diff --git a/stable/firehose/Chart.yaml b/stable/firehose/Chart.yaml
index 5b273f70..97f77ceb 100644
--- a/stable/firehose/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/firehose/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: firehose
 description: A Helm chart for deploying Firehose on Kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 0.1.4
-appVersion: 0.7.1
+version: 0.1.5
+appVersion: 0.8.1
diff --git a/stable/firehose/README.md b/stable/firehose/README.md
index a77b1ff1..02daafea 100644
--- a/stable/firehose/README.md
+++ b/stable/firehose/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of Firehose chart and thei
 | firehose.config                                  | object | `{"SOURCE_KAFKA_BROKERS": "127.0.0.1:6667", "SOURCE_KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP_ID": "kafka-consumer-group-id", "SOURCE_KAFKA_TOPIC": "sample-topic", "SINK_TYPE": "log", "SOURCE_KAFKA_CONSUMER_CONFIG_AUTO_OFFSET_RESET": "latest", "INPUT_SCHEMA_PROTO_CLASS": "com.github.firehose.sampleLogProto.SampleLogMessage", "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS": "-javaagent:jolokia-jvm-agent.jar=port=8778,host=localhost"}` | env variables required by firehose, [read more](https://github.com/raystack/firehose/blob/main/docs/reference/configuration.md#configurations) |
 | firehose.image.pullPolicy                        | string | `"IfNotPresent"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | the Kubernetes [imagePullPolicy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/#updating-images) value for firehose container          |
 | firehose.image.repository                        | string | `"raystack/firehose"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | docker repository to download firehose image                                                                                                   |
-| firehose.image.tag                               | string | `"1.1.0"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | firehose docker image tag                                                                                                                      |
+| firehose.image.tag                               | string | `"0.8.1"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | firehose docker image tag                                                                                                                      |
 | firehose.resources.limits.cpu                    | string | `"200m"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | firehose container cpu limit                                                                                                                   |
 | firehose.resources.limits.memory                 | string | `"512Mi"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | firehose container memory limit                                                                                                                |
 | firehose.resources.requests.cpu                  | string | `"200m"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | firehose container cpu requests                                                                                                                |
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of Firehose chart and thei
 | init-firehose.image.tag                          | string | `"latest"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | init-firehose docker image tag                                                                                                                 |
 | labels                                           | object | `{"application":"firehose"}`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | labels for all resouces                                                                                                                        |
 | nameOverride                                     | string | `""`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | overrides the chart name when used in the naming of resources                                                                                  |
+| podAnnotations                                   | object | `{}`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | annotations for firehose pods                                                                                                                  |
 | replicaCount                                     | int    | `1`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | number of replicas of firehose pod                                                                                                             |
 | telegraf.config.output.influxdb.database         | string | `"test-db"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | db name for telegraf influxdb output                                                                                                           |
 | telegraf.config.output.influxdb.enabled          | bool   | `false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | flag for enabling telegraf influxdb output                                                                                                     |
diff --git a/stable/firehose/templates/deployment.yaml b/stable/firehose/templates/deployment.yaml
index c0fcb002..7148d380 100644
--- a/stable/firehose/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/stable/firehose/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/configmap-firehose.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
       labels:
         app: {{ include "firehose.fullname" . }}
         {{- range $key, $value := .Values.labels }}
diff --git a/stable/firehose/values.yaml b/stable/firehose/values.yaml
index f30eec78..e164b6fe 100644
--- a/stable/firehose/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/firehose/values.yaml
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ fullnameOverride: ""
 
 labels: { "application": "firehose" }
 
+podAnnotations: {}
+
 firehose:
   image:
     repository: raystack/firehose
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-    tag: 0.8.0
+    tag: 0.8.1
   config:
     SOURCE_KAFKA_BROKERS: 127.0.0.1:6667
     SOURCE_KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP_ID: kafka-consumer-group-id