diff --git a/e2e/charts/logging-operator-logging/Chart.yaml b/e2e/charts/logging-operator-logging/Chart.yaml
index ba574bedb..69505d9c1 100644
--- a/e2e/charts/logging-operator-logging/Chart.yaml
+++ b/e2e/charts/logging-operator-logging/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 type: application
 name: logging-operator-logging
-version: 4.2.0
-kubeVersion: ">=1.22"
+version: 4.2.2
+kubeVersion: ">=1.22.0-0"
 description: A Helm chart to configure logging resource for the Logging operator.
 keywords:
   - logging
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ annotations:
     - name: syslog-ng
       image: ghcr.io/axoflow/axosyslog:4.2.0
     - name: logging-operator
-      image: ghcr.io/kube-logging/logging-operator:4.2.0
+      image: ghcr.io/kube-logging/logging-operator:4.2.1
     - name: config-reloader
       image: ghcr.io/kube-logging/config-reloader:v0.0.5
     - name: node-exporter
diff --git a/e2e/charts/logging-operator/Chart.yaml b/e2e/charts/logging-operator/Chart.yaml
index b2ce5e6fc..6814d9eec 100644
--- a/e2e/charts/logging-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/e2e/charts/logging-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 type: application
 name: logging-operator
-version: 4.2.1
-appVersion: 4.2.0
-kubeVersion: ">=1.22"
+version: 4.2.3
+appVersion: 4.2.2
+kubeVersion: ">=1.22.0-0"
 description: Logging operator for Kubernetes based on Fluentd and Fluentbit.
 keywords:
   - logging
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ annotations:
       description: Moved to to location
   artifacthub.io/images: |
     - name: logging-operator
-      image: ghcr.io/kube-logging/logging-operator:4.2.0
+      image: ghcr.io/kube-logging/logging-operator:4.2.1
diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/config.go b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/config.go
index 652cd1e7f..e65de00fd 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/config.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/config.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var fluentBitConfigTemplate = `
     Name          forward
     Match         *
     {{- if .Upstream.Enabled }}
-    Upstream      upstream.conf
+    Upstream      {{ .Upstream.Config.Path }}
     {{- else }}
     Host          {{ .TargetHost }}
     Port          {{ .TargetPort }}
diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go
index 1314ef5d8..a587a500e 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/configsecret.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type upstreamNode struct {
 
 type upstream struct {
 	Name  string
+	Path  string
 	Nodes []upstreamNode
 }
 
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) configSecret() (runtime.Object, reconciler.DesiredState, er
 
 		if r.fluentbitSpec.EnableUpstream {
 			input.FluentForwardOutput.Upstream.Enabled = true
+			input.FluentForwardOutput.Upstream.Config.Path = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", OperatorConfigPath, UpstreamConfigName)
 			input.FluentForwardOutput.Upstream.Config.Name = "fluentd-upstream"
 			for i := int32(0); i < utils.PointerToInt32(aggregatorReplicas); i++ {
 				input.FluentForwardOutput.Upstream.Config.Nodes = append(input.FluentForwardOutput.Upstream.Config.Nodes, r.generateUpstreamNode(i))
diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/daemonset.go b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/daemonset.go
index 18ef9f204..1bfd2d833 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentbit/daemonset.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentbit/daemonset.go
@@ -221,12 +221,6 @@ func (r *Reconciler) generateVolume() (v []corev1.Volume) {
 				},
 			},
 		}
-		if r.fluentbitSpec.EnableUpstream {
-			volume.VolumeSource.Secret.Items = append(volume.VolumeSource.Secret.Items, corev1.KeyToPath{
-				Key:  UpstreamConfigName,
-				Path: UpstreamConfigName,
-			})
-		}
 		v = append(v, volume)
 	} else {
 		v = append(v, corev1.Volume{