diff --git a/charts/shield/Chart.yaml b/charts/shield/Chart.yaml
index b21282555..516cd2177 100644
--- a/charts/shield/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/shield/Chart.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ maintainers:
   - name: mavimo
     email: marcovito.moscaritolo@sysdig.com
 type: application
-version: 0.2.7
+version: 0.2.8
 appVersion: "1.0.0"
diff --git a/charts/shield/templates/host/daemonset.yaml b/charts/shield/templates/host/daemonset.yaml
index 29ed30b5f..b8b53e342 100644
--- a/charts/shield/templates/host/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/shield/templates/host/daemonset.yaml
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ spec:
         - name: vardata-vol
           hostPath:
             path: /var/data
+            type: DirectoryOrCreate
         {{- if (include "host.driver.is_ebpf" .) }}
         - name: bpf-probes
           emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/charts/shield/tests/host/daemonset_test.yaml b/charts/shield/tests/host/daemonset_test.yaml
index 3653f2444..851ea9343 100644
--- a/charts/shield/tests/host/daemonset_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/shield/tests/host/daemonset_test.yaml
@@ -613,3 +613,9 @@ tests:
     asserts:
       - isNullOrEmpty:
           path: spec.template.spec.imagePullSecrets
+
+  - it: Test that /var/data is type DirectoryOrCreate
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.template.spec.volumes[?(@.name == "vardata-vol")].hostPath.type
+          value: DirectoryOrCreate