diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl
index b48b1eb05..04a19f102 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ Compute InternalTrafficPolicy on Service creation
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
-Specify namespace
+Allow the release namespace to be overridden
 */}}
 {{- define "opentelemetry-collector.namespace" -}}
-{{- if .Values.namespace -}}
-{{- .Values.namespace -}}
-{{- else -}}
-{{- .Release.Namespace -}}
-{{- end -}}
+  {{- if .Values.namespaceOverride -}}
+    {{- .Values.namespaceOverride -}}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{- .Release.Namespace -}}
+  {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.schema.json b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.schema.json
index a2dd939e1..a169dd0a2 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.schema.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       "type": "string",
       "enum": ["daemonset", "deployment", "statefulset", ""]
     },
-    "namespace": {
+    "namespaceOverride": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Name of the namespace to deploy the resources into."
     },
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml
index dc193d26b..b9583a82e 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-collector/values.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fullnameOverride: ""
 mode: ""
 
 # Specify which namespace should be used to deploy the resources into
-namespace: ""
+namespaceOverride: ""
 
 # Handles basic configuration of components that
 # also require k8s modifications to work correctly.