diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a5cf9c4d..eb472e7a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BUILD_IMAGE ?= golang:1.20.6-bullseye
 
 REGISTRY ?= catalogicsoftware
 IMAGE_NAME ?= $(REGISTRY)/velero-plugin-for-csi
-TAG ?= v0.5.1.7
+TAG ?= v0.5.1.8
 
 IMAGE ?= $(IMAGE_NAME):$(TAG)
 
diff --git a/internal/backup/pvc_action.go b/internal/backup/pvc_action.go
index 2a8d051b..84e73c0b 100644
--- a/internal/backup/pvc_action.go
+++ b/internal/backup/pvc_action.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ type PVCBackupItemAction struct {
 
 // liveCopyDrivers is a list of drivers for which we will skip creating the snapshot and will copy data live
 // Must match liveCopyDrivers in amdslib/utils/utils.go
-var liveCopyDrivers = []string{"nfs.csi.k8s.io", "efs.csi.aws.com", "driver.longhorn.io"}
+var liveCopyDrivers = []string{"nfs.csi.k8s.io", "efs.csi.aws.com", "driver.longhorn.io", "linodebs.csi.linode.com"}
 
 // AppliesTo returns information indicating that the PVCBackupItemAction should be invoked to backup PVCs.
 func (p *PVCBackupItemAction) AppliesTo() (velero.ResourceSelector, error) {