diff --git a/charts/intel/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/intel/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8cdb59e..b37a34f 100644
--- a/charts/intel/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/intel/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ spec:
                   key: {{ .Values.java.customCacerts.trustStorePasswordKey }}
                   optional: true
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if .Values.codetogether.trustAllCerts }}
+            - name: CT_TRUST_ALL_CERTS
+              value: "true"
+            {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.ai.enabled }}
             - name: CT_HQ_OLLAMA_AI_URL
               value: {{ if eq .Values.ai.mode "bundled" }}
diff --git a/charts/intel/values.yaml b/charts/intel/values.yaml
index 5587d5f..3eb285f 100644
--- a/charts/intel/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/intel/values.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ imageCredentials:
 #
 codetogether:
   url: https://<server-fqdn>
+  trustAllCerts: false  # Set to 'true' to trust all certificates
+
 
 hqproperties:
   hq.sso.client.id: CLIENTID.apps.googleusercontent.com
diff --git a/compose/.env-template b/compose/.env-template
index 82fa77c..502b43d 100644
--- a/compose/.env-template
+++ b/compose/.env-template
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ DHPARAM_PEM=dhparam.pem
 # Uncomment the following lines to enable AI integration with Ollama
 #CT_HQ_OLLAMA_AI_URL=http://codetogether-llm:8000
 #CT_HQ_OLLAMA_AI_MODEL_NAME=gemma3:1b
+
+# Enable “to trust all certificates”
+CT_TRUST_ALL_CERTS=false
+