diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/tasks/deploy-valkey.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/tasks/deploy-valkey.yml
index 6954f1b65e..db7264875c 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/tasks/deploy-valkey.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/tasks/deploy-valkey.yml
@@ -37,25 +37,6 @@
   - valkey
 
 
-- name: Create the valkey sentinel service template
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "valkey-sentinel-service.yaml.j2"
-    dest: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/forgejo/valkey-sentinel-service.yaml"
-    mode: "0770"
-  tags:
-  - valkey
-
-# apply created openshift resources
-- name: Oc apply resources
-  ansible.builtin.command: "/root/bin/oc apply -f /root/ocp4/openshift-apps/forgejo/valkey-sentinel-service.yaml"
-  retries: 3
-  delay: 5
-  register: deployment_result
-  until: deployment_result.rc == 0
-  tags:
-  - valkey
-
-
 - name: Create the valkey statefulset template
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "valkey-statefulset.yaml.j2"
@@ -74,21 +55,3 @@
   tags:
   - valkey
 
-
-- name: Create the valkey sentinel statefulset template
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "valkey-sentinel-statefulset.yaml.j2"
-    dest: "/root/ocp4/openshift-apps/forgejo/valkey-sentinel-statefulset.yaml"
-    mode: "0770"
-  tags:
-  - valkey
-
-# apply created openshift resources
-- name: Oc apply resources
-  ansible.builtin.command: "/root/bin/oc apply -f /root/ocp4/openshift-apps/forgejo/valkey-sentinel-statefulset.yaml"
-  retries: 3
-  delay: 5
-  register: deployment_result
-  until: deployment_result.rc == 0
-  tags:
-  - valkey
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-configmap.yaml.j2 b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-configmap.yaml.j2
index ac196239c2..fbba54d904 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-configmap.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-configmap.yaml.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ data:
   valkey.conf: |
     bind 0.0.0.0
     port 6379
+    cluster-enabled yes
     requirepass valkeypassword
     masterauth valkeypassword
     protected-mode no
@@ -17,13 +18,3 @@ data:
     save 300 10
     save 60 10000
     logfile /data/valkey.log
-  sentinel.conf: |
-    port 26379
-    dir /data
-    logfile /data/sentinel.log
-    protected-mode no
-    sentinel monitor mymaster valkey-0.valkey-headless.default.svc.cluster.local 6379 2
-    sentinel auth-pass mymaster valkeypassword
-    sentinel down-after-milliseconds mymaster 5000
-    sentinel parallel-syncs mymaster 1
-    sentinel failover-timeout mymaster 180000
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-sentinel-service.yaml.j2 b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-sentinel-service.yaml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a57deaf0f..0000000000
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-sentinel-service.yaml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: sentinel-headless
-  namespace: forgejo
-spec:
-  clusterIP: None # Headless Service
-  selector:
-    app: sentinel
-  ports:
-    - name: sentinel
-      port: 26379
-      targetPort: 26379
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-sentinel-statefulset.yaml.j2 b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-sentinel-statefulset.yaml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 9096e7430d..0000000000
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-sentinel-statefulset.yaml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
-metadata:
-  name: sentinel
-  namespace: forgejo
-spec:
-  serviceName: sentinel-headless
-  replicas: 3
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: sentinel
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: sentinel
-    spec:
-      containers:
-        - name: sentinel
-          image: valkey/valkey:7.2.5
-          command: ["valkey-sentinel"]
-          args: ["/etc/valkey/sentinel.conf"]
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 26379
-              name: sentinel
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: config
-              mountPath: /etc/valkey/sentinel.conf
-              subPath: sentinel.conf
-            - name: data
-              mountPath: /data
-      volumes:
-        - name: config
-          configMap:
-            name: valkey-config
-  volumeClaimTemplates:
-    - metadata:
-        name: data
-      spec:
-        accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
-        storageClassName: standard
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            storage: 100Mi
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-statefulset.yaml.j2 b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-statefulset.yaml.j2
index d68b9fcdc5..ba1cb1c190 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-statefulset.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/forgejo/templates/valkey-statefulset.yaml.j2
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
         name: data
       spec:
         accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
-        storageClassName: standard
+        storageClassName: ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd
         resources:
           requests:
             storage: 1Gi