diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc
index 5614ed4..303cbc3 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/core.cljc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 (def config-defaults {:namespace "forgejo"
                       :issuer "staging"
                       :deploy-federated "false"
+                      :federation-enabled "false"
                       :db-name "forgejo"
                       :pv-storage-size-gb 5
                       :pvc-storage-class-name ""
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@
                               ::forgejo/service-noreply-address]
                      :opt-un [::forgejo/issuer
                               ::forgejo/deploy-federated
-                              ::forgejo/default-app-name
+                              ::forgejo/federation-enabled
+                              ::forgejo/default-app-name 
                               ::forgejo/service-domain-whitelist
                               ::forgejo/forgejo-image-version-overwrite
                               ::backup/restic-repository
diff --git a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc
index 06e14f6..abda99c 100644
--- a/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc
+++ b/src/main/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo.cljc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 (s/def ::default-app-name string?)
 (s/def ::fqdn pred/fqdn-string?)
 (s/def ::deploy-federated boolean-string?)
+(s/def ::federation-enabled boolean-string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-from pred/bash-env-string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-host pred/bash-env-string?)
 (s/def ::mailer-port pred/bash-env-string?)
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
                               ::service-noreply-address]
                      :opt-un [::issuer
                               ::deploy-federated
+                              ::federation-enabled
                               ::default-app-name
                               ::service-domain-whitelist
                               ::forgejo-image-version-overwrite]))
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
 (defn generate-appini-env
   [config]
   (let [{:keys [default-app-name
-                deploy-federated
+                federation-enabled
                 fqdn
                 mailer-from
                 mailer-host
@@ -97,19 +99,19 @@
                 service-noreply-address]
          :or {default-app-name "forgejo instance"
               service-domain-whitelist fqdn}} config
-        deploy-federated-bool (boolean-from-string deploy-federated)]
+        federation-enabled-bool (boolean-from-string federation-enabled)]
     (->
      (yaml/load-as-edn "forgejo/appini-env-configmap.yaml")
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "APPNAME" default-app-name)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "FQDN" fqdn)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "URL" (str "https://" fqdn))
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "FROM" mailer-from)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "MAILERHOST" mailer-host)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "MAILERPORT" mailer-port)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "WHITELISTDOMAINS" service-domain-whitelist)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "NOREPLY" service-noreply-address)
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "IS_FEDERATED" 
-                                                  (if deploy-federated-bool
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "APPNAME" default-app-name)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "FQDN" fqdn)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "URL" (str "https://" fqdn))
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "FROM" mailer-from)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "MAILERHOST" mailer-host)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "MAILERPORT" mailer-port)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "WHITELISTDOMAINS" service-domain-whitelist)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "NOREPLY" service-noreply-address)
+     (cm/replace-all-matching-values-by-new-value "IS_FEDERATED" 
+                                                  (if federation-enabled-bool
                                                     "true"
                                                     "false")))))
 
@@ -148,11 +150,9 @@
 
 (defn-spec generate-deployment pred/map-or-seq?
   [config config?]
-  (let [{:keys [deploy-federated]} config
-        deploy-federated-bool (boolean-from-string deploy-federated)]
     (->
      (yaml/load-as-edn "forgejo/deployment.yaml")
-     (cm/replace-all-matching "IMAGE_NAME" (generate-image-str config)))))
+     (cm/replace-all-matching "IMAGE_NAME" (generate-image-str config))))
 
 (defn generate-service
   []
diff --git a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc
index 51f3021..d7b801b 100644
--- a/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc
+++ b/src/test/cljc/dda/c4k_forgejo/forgejo_test.cljc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 (deftest should-generate-image-str
   (testing "non-federated-image"
-    (is (= "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.19"
+    (is (= "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:7.0"
            (cut/generate-image-str {:fqdn "test.de"
                                     :mailer-from ""
                                     :mailer-host "m.t.de"
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@
           :FORGEJO__server__ROOT_URL-c2 "https://test.com",
           :FORGEJO__server__SSH_DOMAIN-c1 "test.de",
           :FORGEJO__server__SSH_DOMAIN-c2 "test.com",
-          :FORGEJO__service__EMAIL_DOMAIN_WHITELIST-c1 "adb.de",
-          :FORGEJO__service__EMAIL_DOMAIN_WHITELIST-c2 "test.com,test.net",
+          :FORGEJO__service__EMAIL_DOMAIN_ALLOWLIST-c1 "adb.de",
+          :FORGEJO__service__EMAIL_DOMAIN_ALLOWLIST-c2 "test.com,test.net",
           :FORGEJO__service__NO_REPLY_ADDRESS-c1 "",
           :FORGEJO__service__NO_REPLY_ADDRESS-c2 "noreply@test.com"}
          (th/map-diff (cut/generate-appini-env {:default-app-name ""
-                                                :deploy-federated "false"
+                                                :federation-enabled "false"
                                                 :fqdn "test.de"
                                                 :mailer-from ""
                                                 :mailer-host "m.t.de"
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                                                 :service-domain-whitelist "adb.de"
                                                 :service-noreply-address ""})
                       (cut/generate-appini-env {:default-app-name "test forgejo"
-                                                :deploy-federated "true"
+                                                :federation-enabled "true"
                                                 :fqdn "test.com"
                                                 :mailer-from "test@test.com"
                                                 :mailer-host "mail.test.com"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
               :spec
               {:containers
                [{:name "forgejo",
-                 :image "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:1.19",
+                 :image "codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo:7.0",
                  :imagePullPolicy "IfNotPresent",
                  :envFrom [{:configMapRef {:name "forgejo-env"}} {:secretRef {:name "forgejo-secrets"}}],
                  :volumeMounts [{:name "forgejo-data-volume", :mountPath "/data"}],