diff --git a/charts/hub-gateway/Chart.yaml b/charts/hub-gateway/Chart.yaml
index d2acd4f..8c11b38 100644
--- a/charts/hub-gateway/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/hub-gateway/Chart.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type: application
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
 
-version: "0.14.0"
+version: "0.14.1"
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/hub-gateway/plugins/credits.lua b/charts/hub-gateway/plugins/credits.lua
index 7d889be..037e79e 100644
--- a/charts/hub-gateway/plugins/credits.lua
+++ b/charts/hub-gateway/plugins/credits.lua
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ function _M.access(conf, ctx)
     end
 
     -- respond the credit balance to the user too
-    if conf.expose_credit_balance then
-        core.request.set_header(ctx, "X-Credit-Balance", data.balance)
-        core.response.set_header(ctx, "X-Credit-Balance", data.balance)
-    end
+    core.request.set_header(ctx, "X-Credit-Balance", data.balance)
+    core.response.set_header(ctx, "X-Credit-Balance", data.balance)
 end
 
 return _M