diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34a4513..333004b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -931,16 +931,16 @@ To comply with the Gitea helm chart definition of the digest parameter, a "custo
 
 ### Image
 
-| Name                 | Description                                                                                                                                                      | Value          |
-| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
-| `image.registry`     | image registry, e.g. gcr.io,docker.io                                                                                                                            | `""`           |
-| `image.repository`   | Image to start for this pod                                                                                                                                      | `gitea/gitea`  |
-| `image.tag`          | Visit: [Image tag](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitea/gitea/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated). Defaults to `appVersion` within Chart.yaml.                          | `""`           |
-| `image.digest`       | Image digest. Allows to pin the given image tag. Useful for having control over mutable tags like `latest`                                                       | `""`           |
-| `image.pullPolicy`   | Image pull policy                                                                                                                                                | `IfNotPresent` |
-| `image.rootless`     | Wether or not to pull the rootless version of Gitea, only works on Gitea 1.14.x or higher                                                                        | `true`         |
-| `image.fullOverride` | Completely overrides the image registry, path/image, tag and digest. **Adjust `image.rootless` accordingly and review [Rootless defaults](#rootless-defaults).** | `""`           |
-| `imagePullSecrets`   | Secret to use for pulling the image                                                                                                                              | `[]`           |
+| Name                 | Description                                                                                                                                                      | Value              |
+| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
+| `image.registry`     | image registry, e.g. gcr.io,docker.io                                                                                                                            | `docker.gitea.com` |
+| `image.repository`   | Image to start for this pod                                                                                                                                      | `gitea`            |
+| `image.tag`          | Visit: [Image tag](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitea/gitea/tags?page=1&ordering=last_updated). Defaults to `appVersion` within Chart.yaml.                          | `""`               |
+| `image.digest`       | Image digest. Allows to pin the given image tag. Useful for having control over mutable tags like `latest`                                                       | `""`               |
+| `image.pullPolicy`   | Image pull policy                                                                                                                                                | `IfNotPresent`     |
+| `image.rootless`     | Wether or not to pull the rootless version of Gitea, only works on Gitea 1.14.x or higher                                                                        | `true`             |
+| `image.fullOverride` | Completely overrides the image registry, path/image, tag and digest. **Adjust `image.rootless` accordingly and review [Rootless defaults](#rootless-defaults).** | `""`               |
+| `imagePullSecrets`   | Secret to use for pulling the image                                                                                                                              | `[]`               |
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/unittests/helm/act_runner/job.yaml b/unittests/helm/act_runner/job.yaml
index c1d32e2..a16d40d 100644
--- a/unittests/helm/act_runner/job.yaml
+++ b/unittests/helm/act_runner/job.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ tests:
           name: gitea-unittests-actions-token-job
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
   - it: tag override
     template: templates/gitea/act_runner/job.yaml
     set:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.4-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.4-rootless"
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[1].image
           value: "bitnami/kubectl:1.29.0"
diff --git a/unittests/helm/deployment/image-configuration.yaml b/unittests/helm/deployment/image-configuration.yaml
index 7b1e146..8b419aa 100644
--- a/unittests/helm/deployment/image-configuration.yaml
+++ b/unittests/helm/deployment/image-configuration.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
   - it: tag override
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.4-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.4-rootless"
   - it: root-based image
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.3"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3"
   - it: scoped registry
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "example.com/gitea/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
+          value: "example.com/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
   - it: global registry
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "global.example.com/gitea/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
+          value: "global.example.com/gitea:1.19.3-rootless"
   - it: digest for rootless image
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.3-rootless@sha256:b28e8f3089b52ebe6693295df142f8c12eff354e9a4a5bfbb5c10f296c3a537a"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3-rootless@sha256:b28e8f3089b52ebe6693295df142f8c12eff354e9a4a5bfbb5c10f296c3a537a"
   - it: image fullOverride (does not append rootless)
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
       image:
-        fullOverride: gitea/gitea:1.19.3
+        fullOverride: docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3
         # setting rootless, registry, repository, tag, and digest to prove that override works
         rootless: true
         registry: example.com
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.3"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3"
   - it: digest for root-based image
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.19.3@sha256:b28e8f3089b52ebe6693295df142f8c12eff354e9a4a5bfbb5c10f296c3a537a"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3@sha256:b28e8f3089b52ebe6693295df142f8c12eff354e9a4a5bfbb5c10f296c3a537a"
   - it: digest and global registry
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "global.example.com/gitea/gitea:1.19.3-rootless@sha256:b28e8f3089b52ebe6693295df142f8c12eff354e9a4a5bfbb5c10f296c3a537a"
+          value: "global.example.com/gitea:1.19.3-rootless@sha256:b28e8f3089b52ebe6693295df142f8c12eff354e9a4a5bfbb5c10f296c3a537a"
   - it: correctly renders floating tag references
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.initContainers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.21-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.21-rootless"
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.initContainers[1].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.21-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.21-rootless"
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.initContainers[2].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.21-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.21-rootless"
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
-          value: "gitea/gitea:1.21-rootless"
+          value: "docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.21-rootless"
diff --git a/unittests/helm/deployment/ssh-configuration.yaml b/unittests/helm/deployment/ssh-configuration.yaml
index 543fd5f..a2fa073 100644
--- a/unittests/helm/deployment/ssh-configuration.yaml
+++ b/unittests/helm/deployment/ssh-configuration.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tests:
   - it: supports overriding SSH log level (even when image.fullOverride set)
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
-      image.fullOverride: gitea/gitea:1.19.3
+      image.fullOverride: docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3
       image.rootless: false
       gitea.ssh.logLevel: "DEBUG"
     asserts:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tests:
   - it: skips SSH_LOG_LEVEL for rootless image (even when image.fullOverride set)
     template: templates/gitea/deployment.yaml
     set:
-      image.fullOverride: gitea/gitea:1.19.3
+      image.fullOverride: docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.19.3
       image.rootless: true
       gitea.ssh.logLevel: "DEBUG" # explicitly defining a non-standard level here
     asserts:
diff --git a/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml b/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml
index 0314bc1..a215bd6 100644
--- a/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml
+++ b/unittests/helm/init/init_directory_structure.sh-rootless.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ tests:
   - it: it does not chown /data even when image.fullOverride is set
     template: templates/gitea/init.yaml
     set:
-      image.fullOverride: gitea/gitea:1.20.5
+      image.fullOverride: docker.gitea.com/gitea:1.20.5
     asserts:
       - equal:
           path: stringData["init_directory_structure.sh"]
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 07e4af4..a30c8bb 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ clusterDomain: cluster.local
 ## @param image.rootless Wether or not to pull the rootless version of Gitea, only works on Gitea 1.14.x or higher
 ## @param image.fullOverride Completely overrides the image registry, path/image, tag and digest. **Adjust `image.rootless` accordingly and review [Rootless defaults](#rootless-defaults).**
 image:
-  registry: ""
-  repository: gitea/gitea
+  registry: "docker.gitea.com"
+  repository: gitea
   # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
   tag: ""
   digest: ""