diff --git a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml
index 3c4cbd801721..056901f6c9b8 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: Rabbitmq metrics exporter for prometheus
 name: prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter
-version: 1.8.1
+version: 1.9.0
 appVersion: v0.29.0
 home: https://github.com/kbudde/rabbitmq_exporter
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/configmap.yaml
index 082fd0801768..bdbbb092dec2 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ data:
     OUTPUT_FORMAT: {{ .Values.rabbitmq.output_format | quote }}
     RABBIT_TIMEOUT: {{ .Values.rabbitmq.timeout | quote }}
     MAX_QUEUES: {{ .Values.rabbitmq.max_queues | quote }}
-    EXCLUDE_METRICS: {{ .Values.rabbitmq.excludeMetrics | quote }}
\ No newline at end of file
+    EXCLUDE_METRICS: {{ .Values.rabbitmq.excludeMetrics | quote }}
+    RABBIT_CONNECTION: {{ .Values.rabbitmq.connection | quote }}
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml
index c653598b141e..31f6f2b5c2d2 100644
--- a/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/prometheus-rabbitmq-exporter/values.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ rabbitmq:
   timeout: 30
   max_queues: 0
   excludeMetrics: ""
+  connection: "direct"
   # Enables overriding env vars using an external ConfigMap.
   configMapOverrideReference: ""