diff --git a/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/Chart.yaml b/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/Chart.yaml
index b03471b..d797f76 100644
--- a/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: >-
   Krateo SSE proxy. Polls ClickHouse and pushes new K8s events to connected
   browsers via Server-Sent Events.
 type: application
-version: 0.1.7
+version: 0.1.8
 appVersion: "1.1.2"
 home: https://krateo.io
 icon: https://github.com/krateoplatformops/krateo/blob/main/docs/media/logo.svg
diff --git a/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/templates/service.yaml b/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/templates/service.yaml
index c113917..a99717c 100644
--- a/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/templates/service.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ spec:
       port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
       targetPort: 8080
       protocol: TCP
+      {{- if .Values.service.nodePort }}
+      nodePort: {{ .Values.service.nodePort }}
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/values.schema.json b/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/values.schema.json
index 45ff3c6..060c65b 100644
--- a/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/krateo-sse-proxy/values.schema.json
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
           "type": "integer",
           "minimum": 1,
           "maximum": 65535
+        },
+        "nodePort": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "minimum": 30000,
+          "maximum": 32767,
+          "description": "Explicit NodePort (only honored when service.type=NodePort). Set by the installer to pin a deterministic, host-mappable port."
         }
       }
     },