diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor.Kubernetes/KubernetesProviderOptions.cs b/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor.Kubernetes/KubernetesProviderOptions.cs
index 97b47708f..105e74e13 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor.Kubernetes/KubernetesProviderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.ProtoActor.Kubernetes/KubernetesProviderOptions.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Elsa.ProtoActor.Kubernetes;
 
 public class KubernetesProviderOptions : ProviderOptions
 {
-    public string HostAddress { get; set; }
-
+    public string HostAddress { get; set; } = default!;
     public IIdentityLookup IdentityLookup { get; set; } = new PartitionIdentityLookup();
 }
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