diff --git a/charts/commandcenter/templates/_pvc.tpl b/charts/commandcenter/templates/_pvc.tpl
index ed7f6ea..eccdd0d 100644
--- a/charts/commandcenter/templates/_pvc.tpl
+++ b/charts/commandcenter/templates/_pvc.tpl
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ storageClass:
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- define "cv.commonVolumeMounts" }}
+{{- $pathMode := include "cv.commandcenter.pathMode" . }}
         - name: podinfo
           mountPath: /etc/podinfo        
         - name: cv-storage-certsandlogs
@@ -169,9 +170,15 @@ storageClass:
           mountPath: /etc/CommVaultRegistry
           subPath: Registry
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if eq $pathMode "v1" }}
         - name: cv-storage-certsandlogs
           mountPath: /opt/{{include "cv.utils.getOemPath" .}}/appdata
           subPath: certificates
+        {{- else if eq $pathMode "v2" }}
+        - name: cv-storage-certsandlogs
+          mountPath: /var/opt/{{include "cv.utils.getOemPath" .}}/appdata
+          subPath: certificates
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if eq (include "cv.useInitContainer" .) "true" }}
         - name: cv-storage-certsandlogs
           mountPath: /opt/{{include "cv.utils.getOemPath" .}}/k8ssecrets
diff --git a/charts/commandcenter/templates/_utils.tpl b/charts/commandcenter/templates/_utils.tpl
index bd53442..c1b9d28 100644
--- a/charts/commandcenter/templates/_utils.tpl
+++ b/charts/commandcenter/templates/_utils.tpl
@@ -233,3 +233,86 @@ Returns either commvault or metallic depending on the oem id
 {{- "commvault" }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Returns true if the tag is older than 11.42.105
+*/}}
+{{- define "cv.commandcenter.isTagBefore42105" }}
+{{- $tag := index . 0 }}
+{{- $numbers := regexFindAll "(\\d+)" $tag 3 }}
+{{- if lt (len $numbers) 2 }}
+{{- printf "true" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $major := atoi (index $numbers 0) }}
+{{- $fr := atoi (index $numbers 1) }}
+{{- $sp := 0 }}
+{{- if ge (len $numbers) 3 }}
+{{- $sp = atoi (index $numbers 2) }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if lt $major 11 }}
+{{- printf "true" }}
+{{- else if gt $major 11 }}
+{{- printf "false" }}
+{{- else if lt $fr 42 }}
+{{- printf "true" }}
+{{- else if gt $fr 42 }}
+{{- printf "false" }}
+{{- else if lt $sp 105 }}
+{{- printf "true" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "false" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Determines whether commandcenter should use v1 or v2 paths
+Decision precedence:
+1. Existing v1/v2 annotation on Deployment/StatefulSet
+2. Fresh install: v2 for 11.44+ else v1
+3. Existing workload without path annotation: v1 if old image (<11.42.105), else v2
+*/}}
+{{- define "cv.commandcenter.pathMode" }}
+{{- $objectname := include "cv.metadataname" . }}
+{{- $namespace := include "cv.namespace" . }}
+{{- $statefulset := or .Values.statefulset ((.Values).global).statefulset }}
+{{- $kind := "Deployment" }}
+{{- if $statefulset }}
+{{- $kind = "StatefulSet" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- $existing := lookup "apps/v1" $kind $namespace $objectname }}
+{{- $annotations := dict }}
+{{- if and $existing $existing.metadata $existing.metadata.annotations }}
+{{- $annotations = $existing.metadata.annotations }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- if hasKey $annotations "v1paths" }}
+{{- printf "v1" }}
+{{- else if hasKey $annotations "v2paths" }}
+{{- printf "v2" }}
+{{- else if not $existing }}
+{{- if eq (include "cv.utils.isMinVersion" (list . 11 44)) "true" }}
+{{- printf "v2" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "v1" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $oldTag := "" }}
+{{- if and $existing.spec $existing.spec.template $existing.spec.template.spec (gt (len $existing.spec.template.spec.containers) 0) }}
+{{- $oldImage := index $existing.spec.template.spec.containers 0 "image" }}
+{{- if $oldImage }}
+{{- $parts := splitList ":" $oldImage }}
+{{- if gt (len $parts) 1 }}
+{{- $oldTag = last $parts }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if and $oldTag (eq (include "cv.commandcenter.isTagBefore42105" (list $oldTag)) "true") }}
+{{- printf "v1" }}
+{{- else if not $oldTag }}
+{{- printf "v1" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "v2" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/commandcenter/templates/deploy.yaml b/charts/commandcenter/templates/deploy.yaml
index 4673284..9bb484c 100644
--- a/charts/commandcenter/templates/deploy.yaml
+++ b/charts/commandcenter/templates/deploy.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,22 @@
 {{- include "cv.utils.validateVersionAndRelease" . }}
 {{- $objectname := include "cv.metadataname" . }}
 {{- $statefulset := or .Values.statefulset ((.Values).global).statefulset }}
+{{- $pathMode := include "cv.commandcenter.pathMode" . }}
 
 apiVersion: apps/v1 
 kind: {{ if $statefulset }}StatefulSet{{ else }}Deployment{{ end }}
 metadata:
   name: {{ $objectname }}
   namespace: {{ include "cv.namespace" . }}
-  {{- include "cv.deploymentannotations" . }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- if eq $pathMode "v2" }}
+    v2paths: "true"
+    {{- else }}
+    v1paths: "true"
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if or (.Values.global).deploymentannotations .Values.deploymentannotations }}
+{{- include "cv.utils.getCombinedYaml" (list .Values.deploymentannotations (.Values.global).deploymentannotations $ 4 true) }}
+    {{- end }}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ $objectname }}
 spec:
@@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         # This section contains list of persistent volumes that has to be mounted onto the container.                 
         # This can be left with default settings as mentioned in this template.
-        {{- if eq (include "cv.utils.isMinVersion" (list . 11 36)) "true" }}
+        {{- if eq $pathMode "v2" }}
         - name: cv-storage-certsandlogs
           mountPath: /opt/{{include "cv.utils.getOemPath" .}}/Apache/conf
           subPath: apacheconf