diff --git a/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml
index 51c6276..848e7cf 100644
--- a/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: Catalogue all images of a Kubernetes cluster to multiple targets with Syft
 name: sbom-operator
-version: 0.15.1
-appVersion: 0.15.1
+version: 0.16.0
+appVersion: 0.16.0
 home: https://github.com/ckotzbauer/sbom-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/ckotzbauer/sbom-operator
diff --git a/charts/sbom-operator/README.md b/charts/sbom-operator/README.md
index 0b745f3..132dff6 100644
--- a/charts/sbom-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/sbom-operator/README.md
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the sbom-operator chart
 |               Parameter                |                    Description                    |            Default                       |
 | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
 | `image.repository`                     | container image repository                        | `ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/sbom-operator`       |
-| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.15.1`                                 |
+| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.16.0`                                 |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                     | container image pull policy                       | `IfNotPresent`                           |
+| `image.pullSecrets`                    | image pull-secrets                                | `[]`                                     |
 | `args`                                 | argument object for cli-args                      | `{}`                                     |
 | `envVars`                              | environment variables                             | `{}`                                     |
 | `nodeSelector`                         | node labels for pod assignment                    | `{}`                                     |
diff --git a/charts/sbom-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/sbom-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index c60c6cc..a4c44b1 100644
--- a/charts/sbom-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/sbom-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ spec:
           emptyDir: {}
         - name: tmp
           emptyDir: {}
+    {{- with .Values.image.pullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
 {{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/sbom-operator/values.yaml b/charts/sbom-operator/values.yaml
index a6693b3..1c0646a 100644
--- a/charts/sbom-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/sbom-operator/values.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ image:
   repository: ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/sbom-operator
   tag: ""
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  pullSecrets: []
 
 args: {}