diff --git a/charts/ftl/templates/schema-deployment.yaml b/charts/ftl/templates/schema-deployment.yaml
index 61be952dd0..94ca568c0f 100644
--- a/charts/ftl/templates/schema-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ftl/templates/schema-deployment.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ spec:
             - secretRef:
                 name: {{ include "ftl.fullname" . }}-secrets
           {{- end }}
+          volumeMounts:
+          - name: schema-raft-storage
+            mountPath: /data/raft
           env:
             {{- if .Values.schema.env }}
             {{- toYaml .Values.schema.env | nindent 12 }}
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RAFT_INITIAL_REPLICA_IDS
               value: "{{- range $index := until (.Values.schema.replicas | int ) }}{{- if ne $index 0 -}},{{- end -}}{{ add $index 1  }}{{- end -}}"
             - name: RAFT_DATA_DIR
-              value: "/tmp/ftl-schema"
+              value: "/data/raft"
             - name: ORDINAL_NUMBER
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
@@ -104,4 +107,13 @@ spec:
       {{- if .Values.schema.tolerations }}
       tolerations:
         {{- toYaml .Values.schema.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
-      {{- end }}
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+      {{- end }}
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: schema-raft-storage  # This name will be used as a PVC name
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: {{ .Values.schema.storage }}
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diff --git a/charts/ftl/values.yaml b/charts/ftl/values.yaml
index 585fa50f26..8cfe6fd339 100644
--- a/charts/ftl/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ftl/values.yaml
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ timeline:
 schema:
   enabled: true
   replicas: 3
+  storage: 50Mi
   env:
     - name: MY_POD_IP
       valueFrom: