diff --git a/charts/nebulous-monitoring-data-persistor/values.yaml b/charts/nebulous-monitoring-data-persistor/values.yaml
index e77e274..f9dc8a9 100644
--- a/charts/nebulous-monitoring-data-persistor/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nebulous-monitoring-data-persistor/values.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ image:
   repository: "quay.io/nebulous/monitoring-data-persistor"
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
-  tag: ""
+  tag: "r1-latest"
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index a64cae5..9aef963 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
           namespace: nebulous
           repo_shortname: monitoring-data-persistor
           repo_description: ""
+          tags: ["r1-latest"]
 
 - job:
     name: nebulous-monitoring-data-persistor-upload-container-images