diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md b/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md
index 9071381d552c..bb1211953740 100644
--- a/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md
+++ b/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md
@@ -1707,6 +1707,24 @@ true
 			<td><pre lang="json">
 {}
 </pre>
+</td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td>loki.frontend.scheduler_address</td>
+			<td>string</td>
+			<td></td>
+			<td><pre lang="json">
+"{{ include \"loki.querySchedulerAddress\" . }}"
+</pre>
+</td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td>loki.frontend_worker.scheduler_address</td>
+			<td>string</td>
+			<td></td>
+			<td><pre lang="json">
+"{{ include \"loki.querySchedulerAddress\" . }}"
+</pre>
 </td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
index 2028b3d3051d..e49f391ae280 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ Entries should include a reference to the pull request that introduced the chang
 
 - [CHANGE] Add clusterLabelOverride for alert label overrides.
 
+## 5.5.3
+
+- [BUGFIX] Fix issue in distribution of queries to available read pods by using k8s service for discovering query-scheduler replicas
+
 ## 5.5.2
 
 - [BUGFIX] Use $.Release.Namespace consistently
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/Chart.yaml b/production/helm/loki/Chart.yaml
index 43981488fb62..60466294adcc 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/Chart.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: loki
 description: Helm chart for Grafana Loki in simple, scalable mode
 type: application
 appVersion: 2.8.2
-version: 5.5.2
+version: 5.5.3
 home: https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
 sources:
   - https://github.com/grafana/loki
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/README.md b/production/helm/loki/README.md
index f96e7d6a9050..bdb0c54f4880 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/README.md
+++ b/production/helm/loki/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # loki
 
-![Version: 5.5.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-5.5.2-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.8.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.8.2-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 5.5.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-5.5.3-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.8.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.8.2-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Helm chart for Grafana Loki in simple, scalable mode
 
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl b/production/helm/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 69adab23038e..f4e3dd8f00db 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -762,3 +762,12 @@ enableServiceLinks: false
 {{- printf "%s" $compactorAddress }}
 {{- end }}
 
+{{/* Determine query-scheduler address */}}
+{{- define "loki.querySchedulerAddress" -}}
+{{- $isSimpleScalable := eq (include "loki.deployment.isScalable" .) "true" -}}
+{{- $schedulerAddress := ""}}
+{{- if and $isSimpleScalable (not .Values.read.legacyReadTarget ) -}}
+{{- $schedulerAddress = printf "query-scheduler-discovery.%s.svc.%s.:9095" .Release.Namespace .Values.global.clusterDomain -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- printf "%s" $schedulerAddress }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/backend/query-scheduler-discovery.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/backend/query-scheduler-discovery.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01865863e57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/backend/query-scheduler-discovery.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{{- $isSimpleScalable := eq (include "loki.deployment.isScalable" .) "true" -}}
+{{- if and $isSimpleScalable (not .Values.read.legacyReadTarget ) }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: query-scheduler-discovery
+  labels:
+    {{- include "loki.backendSelectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    prometheus.io/service-monitor: "false"
+spec:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  clusterIP: None
+  publishNotReadyAddresses: true
+  ports:
+    - name: http-metrics
+      port: 3100
+      targetPort: http-metrics
+      protocol: TCP
+    - name: grpc
+      port: 9095
+      targetPort: grpc
+      protocol: TCP
+  selector:
+    {{- include "loki.backendSelectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
index 6f50c9589373..3072c77362e0 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
@@ -207,6 +207,16 @@ loki:
     index_gateway:
       {{- tpl (. | toYaml) $ | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
+
+    {{- with .Values.loki.frontend }}
+    frontend:
+      {{- tpl (. | toYaml) $ | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
+
+    {{- with .Values.loki.frontend_worker }}
+    frontend_worker:
+      {{- tpl (. | toYaml) $ | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- end }}
   # Should authentication be enabled
   auth_enabled: true
   #  Extra memberlist configuration
@@ -302,6 +312,10 @@ loki:
   # --  Optional index gateway configuration
   index_gateway:
     mode: ring
+  frontend:
+    scheduler_address: '{{ include "loki.querySchedulerAddress" . }}'
+  frontend_worker:
+    scheduler_address: '{{ include "loki.querySchedulerAddress" . }}'
 enterprise:
   # Enable enterprise features, license must be provided
   enabled: false