diff --git a/.github/trusted_registries.yaml b/.github/trusted_registries.yaml
index 72c44e88b..c25050136 100644
--- a/.github/trusted_registries.yaml
+++ b/.github/trusted_registries.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ registries:
     velero: ALL_IMAGES
     vladgh:
       gpg@sha256: ALL_TAGS
+    otel:
+      opentelemetry-collector-contrib: ALL_TAGS
   ghcr.io:
     aquasecurity: ALL_IMAGES
     kyverno: ALL_IMAGES
diff --git a/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/tracing/opentelemetry-collector.yaml b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/tracing/opentelemetry-collector.yaml
index 186c90f86..9b23c12ae 100644
--- a/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/tracing/opentelemetry-collector.yaml
+++ b/charts/base-cluster/templates/monitoring/tracing/opentelemetry-collector.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ spec:
     - name: kube-prometheus-stack
       namespace: monitoring
   values:
-    {{- if .Values.global.imageRegistry }}
     image:
-      repository: {{ printf "%s/otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib" $.Values.global.imageRegistry }}
-    {{- end }}
+      repository: {{ printf "%s/otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib" ($.Values.global.imageRegistry | default (include "base-cluster.defaultRegistry" (dict))) }}
     mode: daemonset
     hostNetwork: true
     service: