diff --git a/manifests/workloads/gitea/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/workloads/gitea/kustomization.yaml
index 63e7d45f..8b1474c0 100644
--- a/manifests/workloads/gitea/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/workloads/gitea/kustomization.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@ helmCharts:
   repo: https://dl.gitea.io/charts
   version: 9.4.0
   valuesFile: values.yaml
+
+patches:
+- patch: |
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Service
+    metadata:
+      name: gitea-ssh
+      namespace: git
+    spec:
+      loadBalancerClass: metallb
diff --git a/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml b/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml
index 02e1bfe3..e1a37210 100644
--- a/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml
+++ b/manifests/workloads/gitea/values.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ persistence:
   storageClass: ceph-rbd
 
 service:
+  http:
+    type: ClusterIP
   ssh:
+    type: LoadBalancer
     annotations:
       metallb.universe.tf/allow-shared-ip: "globalingress-10.4.240.2"
       metallb.universe.tf/loadBalancerIPs: 10.4.240.2