diff --git a/deploy/mayastor-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/mayastor-daemonset.yaml
index 5d5d780ed..1c2d78e04 100644
--- a/deploy/mayastor-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/mayastor-daemonset.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
         command: ['sh', '-c', 'until nc -vz nats 4222; do echo "Waiting for message bus..."; sleep 1; done;']
       containers:
       - name: mayastor
-        image: mayadata/mayastor:develop
+        image: mayadata/mayastor:v0.8.1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         env:
         - name: MY_NODE_NAME
@@ -50,13 +50,12 @@ spec:
         # The -l argument accepts cpu-list. Indexing starts at zero.
         # For example -l 1,2,10-20 means use core 1, 2, 10 to 20.
         # Note: Ensure that the CPU resources are updated accordingly.
-        #       If you use 2 CPUs, the CPU: field should also read 2.
+        # If you use 2 CPUs, the CPU: field should also read 2.
         - "-N$(MY_NODE_NAME)"
         - "-g$(MY_POD_IP)"
         - "-nnats"
-        - "-y/var/local/mayastor/config.yaml"
         - "-P/var/local/mayastor/pools.yaml"
-        - "-l0"
+        - "-l1"
         - "-pmayastor-etcd"
         securityContext:
           privileged: true
@@ -73,14 +72,15 @@ spec:
           # NOTE: Each container must have mem/cpu limits defined in order to
           # belong to Guaranteed QoS class, hence can never get evicted in case of
           # pressure unless they exceed those limits. limits and requests must be the same.
+          #
           limits:
             cpu: "1"
-            memory: "512Mi"
-            hugepages-2Mi: "1Gi"
+            memory: "1Gi"
+            hugepages-2Mi: "2Gi"
           requests:
             cpu: "1"
-            memory: "512Mi"
-            hugepages-2Mi: "1Gi"
+            memory: "1Gi"
+            hugepages-2Mi: "2Gi"
         ports:
         - containerPort: 10124
           protocol: TCP
diff --git a/deploy/moac-deployment.yaml b/deploy/moac-deployment.yaml
index 8388cf77c..f93d7d983 100644
--- a/deploy/moac-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/moac-deployment.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy/
 
         - name: moac
-          image: mayadata/moac:develop
+          image: mayadata/moac:v0.8.1
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           args:
             - "--csi-address=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - "--watcher-idle-timeout=600000"
             - "--etcd-endpoint=mayastor-etcd"
             - "--message-bus=nats"
-            - "-vv"
+            - "-v"
           env:
             - name: CSI_ENDPOINT
               value: /var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy/csi.sock