diff --git a/charts/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
index a886b015..4e6aee87 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-bit/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ keywords:
   - logging
   - fluent-bit
   - fluentd
-version: 0.43.1
+version: 0.44.0
 appVersion: 2.2.2
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cncf/artwork/master/projects/fluentd/fluentbit/icon/fluentbit-icon-color.svg
 home: https://fluentbit.io/
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ maintainers:
     email: steve.hipwell@gmail.com
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - kind: fixed
-      description: "Fixed helm tests."
+    - kind: changed
+      description: "Added local internalTrafficPolicy for daemonsets"
diff --git a/charts/fluent-bit/templates/service.yaml b/charts/fluent-bit/templates/service.yaml
index 6ee9cda5..3f9c8f70 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-bit/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-bit/templates/service.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ spec:
   {{- if and (eq .Values.service.type "ClusterIP") (.Values.service.clusterIP) }}
   clusterIP: {{ .Values.service.clusterIP }}
   {{- end }}
+  {{- if (eq .Values.kind "DaemonSet") }}
+  {{- with .Values.service.internalTrafficPolicy }}
+  internalTrafficPolicy: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
   {{- if (eq .Values.service.type "LoadBalancer")}}
   {{- with .Values.service.loadBalancerClass}}
   loadBalancerClass: {{ . }}
diff --git a/charts/fluent-bit/values.yaml b/charts/fluent-bit/values.yaml
index 748d8603..c9ae9843 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-bit/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-bit/values.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ securityContext: {}
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
   port: 2020
+  internalTrafficPolicy:
   loadBalancerClass:
   loadBalancerSourceRanges: []
   labels: {}