diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl
index 2078350b0d..0b97510f55 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ receivers:
     extra_metadata_labels:
       - container.id
       # - k8s.volume.type
+    insecure_skip_verify:  {{ .Values.splunkObservability.insecureSkipVerify }}
 
   signalfx:
     endpoint: 0.0.0.0:9943
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json
index a78ccc2278..88e9aedf79 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@
         "infrastructureMonitoringEventsEnabled": {
           "description": "Send Kubernetes events to Splunk Observability Infrastructure Monitoring",
           "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "insecureSkipVerify": {
+          "description": "Skip Verification of SSL certificate",
+          "type": "boolean"
         }
       },
       "anyOf": [
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
index 1a6b8ba5e9..d40b6e37a8 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ splunkObservability:
   # If you don't use AlwaysOn Profiling for Splunk APM, you can disable it.
   profilingEnabled: false
 
+  # Whether to skip checking the certificate of the K8s endpoint.
+  insecureSkipVerify: false
+
 ################################################################################
 # Logs collection engine:
 # - `fluentd`: deploy a fluentd sidecar that will collect logs and send them to