diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md b/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md
index 16d56e80ac..841fb6534a 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/README.md
@@ -1162,4 +1162,4 @@ traces:
       receiverConfig: {}
       # -- Default OTLP gRPC port
       port: 4317
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/enterprise-federation-frontend/hpa.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/enterprise-federation-frontend/hpa.yaml
index 8a84c9d112..da52841470 100644
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/enterprise-federation-frontend/hpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/templates/enterprise-federation-frontend/hpa.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ apiVersion: {{ $apiVersion }}
 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "tempo.resourceName" (dict "ctx" . "component" "enterprise-federation-frontend") }}
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
   labels:
     {{- include "tempo.labels" (dict "ctx" . "component" "enterprise-federation-frontend") | nindent 4 }}
 spec: