diff --git a/charts/lagoon-core/Chart.yaml b/charts/lagoon-core/Chart.yaml
index 81aca95b..c1aabdc9 100644
--- a/charts/lagoon-core/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/lagoon-core/Chart.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type: application
 # time you make changes to the chart and its templates, including the app
 # version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.36.0
+version: 1.37.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version
 # number should be incremented each time you make changes to the application.
@@ -41,10 +41,4 @@ dependencies:
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
     - kind: changed
-      description: add additional metrics to broker
-    - kind: changed
-      description: update lagoon-ssh-token and lagoon-ssh-portal-api to v0.30.1
-    - kind: changed
-      description: update NATS chart dependency to v0.19.17
-    - kind: changed
-      description: update Lagoon appVersion to v2.15.4
+      description: convert api-redis to redis-persistent
diff --git a/charts/lagoon-core/ci/linter-values.yaml b/charts/lagoon-core/ci/linter-values.yaml
index 1c42e096..6f82c1c5 100644
--- a/charts/lagoon-core/ci/linter-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/lagoon-core/ci/linter-values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ apiRedis:
   resources:
     requests:
       cpu: "10m"
+  persistence:
+    enabled: false
 
 # TODO - update repo/tag before v2.11 release
 actionsHandler:
diff --git a/charts/lagoon-core/templates/api-redis.deployment.yaml b/charts/lagoon-core/templates/api-redis.deployment.yaml
index 5d618590..3865f746 100644
--- a/charts/lagoon-core/templates/api-redis.deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/lagoon-core/templates/api-redis.deployment.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ spec:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: {{ include "lagoon-core.api.fullname" . }}
               key: REDIS_PASSWORD
+        {{- if .Values.apiRedis.persistence.enabled }}
+        - name: FLAVOR
+          value: persistent
+        {{- end }}
       {{- range $key, $val := .Values.apiRedis.additionalEnvs }}
         - name: {{ $key }}
           value: {{ $val | quote }}
@@ -43,6 +47,11 @@ spec:
         ports:
         - name: redis
           containerPort: 6379
+        {{- if .Values.apiRedis.persistence.enabled }}
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: {{ include "lagoon-core.apiRedis.fullname" . }}-data
+          mountPath: /data
+        {{- end }}
         livenessProbe:
           tcpSocket:
             port: redis
@@ -51,6 +60,12 @@ spec:
             port: redis
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.apiRedis.resources | nindent 10 }}
+      {{- if .Values.apiRedis.persistence.enabled }}
+      volumes:
+      - name: {{ include "lagoon-core.apiRedis.fullname" . }}-data
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: {{ include "lagoon-core.apiRedis.fullname" . }}-data
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.apiRedis.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
@@ -63,3 +78,14 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.apiRedis.persistence.enabled }}
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: {{ include "lagoon-core.apiRedis.fullname" . }}-data
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+      - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: {{ .Values.apiRedis.storageSize | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/lagoon-core/templates/api-redis.pvc.yaml b/charts/lagoon-core/templates/api-redis.pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1952d882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/lagoon-core/templates/api-redis.pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{{- if .Values.apiRedis.persistence.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "lagoon-core.apiRedis.fullname" . }}-data
+  labels:
+    {{- include "lagoon-core.apiRedis.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.apiRedis.persistence.size | quote }}
+  {{- with .Values.apiRedis.persistence.className }}
+  storageClassName: {{ . | quote }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/lagoon-core/values.yaml b/charts/lagoon-core/values.yaml
index 5850b605..bee398bd 100644
--- a/charts/lagoon-core/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/lagoon-core/values.yaml
@@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ apiRedis:
       memory: "64Mi"
       cpu: "50m"
 
-  additionalEnvs:
-  #   FOO: Bar
+  persistence:
+    enabled: true
+    size: 1Gi
 
   service:
     type: ClusterIP