diff --git a/apps/gitea/kustomization.yaml b/apps/gitea/kustomization.yaml
index ce76ca0..7758936 100644
--- a/apps/gitea/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/gitea/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ resources:
   - postgres-volume.yaml
   - postgres-cluster.yaml
   - gitea-shared-volume.yaml
+  - valkey-volume.yaml
   - release.yaml
   - secret.yaml
   - backups.yaml
diff --git a/apps/gitea/release.yaml b/apps/gitea/release.yaml
index ae8908e..c40a18b 100644
--- a/apps/gitea/release.yaml
+++ b/apps/gitea/release.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       primary:
         persistence:
           enabled: true
-          storageClass: mayastor-single-hdd
+          existingClaim: gitea-valkey-primary-lvmhdd-0
         resources:
           requests:
             cpu: 0
diff --git a/apps/gitea/valkey-volume.yaml b/apps/gitea/valkey-volume.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9599742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/gitea/valkey-volume.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+apiVersion: local.openebs.io/v1alpha1
+kind: LVMVolume
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/nodename: anapistula-delrosalae
+  name: gitea-valkey-primary-lvmhdd-0
+  namespace: openebs
+spec:
+  capacity: 1Gi
+  ownerNodeID: anapistula-delrosalae
+  shared: "yes"
+  thinProvision: "no"
+  vgPattern: ^openebs-hdd$
+  volGroup: openebs-hdd
+---
+kind: PersistentVolume
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-valkey-primary-lvmhdd-0
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: 1Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
+  storageClassName: hdd-lvmpv
+  volumeMode: Filesystem
+  csi:
+    driver: local.csi.openebs.io
+    fsType: btrfs
+    volumeHandle: gitea-valkey-primary-lvmhdd-0
+---
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-valkey-primary-lvmhdd-0
+  namespace: gitea
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
+  storageClassName: hdd-lvmpv
+  volumeName: gitea-valkey-primary-lvmhdd-0