diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml
index 398875d3e..2e140649b 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ configTimeouts:
 # configure behavior of load balancers
 configLoadBalancer:
   # global toggle to allow public load balancers
-  allow_public_load_balancers: "false"
+  allow_public_load_balancers: false
   # annotations to apply to service when load balancing is enabled
   # custom_service_annotations:
   #   keyx: valuez