diff --git a/k8s/helm/component-patch-tpl.yaml b/k8s/helm/component-patch-tpl.yaml
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+++ b/k8s/helm/component-patch-tpl.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+values:
+  images:
+    job: cloudogu/k8s-host-change:0.3.0
+patches:
+  values.yaml:
+    job:
+      image:
+        repository: "{{ registryFrom .images.backup-operator }}/{{ repositoryFrom .images.backup-operator }}"
+        tag: "{{ tagFrom .images.backup-operator }}"
diff --git a/release_args.sh b/release_args.sh
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+++ b/release_args.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+# this function will be sourced from release.sh and be called from release_functions.sh
+update_versions_modify_files() {
+  newReleaseVersion="${1}"
+  valuesYAML=k8s/helm/values.yaml
+  componentPatchTplYAML=k8s/helm/component-patch-tpl.yaml
+
+  yq -i ".job.image.tag = \"${newReleaseVersion}\"" "${valuesYAML}"
+  yq -i ".values.images.job = \"cloudogu/k8s-host-change:${newReleaseVersion}\" " "${componentPatchTplYAML}"
+}
+
+update_versions_stage_modified_files() {
+  valuesYAML=k8s/helm/values.yaml
+  componentPatchTplYAML=k8s/helm/component-patch-tpl.yaml
+
+  git add "${valuesYAML} ${componentPatchTplYAML}"
+}