diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index a20881dd0de555971004516d03a0a3767809c394..fde4a4e14938c745ee8972e5a8c9781a7f5c0669 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ app.kubernetes.io/namespace: {{ include "app.namespace" . }}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{- define "app.grpc_client_vorgang_manager_address" -}}
-{{ printf "%s.%s:9090" ( coalesce .Values.vorgangManagerName "vorgang-manager" ) .Release.Namespace | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{ printf "dns:///%s.%s:9090" ( coalesce .Values.vorgangManagerName "vorgang-manager" ) .Release.Namespace | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{- define "app.grpc_client_user-manager_address" -}}
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_env_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_env_test.yaml
index 0bf3a7adbf32e293791d0af1a2804bf7c8c4d6df..f02a3b9989743688a6baa2527e7376ca7c9945f4 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_env_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_defaults_env_test.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ tests:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
           content:
             name: grpc_client_vorgang-manager_address
-            value: vorgang-manager.sh-helm-test:9090
+            value: dns:///vorgang-manager.sh-helm-test:9090
       - contains:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
           content:
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_vorgang_manager_address_env_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_vorgang_manager_address_env_test.yaml
index 794e933ec92b521e7664244bae38f8b5b05b6469..9c0e685c4e9256e0053ebe3b4203e392f816e271 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_vorgang_manager_address_env_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_vorgang_manager_address_env_test.yaml
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ tests:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
           content:
             name: grpc_client_vorgang-manager_address
-            value: my-test-vorgang-manager-name.sh-helm-test:9090
+            value: dns:///my-test-vorgang-manager-name.sh-helm-test:9090