diff --git a/charts/k8s-gerrit/istio/namespace.yaml b/charts/k8s-gerrit/istio/namespace.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: gerrit-replica
+  labels:
+    istio-injection: enabled