diff --git a/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml b/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml
index 0662a287d4b4541f4285e9b4ba7c3c0a2bdafcbf..79dd2b885104bac14afcdfbb3bb40e9d65d40b8c 100644
--- a/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml
+++ b/crates/collab/k8s/manifest.template.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ spec:
                   key: secret
             - name: INVITE_LINK_PREFIX
               value: ${INVITE_LINK_PREFIX}
+            - name: RUST_BACKTRACE
+              value: "1"
             - name: RUST_LOG
               value: ${RUST_LOG}
             - name: LOG_JSON