diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml
index 6196c6fb2..71c2d5bb1 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ configKubernetes:
   # whether the Spilo container should run in privileged mode
   spilo_privileged: false
   # storage resize strategy, available options are: ebs, pvc, off
-  storage_resize_mode: ebs
+  storage_resize_mode: pvc
   # operator watches for postgres objects in the given namespace
   watched_namespace: "*"  # listen to all namespaces
 
diff --git a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
index 231b0b9ac..95865503d 100644
--- a/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ configKubernetes:
   # whether the Spilo container should run in privileged mode
   spilo_privileged: "false"
   # storage resize strategy, available options are: ebs, pvc, off
-  storage_resize_mode: ebs
+  storage_resize_mode: pvc
   # operator watches for postgres objects in the given namespace
   watched_namespace: "*"  # listen to all namespaces
 
diff --git a/manifests/configmap.yaml b/manifests/configmap.yaml
index e59bfcea0..59283fd6e 100644
--- a/manifests/configmap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/configmap.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ data:
   # spilo_runasgroup: 103
   # spilo_fsgroup: 103
   spilo_privileged: "false"
-  # storage_resize_mode: "off"
+  storage_resize_mode: "pvc"
   super_username: postgres
   # team_admin_role: "admin"
   # team_api_role_configuration: "log_statement:all"
diff --git a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
index 14acc4356..84537e06a 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ configuration:
     # spilo_runasgroup: 103
     # spilo_fsgroup: 103
     spilo_privileged: false
-    storage_resize_mode: ebs
+    storage_resize_mode: pvc
     # toleration: {}
     # watched_namespace: ""
   postgres_pod_resources: