diff --git a/applications/alert-stream-broker/Chart.yaml b/applications/alert-stream-broker/Chart.yaml
index cdeb3ac3e6..50b1f5650f 100644
--- a/applications/alert-stream-broker/Chart.yaml
+++ b/applications/alert-stream-broker/Chart.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ dependencies:
 
   - name: alert-database
     version: 2.1.0
+    
+  - name: kafdrop
+    condition: kafdrop.enabled
+    version: 1.0.0
 
   - name: strimzi-registry-operator
     version: 2.1.0
diff --git a/applications/alert-stream-broker/values.yaml b/applications/alert-stream-broker/values.yaml
index 9d1748abba..90d825942e 100644
--- a/applications/alert-stream-broker/values.yaml
+++ b/applications/alert-stream-broker/values.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ strimzi-registry-operator:
 
 kafdrop:
   # -- Whether Kafdrop is enabled
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false