diff --git a/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile.go b/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile.go
index 283fa5da1..117c945bd 100644
--- a/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile.go
+++ b/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile.go
@@ -739,7 +739,11 @@ func (r *Reconciler) doInstall(ctx context.Context,
 		}
 		// Apply BYOO telemetry annotations to workload objects for Helm-rendered pods
 		metaInput.EnvVars = append(metaInput.EnvVars, byooEnvs...)
-		metaInput.OTelCollectorEnvVars = append(metaInput.OTelCollectorEnvVars, r.cfg.Agent.BYOOOTelCollectorEnvVars()...)
+		collectorEnvs := r.cfg.Agent.BYOOOTelCollectorEnvVars()
+		metaInput.OTelCollectorEnvVars = append(metaInput.OTelCollectorEnvVars, collectorEnvs...)
+		// The webhook special-cases Helm utils pods and skips metadata-carried collector
+		// env injection, so inject the envs directly into the BYOO collector sidecar.
+		k8sutil.AddBYOOEnvVarsToPodSpec(&utilsPod.Spec, collectorEnvs)
 	}
 
 	// Task-specific mutators.
diff --git a/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile_test.go b/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile_test.go
index c33a4e230..ae4341afd 100644
--- a/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/src/compute-plane-services/nvca/internal/miniservice/reconcile_test.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func TestReconcile_Function(t *testing.T) {
 	r.cfg.Agent.SharedStorage.Server.Image = "smb:latest"
 	exporterBatchMaxSizeBytes := int64(1000000)
 	r.cfg.Agent.BYOOLogChunking = nvcaconfig.BYOOLogChunkingConfig{
-		MaxBodyBytes:              983040,
+		MaxBodyBytes:              262144,
 		DryRun:                    true,
 		ExporterBatchMaxSizeBytes: &exporterBatchMaxSizeBytes,
 	}
@@ -659,6 +659,21 @@ rules:
 			assert.Len(t, c.Resources.Requests, 2)
 		}
 	}
+	var byooCollector *corev1.Container
+	for i := range utilsPod.Spec.Containers {
+		if utilsPod.Spec.Containers[i].Name == common.ByooOTelCollectorPodNameBase {
+			byooCollector = &utilsPod.Spec.Containers[i]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotNil(t, byooCollector, "utils pod should include BYOO collector sidecar")
+	byooCollectorEnv := map[string]string{}
+	for _, env := range byooCollector.Env {
+		byooCollectorEnv[env.Name] = env.Value
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, "262144", byooCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOLogChunkMaxBodyBytesEnv])
+	assert.Equal(t, "true", byooCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOLogChunkDryRunEnv])
+	assert.Equal(t, "1000000", byooCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOLogExporterBatchMaxSizeBytesEnv])
 	assert.Contains(t, utilsPod.Spec.Tolerations, configuredToleration)
 	assert.Equal(t, mergeMaps(translatedLabels, map[string]string{
 		common.BYOOMetricsEgressTargetLabelKey: common.BYOOMetricsEgressTargetLabelValue,
@@ -818,7 +833,7 @@ rules:
 	for _, env := range msMeta.OTelCollectorEnvVars {
 		otelCollectorEnv[env.Name] = env.Value
 	}
-	assert.Equal(t, "983040", otelCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOLogChunkMaxBodyBytesEnv])
+	assert.Equal(t, "262144", otelCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOLogChunkMaxBodyBytesEnv])
 	assert.Equal(t, "true", otelCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOLogChunkDryRunEnv])
 	assert.Equal(t, "1000000", otelCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOLogExporterBatchMaxSizeBytesEnv])
 	assert.Equal(t, "true", otelCollectorEnv[nvcaconfig.BYOOMetricSubsetEnabledEnv])