diff --git a/pkg/obi/config.go b/pkg/obi/config.go
index be4462907..2cb3b0a34 100644
--- a/pkg/obi/config.go
+++ b/pkg/obi/config.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 		MaxTransactionTime: 5 * time.Minute,
 	},
 	NameResolver: &transform.NameResolverConfig{
-		Sources:  []string{"k8s"},
+		Sources:  []transform.Source{transform.SourceK8s},
 		CacheLen: 1024,
 		CacheTTL: 5 * time.Minute,
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/obi/config_test.go b/pkg/obi/config_test.go
index 77853a459..f9d426882 100644
--- a/pkg/obi/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/obi/config_test.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ discovery:
 			MaxPathSegmentCardinality: 10,
 		},
 		NameResolver: &transform.NameResolverConfig{
-			Sources:  []string{"k8s", "dns"},
+			Sources:  []transform.Source{transform.SourceK8s, transform.SourceDNS},
 			CacheLen: 1024,
 			CacheTTL: 5 * time.Minute,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go b/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
index 3c1517014..c3b695009 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/name_resolver.go
@@ -29,25 +29,37 @@ func nrlog() *slog.Logger {
 	return slog.With("component", "transform.NameResolver")
 }
 
+type Source string
+
+const (
+	SourceDNS        Source = "dns"
+	SourceK8s        Source = "k8s"
+	SourceKube       Source = "kube"
+	SourceKubernetes Source = "kubernetes"
+	SourceRDNS       Source = "rdns"
+)
+
 const (
 	ResolverDNS = maps.Bits(1 << iota)
 	ResolverK8s
 	ResolverRDNS
 )
 
-func resolverSources(str []string) maps.Bits {
-	return maps.MappedBits(str, map[string]maps.Bits{
-		"dns":        ResolverDNS,
-		"k8s":        ResolverK8s,
-		"kube":       ResolverK8s,
-		"kubernetes": ResolverK8s,
-		"rdns":       ResolverRDNS,
-	}, maps.WithTransform(strings.ToLower))
+func resolverSources(src []Source) maps.Bits {
+	return maps.MappedBits(src, map[Source]maps.Bits{
+		SourceDNS:        ResolverDNS,
+		SourceK8s:        ResolverK8s,
+		SourceKube:       ResolverK8s,
+		SourceKubernetes: ResolverK8s,
+		SourceRDNS:       ResolverRDNS,
+	}, maps.WithTransform(func(s Source) Source {
+		return Source(strings.ToLower(string(s)))
+	}))
 }
 
 type NameResolverConfig struct {
-	// Sources for name resolving. Accepted values: dns, k8s
-	Sources []string `yaml:"sources" env:"OTEL_EBPF_NAME_RESOLVER_SOURCES" envSeparator:"," envDefault:"k8s"`
+	// Sources for name resolving. Accepted values: dns, k8s, rdns
+	Sources []Source `yaml:"sources" env:"OTEL_EBPF_NAME_RESOLVER_SOURCES" envSeparator:"," envDefault:"k8s"`
 	// CacheLen specifies the max size of the LRU cache that is checked before
 	// performing the name lookup. Default: 256
 	CacheLen int `yaml:"cache_len" env:"OTEL_EBPF_NAME_RESOLVER_CACHE_LEN"`
diff --git a/pkg/transform/name_resolver_test.go b/pkg/transform/name_resolver_test.go
index c95baaa10..2883995bd 100644
--- a/pkg/transform/name_resolver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/transform/name_resolver_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestResolvePodsFromK8s(t *testing.T) {
 	nr := NameResolver{
 		db:      db,
 		cache:   expirable.NewLRU[string, string](10, nil, 5*time.Hour),
-		sources: resolverSources([]string{"dns", "k8s"}),
+		sources: resolverSources([]Source{SourceDNS, SourceK8s}),
 	}
 
 	name, namespace := nr.resolveFromK8s("10.0.0.1")
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestResolveServiceFromK8s(t *testing.T) {
 	nr := NameResolver{
 		db:      db,
 		cache:   expirable.NewLRU[string, string](10, nil, 5*time.Hour),
-		sources: resolverSources([]string{"dns", "k8s"}),
+		sources: resolverSources([]Source{SourceDNS, SourceK8s}),
 	}
 
 	name, namespace := nr.resolveFromK8s("10.0.0.1")
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func TestResolveNodesFromK8s(t *testing.T) {
 	nr := NameResolver{
 		db:      db,
 		cache:   expirable.NewLRU[string, string](10, nil, 5*time.Hour),
-		sources: resolverSources([]string{"dns", "k8s"}),
+		sources: resolverSources([]Source{SourceDNS, SourceK8s}),
 	}
 
 	name, namespace := nr.resolveFromK8s("10.0.0.1")
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func TestResolveClientFromHost(t *testing.T) {
 	nr := NameResolver{
 		db:      db,
 		cache:   expirable.NewLRU[string, string](10, nil, 5*time.Hour),
-		sources: resolverSources([]string{"k8s"}),
+		sources: resolverSources([]Source{SourceK8s}),
 	}
 
 	name, namespace := nr.resolveFromK8s("10.0.0.1")
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func TestResolveClientFromHost_K8sFQDN(t *testing.T) {
 	nr := NameResolver{
 		db:      db,
 		cache:   expirable.NewLRU[string, string](10, nil, 5*time.Hour),
-		sources: resolverSources([]string{"k8s"}),
+		sources: resolverSources([]Source{SourceK8s}),
 	}
 
 	// Create a client span representing an HTTP call to a K8s Service