diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl b/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
index 4c5150786..7e6943916 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/env/local/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ ingress:
 platform:
   backendMwHost: mediawiki-139-app-backend.default.svc.cluster.local
 
+queue:
+  queueNames: ['default', 'manual-intervention']
+
 wbstack:
   wikiDbProvisionVersion: mw1.39-wbs1
   wikiDbUseVersion: mw1.39-wbs1
diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/api.values.yaml.gotmpl b/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
index 04cad6378..b86aa8674 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/env/staging/api.values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ ingress:
     - wikibase.dev ## todo should be injected
     secretName: wikibase-dev-tls
 
+queue:
+  queueNames: ['default', 'manual-intervention']
+
 platform:
   backendMwHost: mediawiki-139-app-backend.default.svc.cluster.local
 
diff --git a/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml b/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml
index a5a3ede5e..fc80051de 100644
--- a/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helmfile/helmfile.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ releases:
 
   - name: api
     chart: wbstack/api
-    version: "0.27.0"
+    version: {{ (ternary "0.27.0" "0.29.0" (eq .Environment.Name "production")) }}
     namespace: default
     <<: *default_release