diff --git a/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/README.md b/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/README.md
index 8d516904..5e3d7728 100644
--- a/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/README.md
+++ b/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/README.md
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ The password should be provided with the `SHUFFLE_OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD` env varia
 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- |
 | `orborus.image.registry`                                    | orborus image registry                                                                                                                                                                                                             | `ghcr.io`                 |
 | `orborus.image.repository`                                  | orborus image repository                                                                                                                                                                                                           | `shuffle/shuffle-orborus` |
-| `orborus.image.tag`                                         | orborus image tag (immutable tags are recommended, defaults to appVersion)                                                                                                                                                         | `nightly`                 |
+| `orborus.image.tag`                                         | orborus image tag (immutable tags are recommended, defaults to appVersion)                                                                                                                                                         | `""`                      |
 | `orborus.image.digest`                                      | orborus image digest in the way sha256:aa.... Please note this parameter, if set, will override the tag image tag (immutable tags are recommended)                                                                                 | `""`                      |
 | `orborus.image.pullPolicy`                                  | orborus image pull policy                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `IfNotPresent`            |
 | `orborus.image.pullSecrets`                                 | orborus image pull secrets                                                                                                                                                                                                         | `[]`                      |
@@ -781,3 +781,4 @@ The password should be provided with the `SHUFFLE_OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD` env varia
 
 
 
+
diff --git a/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.schema.json b/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.schema.json
index d997e81e..db8e428b 100644
--- a/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.schema.json
+++ b/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.schema.json
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@
                         "tag": {
                             "type": "string",
                             "description": "orborus image tag (immutable tags are recommended, defaults to appVersion)",
-                            "default": "nightly"
+                            "default": ""
                         },
                         "digest": {
                             "type": "string",
diff --git a/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.yaml b/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.yaml
index c53e4943..a97e5168 100644
--- a/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.yaml
+++ b/functions/kubernetes/charts/shuffle/values.yaml
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ orborus:
   image:
     registry: ghcr.io
     repository: shuffle/shuffle-orborus
-    tag: "nightly"
+    tag: ""
     digest: ""
     ## Specify a imagePullPolicy
     ## Defaults to 'Always' if image tag is 'latest', else set to 'IfNotPresent'