diff --git a/charts/netbird-operator-config/Chart.yaml b/charts/netbird-operator-config/Chart.yaml
index d1781cc..05b11f4 100644
--- a/charts/netbird-operator-config/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/netbird-operator-config/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: netbird-operator-config
 description: NetBird Operator Configuration
 type: application
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 0.1.1
 appVersion: "0.2.0"
diff --git a/charts/netbird-operator-config/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml b/charts/netbird-operator-config/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
index 5241185..7c3acfe 100644
--- a/charts/netbird-operator-config/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
+++ b/charts/netbird-operator-config/templates/kubernetes-nbresource.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       initContainers:
       - name: wait-network-ready
-        image: "netbirdio/kubectl:latest"
+        image: {{ .Values.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default "latest" }}
         command:
         - sh
         - -c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ spec:
         - kubectl wait --for 'jsonpath={.status.networkID}' -n {{ $routerNS }} nbroutingpeer router;
       containers:
       - name: apply-nbresource
-        image: "netbirdio/kubectl:latest"
+        image: {{ .Values.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default "latest" }}
         env:
         - name: NBRESOURCE_VALUE
           value: |
diff --git a/charts/netbird-operator-config/values.yaml b/charts/netbird-operator-config/values.yaml
index b9c187a..24e8df6 100644
--- a/charts/netbird-operator-config/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/netbird-operator-config/values.yaml
@@ -55,3 +55,12 @@ serviceAccount:
   create: true
   name: ""
   annotations: {}
+
+# This sets the container image more information can be found here: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/
+image:
+  # Set operator image registry
+  registry: docker.io
+  # Set operator image repository
+  repository: netbirdio/kubectl
+  # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+  tag: latest