diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage.yaml
similarity index 66%
rename from clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly.yaml
rename to clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage.yaml
index bbb937166..255a6c9c1 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
 kind: ExternalSecret
 metadata:
-  name: directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly
+  name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
   namespace: directus
   labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-17-cluster-backup-secret-weekly
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret-garage
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
 spec:
@@ -26,3 +26,10 @@ spec:
         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/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1da22da6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/manifests/directus/ExternalSecret-directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+  namespace: directus
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: directus-postgresql-18-cluster-backup-secret
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: directus
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: directus
+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