diff --git a/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml b/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml
index ca0d944..377a4eb 100644
--- a/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/nxtgauge-ai-assistant/base/deployment.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
             - name: APP_PORT
               value: "8080"
             - name: OLLAMA_BASE_URL
-              value: "http://localhost:11434"
+              value: "http://ollama.nxtgauge-ai.svc.cluster.local:11434"
             - name: OLLAMA_CHAT_MODEL
               value: "gemma3:270m"
             - name: OLLAMA_EMBED_MODEL