diff --git a/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-release.yaml b/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-release.yaml
index e52ff5abea5b0a9eeaaf33a4021ffcc7564d4ba9..5f6927f8dbd71971e38b8668a505576ac7444408 100644
--- a/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-release.yaml
+++ b/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-release.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spec:
       # https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/grafana/loki
       # renovate: registryUrl=https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
       chart: loki
-      version: 2.7.0
+      version: 2.8.0
       sourceRef:
         kind: HelmRepository
         name: grafana
diff --git a/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-values-configmap.yaml b/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-values-configmap.yaml
index c794447b1712a2effd4a364450f4fb0af942ab24..cfaa8131a079af057f5895b5ff3389da19b76341 100644
--- a/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-values-configmap.yaml
+++ b/flux2/apps/monitoring/loki-values-configmap.yaml
@@ -19,15 +19,11 @@ data:
         - ReadWriteOnce
       size: 10Gi
       annotations: {}
-      # existingClaim:
-    # https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/blob/main/charts/loki/values.yaml#L46
     config:
-      # https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/blob/main/charts/loki/values.yaml#L48
       ingester:
         chunk_idle_period: 30m
         chunk_block_size: 1048576
         chunk_retain_period: 15m
-        max_transfer_retries: 10
       # https://github.com/grafana/loki/blob/main/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml
       # https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/operations/storage/retention
       schema_config:
@@ -41,28 +37,17 @@ data:
               period: 24h
             chunks:
               period: 24h
-      storage_config:
-        boltdb_shipper:
-          active_index_directory: /data/loki/boltdb-shipper-active
-          cache_location: /data/loki/boltdb-shipper-cache
-          cache_ttl: 24h         # Can be increased for faster performance over longer query periods, uses more disk space
-          shared_store: filesystem
-        filesystem:
-          directory: /data/loki/chunks
-      # https://grafana.com/docs/loki/v2.3.0/operations/storage/retention/#retention-configuration^B
+      # https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/operations/storage/retention/
+      limits_config:
+        retention_period: 48h
+        reject_old_samples_max_age: 48h
+      chunk_store_config:
+        max_look_back_period: 48h
+      table_manager:
+        retention_deletes_enabled: true
+        retention_period: 48h
       compactor:
-        working_directory: /data/loki/boltdb-shipper-compactor
-        shared_store: filesystem
         compaction_interval: 10m
         retention_enabled: true
         retention_delete_delay: 2h
         retention_delete_worker_count: 150
-      limits_config:
-        retention_period: 48h # 2 days
-        reject_old_samples: true
-        reject_old_samples_max_age: 48h  # 2 days
-      chunk_store_config:
-        max_look_back_period: 48h  # 2 days
-      table_manager:
-        retention_deletes_enabled: true
-        retention_period: 48h  # 7 days