diff --git a/charts/crunchy/values.yaml b/charts/crunchy/values.yaml
index 0a0980369..748288961 100644
--- a/charts/crunchy/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/crunchy/values.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ global:
     dbName: app #test
 crunchy: # enable it for TEST and PROD, for PR based pipelines simply use single postgres
   enabled: true
-  crunchyImage: artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/bcgov-docker-local/crunchy-postgres-gis:ubi8-16.2-3.4-0
+  # it is recommended by platform team , not to use explicit images
+  #crunchyImage: artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/bcgov-docker-local/crunchy-postgres-gis:ubi8-16.2-3.4-0
   postgresVersion: 16
   postGISVersion: '3.4'
   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ crunchy: # enable it for TEST and PROD, for PR based pipelines simply use single
     enabled: true
     backupPath: /backups/test/cluster/version # change it for PROD, create values-prod.yaml
     clusterCounter: 1 # this is the number to identify what is the current counter for the cluster, each time it is cloned it should be incremented.
-    image: artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/bcgov-docker-local/crunchy-pgbackrest:ubi8-2.49-0
+    # it is recommended by platform team , not to use explicit images
+    # image: artifacts.developer.gov.bc.ca/bcgov-docker-local/crunchy-pgbackrest:ubi8-2.49-0
     # If retention-full-type set to 'count' then the oldest backups will expire when the number of backups reach the number defined in retention
     # If retention-full-type set to 'time' then the number defined in retention will take that many days worth of full backups before expiration
     retentionFullType: count