diff --git a/gitops/kustomization.yml b/gitops/kustomization.yml
index ebeb8f9..6694f00 100644
--- a/gitops/kustomization.yml
+++ b/gitops/kustomization.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ resources:
   - grafana-external-secret.yml
   - cert-manager-argo.yml
   - loki.yml
+  - promtail.yml
   # ELK stack — commented out to avoid resource exhaustion; uncomment to deploy:
   # - elasticsearch-argo.yml
   # - logstash-argo.yml
diff --git a/gitops/loki.yml b/gitops/loki.yml
index c797269..8cee27b 100644
--- a/gitops/loki.yml
+++ b/gitops/loki.yml
@@ -9,42 +9,60 @@ spec:
   project: default
   source:
     repoURL: 'https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts'
-    chart: loki-stack
-    targetRevision: 2.10.2
+    chart: loki
+    targetRevision: 6.7.4
     helm:
       values: |
+        deploymentMode: SingleBinary
+
         loki:
-          enabled: true
+          auth_enabled: false
+          commonConfig:
+            replication_factor: 1
+          storage:
+            type: filesystem
+          schemaConfig:
+            configs:
+              - from: "2024-04-01"
+                store: tsdb
+                object_store: filesystem
+                schema: v13
+                index:
+                  prefix: loki_index_
+                  period: 24h
+
+        singleBinary:
+          replicas: 1
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: 50m     
-              memory: 64Mi  
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 128Mi
             limits:
-              cpu: 100m     
-              memory: 128Mi 
-          persistence:
-            enabled: false  # prod: true, storageClassName: default, size: 10Gi
-          config:
-            table_manager:
-              retention_deletes_enabled: true
-              retention_period: 168h  # 7 days
-        promtail:
-          enabled: true
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 25m      
-              memory: 32Mi  
-            limits:
-              cpu: 50m      
-              memory: 64Mi 
-        grafana:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 256Mi
+
+        read:
+          replicas: 0
+        write:
+          replicas: 0
+        backend:
+          replicas: 0
+
+        chunksCache:
+          enabled: false
+        resultsCache:
+          enabled: false
+
+        minio:
+          enabled: false
+
+        gateway:
           enabled: false
-          sidecar:
-            datasources:
-              isDefaultDatasource: false
-        prometheus:
+
+        test:
           enabled: false
-        fluent-bit:
+
+        lokiCanary:
           enabled: false
   destination:
     server: 'https://kubernetes.default.svc'
diff --git a/gitops/promtail.yml b/gitops/promtail.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4986a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitops/promtail.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: promtail
+  namespace: argocd
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "3"
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: 'https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts'
+    chart: promtail
+    targetRevision: 6.16.6
+    helm:
+      values: |
+        config:
+          clients:
+            - url: http://loki-stack:3100/loki/api/v1/push
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 25m
+            memory: 32Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 50m
+            memory: 64Mi
+  destination:
+    server: 'https://kubernetes.default.svc'
+    namespace: monitoring
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated:
+      prune: true
+      selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true