategy(newConsistentHashingStrategy()), opts...)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)