diff --git a/internal/backendconnection/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template b/internal/backendconnection/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template
index 0694470d..91aa76ab 100644
--- a/internal/backendconnection/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template
+++ b/internal/backendconnection/otelcolresources/daemonset.config.yaml.template
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ receivers:
     protocols:
       grpc:
         endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:4317
+        max_recv_msg_size_mib: 8388608
       http:
         endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:4318