diff --git a/swh/values/default.yaml b/swh/values/default.yaml
index 4084aa19a9f0fc3b61869a4d2551662559f0e30e..50950dea7face36b2605d0bafeab523320a532f3 100644
--- a/swh/values/default.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/default.yaml
@@ -103,5 +103,18 @@ graphql:
             values:
             - "true"
 
+storage:
+  sentry:
+    enabled: true
+  affinity:
+    nodeAffinity:
+      requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+        nodeSelectorTerms:
+        - matchExpressions:
+          - key: swh/storage
+            operator: In
+            values:
+            - "true"
+
 statsd_exporter:
   enabled: true
diff --git a/swh/values/staging-cassandra.yaml b/swh/values/staging-cassandra.yaml
index 7d036465791353cc67ab927676d73797d0b94927..bcaa53a935d802d9f5f0c3e052d4cd1f73fe2b7c 100644
--- a/swh/values/staging-cassandra.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/staging-cassandra.yaml
@@ -170,3 +170,29 @@ storage_replayer:
       #requestedCpu: 80m
       autoScaling:
         maxReplicaCount: 5
+
+storage:
+  enabled: true
+  replicas: 1
+  requestedCpu: 50m
+  requestedMemory: 100Mi
+  autoScaling:
+    maxReplicaCount: 1
+  storageClass: cassandra
+  affinity:
+    nodeAffinity:
+      requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+        nodeSelectorTerms:
+        - matchExpressions:
+          - key: "swh/storage"
+            operator: In
+            values:
+            - "true"
+  cassandra:
+    initKeyspace: true # only to bootstrap a new cassandra database
+    seeds:
+      - cassandra1.internal.staging.swh.network
+      - cassandra2.internal.staging.swh.network
+      - cassandra3.internal.staging.swh.network            
+    keySpace: swh
+    consistencyLevel: LOCAL_QUORUM
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/values-swh-application-versions.yaml b/values-swh-application-versions.yaml
index 8e48a52c8d2f903cf47dbe84e2799b14e94ed57d..992404fe695c31374d8220790c10260cf652904b 100644
--- a/values-swh-application-versions.yaml
+++ b/values-swh-application-versions.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ swh_loader_package_image: container-registry.softwareheritage.org/swh/infra/swh-
 swh_loader_package_image_version: '20230220.1'
 swh_loader_svn_image: container-registry.softwareheritage.org/swh/infra/swh-apps/loader_svn
 swh_loader_svn_image_version: '20230306.1'
+swh_storage_image: container-registry.softwareheritage.org/swh/infra/swh-apps/storage
+swh_storage_image_version: '20230327.1'
 swh_storage_replayer_image: container-registry.softwareheritage.org/swh/infra/swh-apps/storage_replayer
 swh_storage_replayer_image_version: '20230321.1'
 swh_vault_cookers_image: container-registry.softwareheritage.org/swh/infra/swh-apps/vault_cookers