diff --git a/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/templates/kafka/kafkatopics.yaml b/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/templates/kafka/kafkatopics.yaml
index 5af65e80..6ab11c57 100644
--- a/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/templates/kafka/kafkatopics.yaml
+++ b/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/templates/kafka/kafkatopics.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{- range $k, $v := include "infrastructure.kafkas.enabled" . | fromYaml }}
   {{- range $t := $v.topics }}
 ---
-apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta1
+apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
 kind: KafkaTopic
 metadata:
   labels:
diff --git a/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/values.yaml b/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/values.yaml
index 6d1b4b81..58031d06 100644
--- a/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/values.yaml
+++ b/installer/charts/rhtap-infrastructure/values.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ infrastructure:
       # to allow the group ID to access the topics.
       groupIDs:
         - indexer
-      version: 3.6.0
+      version: 3.8.0
       config:
         default.replication.factor: 1
-        inter.broker.protocol.version: "3.6"
+        inter.broker.protocol.version: "3.8"
         min.insync.replicas: 1
         offsets.topic.replication.factor: 1
         transaction.state.log.min.isr: 1
diff --git a/installer/charts/rhtap-subscriptions/values.yaml b/installer/charts/rhtap-subscriptions/values.yaml
index 6f133e7e..206cc5c4 100644
--- a/installer/charts/rhtap-subscriptions/values.yaml
+++ b/installer/charts/rhtap-subscriptions/values.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ subscriptions:
     apiResource: kafkas.kafka.strimzi.io
     namespace: openshift-operators
     name: amq-streams
-    channel: amq-streams-2.7.x
+    channel: amq-streams-2.8.x
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
   crunchyData: