diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/defaults/cm.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/defaults/cm.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/defaults/cm.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/defaults/cm.yaml
index a53fd87ba..a884c1de0 100644
--- a/services/velero/7.2.2/defaults/cm.yaml
+++ b/services/velero/8.1.0/defaults/cm.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: velero-7.2.2-d2iq-defaults
+  name: velero-8.1.0-d2iq-defaults
   namespace: ${releaseNamespace}
 data:
   values.yaml: |
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/defaults/kustomization.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/defaults/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/defaults/kustomization.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/defaults/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/grafana-dashboards/kustomization.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/grafana-dashboards/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/grafana-dashboards/kustomization.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/grafana-dashboards/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/grafana-dashboards/velero.json b/services/velero/8.1.0/grafana-dashboards/velero.json
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/grafana-dashboards/velero.json
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/grafana-dashboards/velero.json
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/helmrelease/helmrelease.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/helmrelease/helmrelease.yaml
similarity index 95%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/helmrelease/helmrelease.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/helmrelease/helmrelease.yaml
index d269f9a1b..cd28dc171 100644
--- a/services/velero/7.2.2/helmrelease/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/services/velero/8.1.0/helmrelease/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
         kind: HelmRepository
         name: vmware-tanzu.github.io
         namespace: kommander-flux
-      version: 7.2.2
+      version: 8.1.0
   interval: 15s
   install:
     crds: CreateReplace
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
   releaseName: velero
   valuesFrom:
     - kind: ConfigMap
-      name: velero-7.2.2-d2iq-defaults
+      name: velero-8.1.0-d2iq-defaults
   targetNamespace: ${releaseNamespace}
 ---
 # This ingress is needed to make Traefik configure an additional route
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/kustomization.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/kustomization.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/post-install/deployment_update-backupstoragelocation.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/post-install/deployment_update-backupstoragelocation.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/post-install/deployment_update-backupstoragelocation.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/post-install/deployment_update-backupstoragelocation.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/post-install/kustomization.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/post-install/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/post-install/kustomization.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/post-install/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/pre-install/kustomization.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/pre-install/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/pre-install/kustomization.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/pre-install/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/pre-install/pre-install-job.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/pre-install/pre-install-job.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/pre-install/pre-install-job.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/pre-install/pre-install-job.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/velero-post-install.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/velero-post-install.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/velero-post-install.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/velero-post-install.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/velero-pre-install.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/velero-pre-install.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/velero-pre-install.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/velero-pre-install.yaml
diff --git a/services/velero/7.2.2/velero.yaml b/services/velero/8.1.0/velero.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from services/velero/7.2.2/velero.yaml
rename to services/velero/8.1.0/velero.yaml