diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.lock b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.lock
index 4b3ce5155..9b850e501 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.lock
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.lock
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ dependencies:
 - name: postgres-cluster
   repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
   version: 6.16.1
-digest: sha256:e6ea05d8bdb96164bc19da117078b5101f329ad5f1b461fa02f198bef45454f3
-generated: "2025-12-07T02:54:01.695741198Z"
+- name: postgres-cluster
+  repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
+  version: 6.16.1
+digest: sha256:3baf363781e7b7bfede344a1fc6442c10340eb404b6487d4d84acb8b1bfee75b
+generated: "2025-12-11T16:00:06.802366-06:00"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.yaml
index 5c88d5fef..48b649d1e 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/Chart.yaml
@@ -31,5 +31,9 @@ dependencies:
     alias: postgres-17-cluster
     version: 6.16.1
     repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
+  - name: postgres-cluster
+    alias: postgres-18-cluster
+    version: 6.16.1
+    repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
 icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons/png/authentik.png
-appVersion: 2025.4.1
+appVersion: 2025.10.2
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/templates/external-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/templates/external-secret.yaml
index a7a5e73b9..7c66a12ce 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/templates/external-secret.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/templates/external-secret.yaml
@@ -109,3 +109,70 @@ spec:
         key: /garage/home-infra/postgres-backups
         metadataPolicy: None
         property: ACCESS_REGION
+
+---
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: authentik-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: authentik-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  data:
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: access
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /digital-ocean/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: secret
+
+---
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: authentik-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: authentik-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: {{ .Release.Name }}
+spec:
+  secretStoreRef:
+    kind: ClusterSecretStore
+    name: vault
+  data:
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+    - secretKey: ACCESS_REGION
+      remoteRef:
+        conversionStrategy: Default
+        decodingStrategy: None
+        key: /garage/home-infra/postgres-backups
+        metadataPolicy: None
+        property: ACCESS_REGION
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/values.yaml
index 2670289d3..735878161 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/authentik/values.yaml
@@ -106,3 +106,86 @@ postgres-17-cluster:
       #   suspend: false
       #   schedule: "0 0 4 * * SAT"
       #   backupName: garage-remote
+postgres-18-cluster:
+  mode: recovery
+  cluster:
+    image:
+      repository: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql
+      tag: 18.1-standard-trixie
+    storage:
+      storageClass: local-path
+    walStorage:
+      storageClass: local-path
+    monitoring:
+      enabled: true
+      prometheusRule:
+        enabled: true
+  recovery:
+    method: import
+    # objectStore:
+    #   destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups/cl01tl/authentik/authentik-postgresql-18-cluster
+    #   endpointURL: http://garage-main.garage:3900
+    #   index: 1
+    #   endpointCredentials: authentik-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+    import:
+      type: "microservice"
+      databases:
+        - app
+      source:
+        host: "authentik-postgresql-17-cluster-rw"
+        port: 5432
+        username: app
+        database: app
+        sslMode: "verify-full"
+        passwordSecret:
+          name: "authentik-postgresql-17-cluster-app"
+          key: "password"
+        sslKeySecret:
+          name: "authentik-postgresql-17-cluster-server"
+          key: "tls.key"
+        sslCertSecret:
+          name: "authentik-postgresql-17-cluster-server"
+          key: "tls.crt"
+        sslRootCertSecret:
+          name: "authentik-postgresql-17-cluster-ca"
+          key: "ca.crt"
+  backup:
+    objectStore:
+      - name: external
+        destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups-ce540ddf106d186bbddca68a/cl01tl/authentik/authentik-postgresql-18-cluster
+        index: 1
+        retentionPolicy: "30d"
+        isWALArchiver: false
+      - name: garage-local
+        destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups/cl01tl/authentik/authentik-postgresql-18-cluster
+        index: 1
+        endpointURL: http://garage-main.garage:3900
+        endpointCredentials: authentik-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+        endpointCredentialsIncludeRegion: true
+        retentionPolicy: "3d"
+        isWALArchiver: true
+      # - name: garage-remote
+      #   destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups/cl01tl/authentik/authentik-postgresql-18-cluster
+      #   index: 1
+      #   endpointURL: https://garage-ps10rp.boreal-beaufort.ts.net:3900
+      #   endpointCredentials: authentik-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+      #   retentionPolicy: "30d"
+      #   data:
+      #     compression: bzip2
+      #     jobs: 2
+    scheduledBackups:
+      - name: daily-backup
+        suspend: false
+        immediate: true
+        schedule: "0 0 0 * * *"
+        backupName: external
+      - name: live-backup
+        suspend: false
+        immediate: true
+        schedule: "0 0 0 * * *"
+        backupName: garage-local
+      # - name: weekly-backup
+      #   suspend: false
+      #   immediate: true
+      #   schedule: "0 0 4 * * SAT"
+      #   backupName: garage-remote