diff --git a/example/monitoring-agent.nomad.hcl b/example/monitoring-agent.nomad.hcl
index d1ea8b1..616ecea 100644
--- a/example/monitoring-agent.nomad.hcl
+++ b/example/monitoring-agent.nomad.hcl
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ job "monitoring-agent" {
               local_bind_port  = 3100
               # Work arround, see https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/18538
               destination_type = "service"
+              config {
+                protocol = "http"
+              }
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/example/monitoring-services.nomad.hcl b/example/monitoring-services.nomad.hcl
index b4177a9..8f71f6a 100644
--- a/example/monitoring-services.nomad.hcl
+++ b/example/monitoring-services.nomad.hcl
@@ -2189,6 +2189,9 @@ _EOT
               local_bind_port  = 3100
               # Work arround, see https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/18538
               destination_type = "service"
+              config {
+                protocol = "http"
+              }
             }
           }
         }
@@ -2412,12 +2415,18 @@ _EOT
               local_bind_port  = 3100
               # Work arround, see https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/18538
               destination_type = "service"
+              config {
+                protocol = "http"
+              }
             }
             upstreams {
               destination_name = "prometheus"
               local_bind_port  = 9090
               # Work arround, see https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/18538
               destination_type = "service"
+              config {
+                protocol = "http"
+              }
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/variables.yml b/variables.yml
index 28f3249..431bd2f 100644
--- a/variables.yml
+++ b/variables.yml
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ monitoring:
           # Connect to loki through the service mesh
           - destination_name: 'loki[[ .consul.suffix ]]'
             local_bind_port: 3100
+            config:
+              protocol: http
     vault:
       # Vault policies to attach to the task.
       # Note : vector can expose its metrics with mTLS natively, so we do not add a metrics_proxy task
@@ -386,8 +388,12 @@ monitoring:
             local_bind_port: 5432
           - destination_name: loki[[ .consul.suffix ]]
             local_bind_port: 3100
+            config:
+              protocol: http
           - destination_name: prometheus[[ .consul.suffix ]]
             local_bind_port: 9090
+            config:
+              protocol: http
     # Volumes for data persistence
     volumes:
       data:
@@ -466,6 +472,8 @@ monitoring:
             # Connect to loki with the service mesh
             - destination_name: loki[[ .consul.suffix ]]
               local_bind_port: 3100
+              config:
+                protocol: http
       # Volumes for data persistence
       volumes:
         # The nomad volume should expose the Nomad alloc dir (eg /opt/nomad/data/alloc) where vector will be able