diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-test-workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/helm-test-workflow.yaml
index 3cc8078b..a4f7a254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-test-workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-test-workflow.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: AbsaOSS/k3d-action@v2.4.0
         with:
           cluster-name: "k3s-default"
-          k3d-version: "v5.4.9" # default version - change with caution, there was some problem after upgrade
+          k3d-version: "v5.6.0"
           args: >-
             --config=.k3d/single-cluster.yml
             --trace
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: helm-build
           path: dist
-      - uses: AbsaOSS/k3d-action@v2
+      - uses: AbsaOSS/k3d-action@v2.4.0
         with:
           cluster-name: "k3s-default"
+          k3d-version: "v5.6.0"
           args: >-
             --config=.k3d/single-cluster.yml
             --trace
@@ -119,9 +120,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: helm-build
           path: dist
-      - uses: AbsaOSS/k3d-action@v2
+      - uses: AbsaOSS/k3d-action@v2.4.0
         with:
           cluster-name: "k3s-default"
+          k3d-version: "v5.6.0"
           args: >-
             --config=.k3d/single-cluster.yml
             --trace
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efcad49a..03c3c417 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ uninstall.sh
 logintopod.sh
 nussknacker-helm-chart.iml
 *.iml
+.k3d/k3s_manifests/ccm.yaml
+.k3d/k3s_manifests/coredns.yaml
+.k3d/k3s_manifests/local-storage.yaml
+.k3d/k3s_manifests/rolebindings.yaml
diff --git a/.k3d/k3s_manifests/ingress-controller.yaml b/.k3d/k3s_manifests/ingress-controller.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cc33e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.k3d/k3s_manifests/ingress-controller.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: ingress-nginx
+---
+apiVersion: helm.cattle.io/v1
+kind: HelmChart
+metadata:
+  name: ingress-nginx
+  namespace: kube-system
+spec:
+  chart: ingress-nginx
+  repo: https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx
+  targetNamespace: ingress-nginx
+  version: v4.4.2
+  set:
+  valuesContent: |-
+    fullnameOverride: ingress-nginx
+    controller:
+      kind: DaemonSet
+      hostNetwork: true
+      ingressClassResource:
+        default: true
+      hostPort:
+        enabled: true
+      service:
+        enabled: false
+      publishService:
+        enabled: false
+      metrics:
+        enabled: false
+        serviceMonitor:
+          enabled: false
+      admissionWebhooks:
+        # when default value `Failure` is set, sometimes `deployment of req-resp with ingress` test fails on creating ingress with message:
+        # Internal error occurred: failed calling webhook \"validate.nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io\": failed to call webhook: Post \"https://ingress-nginx-controller-admission.ingress-nginx.svc:443/networking/v1/ingresses?timeout=10s\": EOF"
+        # Short sleep before creating Ingress resource prevents it somehow, but we do not want to do that, so we change failurePolicy instead. 
+        # We have our own assertion whether ingress works in this test anyway.
+        failurePolicy: Ignore
+      config:
+        use-forwarded-headers: "true"
diff --git a/.k3d/single-cluster.yml b/.k3d/single-cluster.yml
index 79525a39..9f9e3791 100644
--- a/.k3d/single-cluster.yml
+++ b/.k3d/single-cluster.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 apiVersion: k3d.io/v1alpha4
 kind: Simple
-image: docker.io/rancher/k3s:v1.26.3-k3s1
+image: docker.io/rancher/k3s:v1.29.1-k3s2
 servers: 1
 agents: 1
 options:
   k3d:
     wait: true
     timeout: "60s"
-    disableLoadbalancer: true
+    disableLoadbalancer: false
     disableRollback: true
   k3s:
     extraArgs:
-      - arg: --disable=metrics-server
+      - arg: --disable=traefik,metrics-server # instead of traefik we deploy ingress-nginx-controller by custom manifests in k3s
         nodeFilters:
           - server:*
   kubeconfig:
     updateDefaultKubeconfig: true
     switchCurrentContext: true
+ports:
+  - port: 8081:80 # same as `--port '8081:80@loadbalancer'`
+    nodeFilters:
+      - loadbalancer
+volumes:
+  - volume: $PROJECT_ROOT/.k3d/k3s_manifests/:/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests
+    nodeFilters:
+      - server:*
diff --git a/deploy-values-kafka-config.yaml b/deploy-values-kafka-config.yaml
index 2b442dd4..68ab8de6 100644
--- a/deploy-values-kafka-config.yaml
+++ b/deploy-values-kafka-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 nussknacker:
-  modelConfig:
-    components:
-       kafka:
-         config:
-           schemaRegistryCacheConfig:
-             availableSchemasExpirationTime: 0 seconds
\ No newline at end of file
+  schemaRegistryCacheConfig:
+    availableSchemasExpirationTime: 0 seconds
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Chart.lock b/src/Chart.lock
index 7fcc907d..e170a112 100644
--- a/src/Chart.lock
+++ b/src/Chart.lock
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ dependencies:
   version: 4.12.5
 - name: telegraf
   repository: https://helm.influxdata.com/
-  version: 1.8.40
-digest: sha256:8e2f6ba85abf9dbcd13d59095fea97f4bdc1d6d021818b4358aa9cf98adb6651
-generated: "2024-01-22T10:37:44.781954+01:00"
+  version: 1.8.42
+digest: sha256:982e76c226551c0e835c96fcadedd9a517440970330586cf9c0b1998c530861e
+generated: "2024-02-29T17:05:41.791955681+01:00"
diff --git a/src/templates/configmap.yaml b/src/templates/configmap.yaml
index fd0b07bc..8b2636ef 100644
--- a/src/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/src/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ data:
                 "bootstrap.servers": "{{ include "nussknacker.kafkaBootstrapServers" . }}"
                 "schema.registry.url": "{{ include "nussknacker.schemaRegistryUrl" . }}"
               }
+              {{- with .Values.nussknacker.schemaRegistryCacheConfig }}
+              schemaRegistryCacheConfig: {{ tpl (toJson .) $ }}
+              {{- end }}
             }
             rocksDB {
               enable: true
@@ -97,6 +100,9 @@ data:
                 "bootstrap.servers": "{{ include "nussknacker.kafkaBootstrapServers" . }}"
                 "schema.registry.url": "{{ include "nussknacker.schemaRegistryUrl" . }}"
               }
+              {{- with .Values.nussknacker.schemaRegistryCacheConfig }}
+              schemaRegistryCacheConfig: {{ tpl (toJson .) $ }}
+              {{- end }}
             }
             {{- end }}
           }{{- tpl ( mustToJson .Values.nussknacker.modelConfig ) . }}
diff --git a/src/values.yaml b/src/values.yaml
index 83e23c60..baa2eff2 100644
--- a/src/values.yaml
+++ b/src/values.yaml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ kafka:
 apicurio-registry:
   enabled: true
   image:
-    tag: 2.2.5.Final
+    tag: 2.5.8.Final
   kafka:
     enabled: false