diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/HeliosConfiguration.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/HeliosConfiguration.java
index 520f94fa6eb1..602afbc8ee2f 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/HeliosConfiguration.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/HeliosConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public class HeliosConfiguration {
   public static final String HELIOS_ENVIRONMENT_ENV_VAR = "HS_ENVIRONMENT";
   public static final String HELIOS_SERVICE_NAME_ENV_VAR = "HS_SERVICE_NAME";
   public static final String HELIOS_TOKEN_ENV_VAR = "HS_TOKEN";
+  public static final String HELIOS_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT_ENV_VAR = "HS_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT = "https://collector.heliosphere.io/traces";
 
   public static String getEnvironmentName() {
     return System.getenv(HELIOS_ENVIRONMENT_ENV_VAR);
@@ -32,4 +34,9 @@ public static String getServiceName() {
   public static String getHsToken() {
     return System.getenv(HELIOS_TOKEN_ENV_VAR);
   }
+
+  public static String getCollectorEndpoint() {
+    String result = System.getenv(HELIOS_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT_ENV_VAR);
+    return result == null ? DEFAULT_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT : result;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
index 545986a05681..543fa6665d5c 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling;
 
+import static io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.HeliosConfiguration.getCollectorEndpoint;
 import static io.opentelemetry.javaagent.tooling.HeliosConfiguration.getHsToken;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.appender.internal.LogEmitterProvider;
@@ -68,8 +69,7 @@ static void setHeliosSystemProperties() {
 
     if (hsToken != null) {
       System.setProperty("otel.exporter.otlp.headers", String.format("Authorization=%s", hsToken));
-      System.setProperty(
-          "otel.exporter.otlp.traces.endpoint", "https://collector.heliosphere.io/traces");
+      System.setProperty("otel.exporter.otlp.traces.endpoint", getCollectorEndpoint());
       System.setProperty("otel.exporter.otlp.traces.protocol", "http/protobuf");
     }
   }
diff --git a/version.gradle.kts b/version.gradle.kts
index 104cc82ec7d7..a77e2e12c181 100644
--- a/version.gradle.kts
+++ b/version.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-val stableVersion = "1.0.2"
+val stableVersion = "1.0.3"
 val alphaVersion = "1.17.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT"
 
 allprojects {