diff --git a/Chart.yaml b/Chart.yaml
index ce74342..45fdf27 100644
--- a/Chart.yaml
+++ b/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: pgdog
-version: v0.94
+version: v0.95
 appVersion: "v0.1.63"
diff --git a/templates/config.yaml b/templates/config.yaml
index 8f7af3d..a64100a 100644
--- a/templates/config.yaml
+++ b/templates/config.yaml
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ data:
         {{- with .Values.control }}
         {{- if .enabled }}
         [control]
+        {{- if hasKey . "required" }}
+        required = {{ .required }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if .endpoint }}
         endpoint = {{ .endpoint | quote }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/test/values-control.yaml b/test/values-control.yaml
index ee26ed9..250959c 100644
--- a/test/values-control.yaml
+++ b/test/values-control.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Test control plane configuration (PgDog EE)
 control:
   enabled: true
+  required: true
   endpoint: "wss://control.example.com/ws"
   token: "test-token-12345"
   metricsInterval: 2000
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index fc7f8d9..55f1c0d 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -595,6 +595,8 @@ queryStats:
 control:
   # enabled controls whether to include [control] section in pgdog.toml
   enabled: false
+  # Require a control plane connection before allowing application traffic.
+  required: false
   # endpoint is the control plane URL. Leave empty to use PGDOG_CONTROL_ENDPOINT.
   endpoint: ""
   # token is the authentication token. Leave empty to use PGDOG_CONTROL_TOKEN.