diff --git a/deployment/helm/balloons/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deployment/helm/balloons/templates/daemonset.yaml
index e9998613d..d978aeb5b 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/balloons/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/balloons/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - -metrics-interval
             - 5s
             - --nri-plugin-index
-            - "{{ printf "%02d" .Values.nri.pluginIndex }}"
+            - "{{ .Values.nri.pluginIndex | int | printf "%02d"  }}"
             {{- if .Values.configGroupLabel }}
             - --config-group-label
             - {{ .Values.configGroupLabel }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/memory-qos/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deployment/helm/memory-qos/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 943ace1ca..473452312 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/memory-qos/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/memory-qos/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
           command:
             - nri-memory-qos
             - --idx
-            - "{{ printf "%02d" .Values.nri.pluginIndex }}"
+            - "{{ .Values.nri.pluginIndex | int | printf "%02d"  }}"
             - --config
             - /etc/nri/memory-qos/config.yaml
             - -v
diff --git a/deployment/helm/memtierd/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deployment/helm/memtierd/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 1ec35031b..51e7e7ae5 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/memtierd/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/memtierd/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ spec:
           command:
             - nri-memtierd
             - --idx
-            - "{{ printf "%02d" .Values.nri.pluginIndex }}"
+            - "{{ .Values.nri.pluginIndex | int | printf "%02d"  }}"
             - --config
             - /etc/nri/memtierd/config.yaml
             {{- if .Values.outputDir }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/sgx-epc/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deployment/helm/sgx-epc/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 15bae5452..ed21bc779 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/sgx-epc/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/sgx-epc/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ spec:
           command:
             - nri-sgx-epc
             - --idx
-            - "{{ printf "%02d" .Values.nri.pluginIndex }}"
+            - "{{ .Values.nri.pluginIndex | int | printf "%02d"  }}"
           image: {{ .Values.image.name }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           resources:
diff --git a/deployment/helm/template/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deployment/helm/template/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 0fa9b9dc3..fb638ed32 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/template/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/template/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ spec:
             - -metrics-interval
             - 5s
             - --nri-plugin-index
-            - "{{ printf "%02d" .Values.nri.pluginIndex }}"
+            - "{{ .Values.nri.pluginIndex | int | printf "%02d"  }}"
             {{- if .Values.configGroupLabel }}
             - --config-group-label
             - {{ .Values.configGroupLabel }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/topology-aware/templates/daemonset.yaml b/deployment/helm/topology-aware/templates/daemonset.yaml
index be4de8c19..efbed0c40 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/topology-aware/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/topology-aware/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - -metrics-interval
             - 5s
             - --nri-plugin-index
-            - "{{ printf "%02d" .Values.nri.pluginIndex }}"
+            - "{{ .Values.nri.pluginIndex | int | printf "%02d"  }}"
             {{- if .Values.configGroupLabel }}
             - --config-group-label
             - {{ .Values.configGroupLabel }}