diff --git a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
index 8d376d9e..994c6fa3 100644
--- a/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
+++ b/freeleaps/helm-pkg/authentication/templates/authentication/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ spec:
         sidecar.opentelemetry.io/inject: "{{ .Release.Namespace}}/{{ .Release.Name }}-opentelemetry-collector"
 {{- end }}
     spec:
+{{- if .Values.logIngest.enabled }}
+      serviceAccountName: "{{ .Release.Name }}-otel-collector"
+{{- else }}
       containers:
         - name: "authentication"
           image: "{{ coalesce .Values.authentication.image.registry .Values.global.registry "docker.io"}}/{{ coalesce .Values.authentication.image.repository .Values.global.repository }}/{{ .Values.authentication.image.name }}:{{ .Values.authentication.image.tag | default "latest" }}"