diff --git a/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic b/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic
index 61a4c8bbc3..98b0e8da83 100644
--- a/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic
+++ b/src/kafka/Dockerfile.elastic
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ USER appuser
 
 ADD --chown=appuser:appuser https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/artifact/maven/redirect?r=snapshots&g=co.elastic.otel&a=elastic-otel-javaagent&v=LATEST /tmp/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar
 
-ENV OTEL_INFERRED_SPANS_ENABLED=true
+ENV OTEL_INFERRED_SPANS_ENABLED=false
 ENV ELASTIC_OTEL_SPAN_STACK_TRACE_MIN_DURATION=2
 ENV KAFKA_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://0.0.0.0:9092,CONTROLLER://0.0.0.0:9093
 ENV KAFKA_CONTROLLER_QUORUM_VOTERS='1@0.0.0.0:9093'
diff --git a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml
index 63ec2b97bd..1f65f74885 100644
--- a/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml
+++ b/src/otelcollector/otelcol-elastic-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ receivers:
   otlp:
     protocols:
       grpc:
+        endpoint: ${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOST}:${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_PORT_GRPC}
       http:
+        endpoint: ${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOST}:${env:OTEL_COLLECTOR_PORT_HTTP}
         cors:
           allowed_origins:
             - "http://*"