diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6ddf720..6d6d568 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/axoflow/axoflow-otel-collector/axoflow-otel-collector:0.129.0-axoflow.4 AS axo-otelcol
+FROM ghcr.io/axoflow/axoflow-otel-collector/axoflow-otel-collector:0.143.0-axoflow.0 AS axo-otelcol
 
 FROM alpine:3.21 AS base
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c33c61..9a69d05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You can find guides per connector:
 | Variable | Required | Default | Description |
 |----------|----------|---------|-------------|
 | `AXOROUTER_ENDPOINT` | Yes | - | Axorouter endpoint |
-| `STORAGE_DIRECTORY` | No (Yes in case of Docker) | `/etc/axoflow-otel-collector/storage` | Directory used for persistence |
+| `STORAGE_DIRECTORY` | No (Yes in case of Docker) | `/var/lib/axoflow-otel-collector/storage` | Directory used for persistence |
 | `AXOROUTER_TLS_INSECURE` | No | `false` | Whether to disable TLS security |
 | `AXOROUTER_TLS_CA_FILE` | No | - | Path to the CA certificate file |
 | `AXOROUTER_TLS_CA_PEM` | No | - | PEM-encoded CA certificate |
diff --git a/charts/cloudconnectors/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/cloudconnectors/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 507db74..8b4b2d2 100644
--- a/charts/cloudconnectors/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/cloudconnectors/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 Storage path helper
 */}}
 {{- define "cloudconnectors.storagePath" -}}
-{{- default "/etc/axoflow-otel-collector/storage" .Values.storage.path -}}
+{{- default "/var/lib/axoflow-otel-collector/storage" .Values.storage.path -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 56248b0..55ac568 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-: "${STORAGE_DIRECTORY:=etc/axoflow-otel-collector/storage}"
+: "${STORAGE_DIRECTORY:=/var/lib/axoflow-otel-collector/storage}"
 
 detect_provider() {
     local provider=""