diff --git a/helm/templates/redis.yaml b/helm/templates/redis.yaml
index 8c94982e3..4bd37a19e 100644
--- a/helm/templates/redis.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/redis.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ spec:
             {{- . | toYaml | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
   {{- if .Values.redis.persistence.enabled }}
+  {{- with .Values.redis.persistence.retentionPolicy }}
+  persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy:
+    {{- with .whenDeleted }}
+    whenDeleted: {{ . }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .whenScaled }}
+    whenScaled: {{ . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
   volumeClaimTemplates:
     - metadata:
         name: redis-data
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index ded5bf5c1..405bf8202 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ redis:
     capacity: 5Gi
   persistence:
     enabled: true
+    # Set's the retention policy for the persistent storage (only available in k8s 1.32 or later)
+    # https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/statefulset/#persistentvolumeclaim-retention
+    # retentionPolicy:
+      # whenDeleted: Delete
+      # whenScaled: Delete
   deployment:
     strategy:
     resources: