diff --git a/manifests/contextservice.yaml b/manifests/contextservice.yaml
index 96735bf5f89f682f31131c123ee9884a1becbfdb..df06c86b58849762277f5d99788e36b1933e9a69 100644
--- a/manifests/contextservice.yaml
+++ b/manifests/contextservice.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ spec:
           value: "nats"
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
           value: "INFO"
+        - name: ALLOW_EXPLICIT_ADD_DEVICE_TO_TOPOLOGY
+          value: "FALSE"
+        - name: ALLOW_EXPLICIT_ADD_LINK_TO_TOPOLOGY
+          value: "FALSE"
         envFrom:
         - secretRef:
             name: crdb-data