diff --git a/omec/omec-user-plane/Chart.yaml b/omec/omec-user-plane/Chart.yaml
index 9706e13..f631dd5 100644
--- a/omec/omec-user-plane/Chart.yaml
+++ b/omec/omec-user-plane/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 name: omec-user-plane
 icon: https://guide.opencord.org/logos/cord.svg
 
-version: 0.3.17
+version: 0.3.18
diff --git a/omec/omec-user-plane/templates/statefulset-upf.yaml b/omec/omec-user-plane/templates/statefulset-upf.yaml
index 3b5b7e8..2a78c79 100644
--- a/omec/omec-user-plane/templates/statefulset-upf.yaml
+++ b/omec/omec-user-plane/templates/statefulset-upf.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
           - name: CONF_FILE
             value: /etc/bess/conf/upf.json
         volumeMounts:
+          - name: shared-app
+            mountPath: /pod-share
         {{- if .Values.config.upf.hugepage.enabled }}
           - name: hugepages
             mountPath: /dev/hugepages
@@ -170,6 +172,8 @@
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources.cpiface | indent 10 }}
       {{- end }}
         volumeMounts:
+          - name: shared-app
+            mountPath: /pod-share
           - name: configs
             mountPath: /tmp/conf
       volumes:
@@ -177,6 +181,8 @@
         configMap:
           name: upf
           defaultMode: 493
+      - name: shared-app
+        emptyDir: {}
     {{- if .Values.config.upf.hugepage.enabled }}
       - name: hugepages
         emptyDir: