diff --git a/ci/values.yaml b/ci/values.yaml
index cdd7db70e0f3..237af780c9fc 100644
--- a/ci/values.yaml
+++ b/ci/values.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ config:
         span_name_as_resource_name: true
         compute_stats_by_span_kind: true
         peer_service_aggregation: true
+        trace_buffer: 1000
       api:
         key: "$DD_API_KEY"
   processors: