diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.lock b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.lock
index 85353565c..f79241615 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.lock
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.lock
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ dependencies:
 - name: postgres-cluster
   repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
   version: 6.16.1
-digest: sha256:3bd7096e4401df5818733b3e0b08f281c12af9b54a272fbe3e753b2616d725dd
-generated: "2025-12-04T00:01:28.278027037Z"
+- name: postgres-cluster
+  repository: oci://harbor.alexlebens.net/helm-charts
+  version: 6.16.1
+digest: sha256:7e72ff7c4556d76fab5e4c4e4af5db9e81f62336a65f247acd05c8e29372373b
+generated: "2025-12-11T17:49:21.92202-06:00"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.yaml
index 885a2f2f2..875c5ba3e 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -23,5 +23,9 @@ 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/grafana.png
-appVersion: v5.18.0
+appVersion: v5.20.0
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/templates/external-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/templates/external-secret.yaml
index db74a2440..c8122bb31 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/templates/external-secret.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/templates/external-secret.yaml
@@ -123,3 +123,70 @@ spec:
         key: /garage/home-infra/postgres-backups
         metadataPolicy: None
         property: ACCESS_REGION
+
+---
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: grafana-operator-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: grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: grafana-operator-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/grafana-operator/values.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/values.yaml
index b9823748b..97fbc688b 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/grafana-operator/values.yaml
@@ -68,3 +68,77 @@ 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: objectStore
+    objectStore:
+      destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups/cl01tl/grafana-operator/grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster
+      endpointURL: http://garage-main.garage:3900
+      index: 1
+      endpointCredentials: grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+    import:
+      type: "microservice"
+      databases:
+        - app
+      source:
+        host: "grafana-operator-postgresql-17-cluster-rw"
+        port: 5432
+        username: app
+        database: app
+        sslMode: "disable"
+        passwordSecret:
+          name: "grafana-operator-postgresql-17-cluster-app"
+          key: "password"
+  backup:
+    objectStore:
+      - name: external
+        destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups-ce540ddf106d186bbddca68a/cl01tl/grafana-operator/grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster
+        index: 2
+        retentionPolicy: "30d"
+        isWALArchiver: false
+      - name: garage-local
+        destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups/cl01tl/grafana-operator/grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster
+        index: 1
+        endpointURL: http://garage-main.garage:3900
+        endpointCredentials: grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
+        endpointCredentialsIncludeRegion: true
+        retentionPolicy: "3d"
+        isWALArchiver: true
+      # - name: garage-remote
+      #   destinationPath: s3://postgres-backups/cl01tl/grafana-operator/grafana-operator-postgresql-18-cluster
+      #   index: 1
+      #   endpointURL: https://garage-ps10rp.boreal-beaufort.ts.net:3900
+      #   endpointCredentials: grafana-operator-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