diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat-kubernetes.yaml
index 407002af8e6..9a86ec6544d 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -123,11 +123,18 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /etc/heartbeat.yml
           readOnly: true
           subPath: heartbeat.yml
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /usr/share/heartbeat/data
       volumes:
       - name: config
         configMap:
           defaultMode: 0600
           name: heartbeat-deployment-config
+      - name: data
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/heartbeat-data
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
+
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat/heartbeat-deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat/heartbeat-deployment.yaml
index 964fbbe420a..3f7a471b457 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat/heartbeat-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/heartbeat/heartbeat-deployment.yaml
@@ -55,8 +55,15 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /etc/heartbeat.yml
           readOnly: true
           subPath: heartbeat.yml
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: /usr/share/heartbeat/data
       volumes:
       - name: config
         configMap:
           defaultMode: 0600
           name: heartbeat-deployment-config
+      - name: data
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/heartbeat-data
+          type: DirectoryOrCreate
+