diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index e802681..0550679 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,30 @@ steps:
       - master
     event:
       - push
-- name: bump tag in deployment-repo
+- name: docker-staging
+  image: plugins/docker
+  settings:
+    username:
+      from_secret: DOCKER_USERNAME
+    password:
+      from_secret: DOCKER_PASSWORD
+    repo: yolokube/dashboard
+    tags:
+      - staging
+      - staging-${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
+  when:
+      branch:
+        exclude:
+          - master
+      event:
+        exclude:
+          - push
+- name: bump tag in deployment-repo (prod)
   image: aaronriedel/kustomize-ci
   commands:
     - cd /deployment-repo
     - git clone https://git.ar21.de/yolokube/core-deployments.git .
-    - cd /deployment-repo/dashboard
+    - cd /deployment-repo/dashboard/overlays/prod
     - kustomize edit set image yolokube/dashboard=yolokube/dashboard:${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
     - kustomize build -o /deployment-repo/dashboard/prod/dashboard.yaml
   volumes:
@@ -33,7 +51,25 @@ steps:
       - master
     event:
       - push
-- name: push new tag to deployment-repo
+- name: bump tag in deployment-repo (staging)
+  image: aaronriedel/kustomize-ci
+  commands:
+    - cd /deployment-repo
+    - git clone https://git.ar21.de/yolokube/core-deployments.git .
+    - cd /deployment-repo/dashboard/overlays/staging
+    - kustomize edit set image yolokube/dashboard=yolokube/dashboard:staging-${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
+    - kustomize build -o /deployment-repo/dashboard/staging/dashboard.yaml
+  volumes:
+  - name: deployment-repo
+    path: /deployment-repo
+  when:
+    branch:
+      exclude:
+        - master
+    event:
+      exclude:
+        - push
+- name: push new tag to deployment-repo (prod)
   image: appleboy/drone-git-push
   settings:
     branch: main
@@ -52,23 +88,27 @@ steps:
       - master
     event:
       - push
-- name: docker-build
-  image: plugins/docker
+- name: push new tag to deployment-repo (staging)
+  image: appleboy/drone-git-push
   settings:
-    username:
-      from_secret: DOCKER_USERNAME
-    password:
-      from_secret: DOCKER_PASSWORD
-    repo: yolokube/dashboard
-    tags: latest
-    dry_run: true
+    branch: main
+    remote: ssh://git@git.ar21.de:2222/yolokube/core-deployments.git
+    path: /deployment-repo
+    force: false
+    commit: true
+    commit_message: "DASHBOARD STAGING: update image tag to ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} (done automagically via Drone pipeline)"
+    ssh_key:
+      from_secret: GITEA_SSH_KEY
+  volumes:
+  - name: deployment-repo
+    path: /deployment-repo
   when:
-      branch:
-        exclude:
-          - master
-      event:
-        exclude:
-          - push
+    branch:
+      exclude:
+        - master
+    event:
+      exclude:
+        - push
 volumes:
 - name: deployment-repo
   temp: {}