diff --git a/roles/eda/templates/eda-api.deployment.yaml.j2 b/roles/eda/templates/eda-api.deployment.yaml.j2
index ac8a2352..0021d22f 100644
--- a/roles/eda/templates/eda-api.deployment.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/eda/templates/eda-api.deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -411,6 +411,8 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: '{{ db_fields_encryption_secret_name }}'
               key: secret_key
+        - name: EDA_WORKER_KIND
+          value: "websocket"
 {% if combined_api.resource_requirements is defined %}
         resources: {{ combined_api.resource_requirements }}
 {% endif %}