diff --git a/charts/stable/mealie/Chart.yaml b/charts/stable/mealie/Chart.yaml
index 83b464db69d..af5f3493f9c 100644
--- a/charts/stable/mealie/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/mealie/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ annotations:
   truecharts.org/min_helm_version: "3.11"
   truecharts.org/train: stable
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: 2.7.1
+appVersion: 2.8.0
 dependencies:
   - name: common
     version: 25.4.10
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie
   - https://github.com/truecharts/charts/tree/master/charts/stable/mealie
 type: application
-version: 24.8.0
+version: 24.9.0
diff --git a/charts/stable/mealie/values.yaml b/charts/stable/mealie/values.yaml
index dd22b3055aa..7c5a6140826 100644
--- a/charts/stable/mealie/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/stable/mealie/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie
-  tag: v2.7.1@sha256:708e9ffb843bafdcebf46ee35bb45d1b003518e8c204483a1da039b4076ef980
+  tag: v2.8.0@sha256:63aef46d90975d9cf9c0fdb9399fc2fe36acd222e1db6be99c504b9ccdbee967
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 mealie:
   frontend:
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ persistence:
       main:
         main:
           mountPath: /app/data
+  nltk:
+    enabled: true
+    type: emptyDir
+    size: 5Gi
+    targetSelector:
+      main:
+        main:
+          mountPath: /nltk_data
 cnpg:
   main:
     enabled: true