diff --git a/opentelemetry-operator/helm-values.yaml b/opentelemetry-operator/helm-values.yaml
index c5a526b..3c03e40 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-operator/helm-values.yaml
+++ b/opentelemetry-operator/helm-values.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ manager:
       repository: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/autoinstrumentation-go
   resources:
     limits:
+      cpu: null  # Disable chart default CPU limits
       memory: 256Mi
     requests:
       cpu: 10m
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ kubeRBACProxy:
   enabled: true
   resources:
     limits:
+      cpu: null  # Disable chart default CPU limits
       memory: 64Mi
     requests:
       cpu: 5m