diff --git a/.github/environments/values.dev.yaml b/.github/environments/values.dev.yaml
index 1b96a1ae..857d436a 100644
--- a/.github/environments/values.dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/environments/values.dev.yaml
@@ -50,3 +50,61 @@ postgres:
         limits:
           cpu: 100m
           memory: 512Mi
+
+  # -------- backups ---------
+  pgBackRestConfig:
+    # allow one-off backups
+    manual:
+      repoName: repo1
+      options:
+        - --type=full
+    configuration:
+      # secret for saving backups to S3
+      - secret:
+          name: pgbackrest-s3
+    global:
+      # log-level-console: debug
+      # --- pvc
+      repo1-retention-full: "3"
+      repo1-retention-diff: "12"
+      # --- s3
+      repo2-path: /backups/common-object-management-service/postgres/dev
+      repo2-retention-full: "30"
+      repo2-s3-uri-style: path
+    repos:
+      - name: repo1
+        schedules:
+          full: "0 7 * * *" # full backup every day at 7am
+          differential: "0 */2 * * *" # differential every 2 hours
+        volume:
+          volumeClaimSpec:
+            accessModes:
+              - "ReadWriteOnce"
+            resources:
+              requests:
+                storage: 2Gi
+            storageClassName: "netapp-file-backup"
+      - name: repo2
+        schedules:
+          full: "*/10 * * *" # full backup every 10 minutes
+        s3:
+          bucket: csstops
+          endpoint: https://nrs.objectstore.gov.bc.ca
+          region: us-east-1
+    repoHost:
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 1m
+          memory: 64Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: 50m
+          memory: 128Mi
+    sidecars:
+      pgbackrest:
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 1m
+            memory: 64Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 50m
+            memory: 128Mi
diff --git a/charts/coms/Chart.yaml b/charts/coms/Chart.yaml
index 5f087b0a..ff16894d 100644
--- a/charts/coms/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/coms/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: common-object-management-service
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.4
+version: 1.1.0
 kubeVersion: ">= 1.13.0"
 description: A microservice for managing access control to S3 Objects
 # A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/bcgov/common-object-management-service
 dependencies:
   - name: postgrescluster
-    version: 0.1.4
+    version: 1.1.0
     repository: "file://../postgres"
     condition: postgres.enabled
     alias: postgres
diff --git a/charts/coms/values.yaml b/charts/coms/values.yaml
index 4cb6b496..b1893b73 100644
--- a/charts/coms/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/coms/values.yaml
@@ -247,7 +247,3 @@ postgres:
       limits:
         cpu: 50m
         memory: 128Mi
-
-  # -------- backups ---------
-  pgBackRestConfig:
-    repos: {}
diff --git a/charts/postgres/Chart.yaml b/charts/postgres/Chart.yaml
index 15cb7f03..6974cfa0 100644
--- a/charts/postgres/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ name: postgrescluster
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 type: application
 # The version below should match the version on the PostgresCluster CRD
-version: 0.1.4
+version: 1.1.0
 appVersion: 5.6.0
diff --git a/charts/postgres/templates/pgbackrest-s3-secret.yaml b/charts/postgres/templates/pgbackrest-s3-secret.yaml
index 6af963c6..2d93e244 100644
--- a/charts/postgres/templates/pgbackrest-s3-secret.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres/templates/pgbackrest-s3-secret.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 
-{{- range $index, $repo := .Values.pgBackRestConfig.repos }}
-{{- if $repo.s3 }}
 {{- $secretExists := (lookup "v1" "Secret" $.Release.Namespace "pgbackrest-s3" ) }}
 {{- if not $secretExists }}
 # this secret allows crunchyDb (pgbackrest) to connect to an S3 host for saving backups.
@@ -18,5 +16,3 @@ stringData:
       repo2-s3-key=<s3 access key id>
       repo2-s3-key-secret=<s3 secret access key>
 {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}