diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
index 6a7e0ee..167de38 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ raster:
       GDAL_HTTP_MERGE_CONSECUTIVE_RANGES: "YES"
       GDAL_HTTP_MULTIPLEX: "YES"
       GDAL_HTTP_VERSION: "2"
+      GDAL_SKIP: "VRT" # skip VRT driver to avoid https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/12645
       PYTHONWARNINGS: "ignore"
       VSI_CACHE: "TRUE"
       VSI_CACHE_SIZE: "5000000"  # 5 MB (per file-handle)