diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 09b254e..ec33c20 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.0.0
+6.0.1.dev0
diff --git a/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/_helpers.tpl b/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 47695c7..800aa20 100644
--- a/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -52,14 +52,9 @@
   username: {{ .Values.xosAdminUser | quote }}
   password: {{ .Values.xosAdminPassword | quote }}
   endpoint: xos-core:50051
-required_models:
-  - HippieOSSService
-  - HippieOSSServiceInstance
-  - RCORDSubscriber
-dependency_graph: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/hippie-oss/model-deps"
-model_policies_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/hippie-oss/model_policies"
-models_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/hippie-oss/models"
-steps_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/hippie-oss/steps"
+event_bus:
+  endpoint: {{ .Values.kafkaService | quote }}
+  kind: kafka
 logging:
   version: 1
   handlers:
diff --git a/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/deployment.yaml b/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/deployment.yaml
index 03c262f..3d31bad 100644
--- a/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/xos-services/hippie-oss/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 {{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: hippie-oss-config
-              mountPath: /opt/xos/synchronizers/hippie-oss/config.yaml
-              subPath: config.yaml
+              mountPath: /opt/xos/synchronizers/hippie-oss/mounted_config.yaml
+              subPath: mounted_config.yaml
             - name: certchain-volume
               mountPath: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/local_certs.crt
               subPath: config/ca_cert_chain.pem
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             name: hippie-oss
             items:
               - key: serviceConfig
-                path: config.yaml
+                path: mounted_config.yaml
         - name: certchain-volume
           configMap:
             name: ca-certificates
diff --git a/xos-services/hippie-oss/values.yaml b/xos-services/hippie-oss/values.yaml
index 3e49089..fd0c7c0 100644
--- a/xos-services/hippie-oss/values.yaml
+++ b/xos-services/hippie-oss/values.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 xosAdminUser: "admin@opencord.org"
 xosAdminPassword: "letmein"
 
+kafkaService: "cord-kafka"
+
 resources: {}
 
 nodeSelector: {}