diff --git a/charts/loki-distributed/Chart.yaml b/charts/loki-distributed/Chart.yaml
index cafe985e8a..2d3ed41bbe 100644
--- a/charts/loki-distributed/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/loki-distributed/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: loki-distributed
 description: Helm chart for Grafana Loki in microservices mode
 type: application
 appVersion: 2.9.10
-version: 0.80.0
+version: 0.81.0
 home: https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
 sources:
   - https://github.com/grafana/loki
diff --git a/charts/loki-distributed/values.yaml b/charts/loki-distributed/values.yaml
index 701878dbee..0ecfdc3481 100644
--- a/charts/loki-distributed/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/loki-distributed/values.yaml
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ loki:
       rule_path: /tmp/loki/scratch
       alertmanager_url: https://alertmanager.xx
       external_url: https://alertmanager.xx
+      enable_alertmanager_v2: true
 
   # -- Check https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/configuration/#schema_config for more info on how to configure schemas
   schemaConfig: