diff --git a/k8s/applications/temporal/temporal-values.yaml b/k8s/applications/temporal/temporal-values.yaml
index 6c93688..e55c456 100644
--- a/k8s/applications/temporal/temporal-values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/applications/temporal/temporal-values.yaml
@@ -1,39 +1,20 @@
 # k8s/temporal/temporal-values.yaml
 # Temporal — workflow engine for story-crater backend async task orchestration.
-# Chart: temporal/temporal from https://go.temporal.io/helm-charts
+# Chart: temporal/temporal v1.6.0 from https://go.temporal.io/helm-charts
 #
 # Uses Cassandra for default store (workflow history/events)
 # Uses Elasticsearch for visibility store (namespace/workflow queries)
 # This is the chart's native, well-tested configuration.
 
-# ── Datastores configuration ────
-# Disable auto-deployed PostgreSQL (we use external ddb for other services)
-postgresql:
-  enabled: false
-
-# Enable Elasticsearch for visibility store (deployed to worker node, 2Gi/4Gi memory)
-elasticsearch:
-  enabled: true
-  scheme: http
-  host: temporal-elasticsearch
-  port: 9200
-  version: v7
-  logLevel: error
-  auth:
-    enabled: false
-  indices:
-    visibility: temporal_visibility_v1
-
-# Cassandra enabled for template validation; server.config overrides with actual hosts
-# Schema job template requires cassandra config to exist at top level
+# ── Sub-charts ────
+# Cassandra and Elasticsearch deployed as dependencies
 cassandra:
   enabled: true
   replicas: 3
   cluster:
     seedSize: 1
   port: 9042
-  # Was landing 2 of 3 replicas on talos-cp-1 -- spread across nodes so a
-  # single overloaded node can't stall gossip/join for the whole ring.
+  # Spread replicas across nodes to avoid single-node bottleneck
   affinity:
     podAntiAffinity:
       preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
@@ -45,6 +26,25 @@ cassandra:
                 release: temporal
             topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
 
+elasticsearch:
+  enabled: true
+  replicas: 1
+  auth:
+    enabled: false
+  env:
+    cluster.name: temporal
+    discovery.type: single-node
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      memory: "512Mi"
+      cpu: "250m"
+    limits:
+      memory: "1Gi"
+      cpu: "500m"
+
+postgresql:
+  enabled: false
+
 # ── Disable schema auto-setup (will initialize manually) ─────────
 jobs:
   autoSetup:
@@ -76,19 +76,27 @@ server:
       numHistoryShards: 512
       datastores:
         default:
-          # Cassandra for workflow history and events
-          driver: cassandra
+          # Cassandra for workflow history/events
           cassandra:
-            hosts: "temporal-cassandra"
+            hosts: "temporal-cassandra-0.temporal-cassandra.temporal.svc.cluster.local,temporal-cassandra-1.temporal-cassandra.temporal.svc.cluster.local,temporal-cassandra-2.temporal-cassandra.temporal.svc.cluster.local"
             port: 9042
             keyspace: temporal
-            user: user
-            password: ""  # Cassandra auth disabled in deployment
+            user: cassandra
+            password: ""
             replicationFactor: 3
             consistency:
               default:
-                consistency: local_quorum
-                serialConsistency: local_serial
+                consistency: LOCAL_QUORUM
+                serialConsistency: LOCAL_SERIAL
+            maxConnsPerHost: 32
+        visibility:
+          # Elasticsearch for visibility store (workflow queries)
+          elasticsearch:
+            url: "http://elasticsearch.temporal.svc.cluster.local:9200"
+            scheme: http
+            logLevel: info
+            bulkProcessor:
+              bulkActions: 1000
   service:
     type: ClusterIP
 
diff --git a/k8s/argocd/apps/60-applications.yaml b/k8s/argocd/apps/60-applications.yaml
index bcb116c..9b8b66b 100644
--- a/k8s/argocd/apps/60-applications.yaml
+++ b/k8s/argocd/apps/60-applications.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
   sources:
     - repoURL: https://go.temporal.io/helm-charts
       chart: temporal
-      targetRevision: "*"
+      targetRevision: "0.74.0"
       helm:
         valueFiles:
           - $values/k8s/applications/temporal/temporal-values.yaml