diff --git a/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml b/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml
index 0ac5085..253b2ba 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/access-manager/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: Kubernetes-Operator to simplify RBAC configurations
 name: access-manager
-version: 0.9.0
-appVersion: 0.9.0
+version: 0.10.0
+appVersion: 0.10.0
 home: https://github.com/ckotzbauer/access-manager
 sources:
   - https://github.com/ckotzbauer/access-manager
diff --git a/charts/access-manager/README.md b/charts/access-manager/README.md
index f386fcb..28e815e 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/README.md
+++ b/charts/access-manager/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Access-Manager char
 | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
 | `replicas`                             | replicas of deployment (leader-election only > 1) | `1`                                   |
 | `image.repository`                     | container image repository                        | `ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/access-manager`   |
-| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.9.0`                               |
+| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.10.0`                               |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                     | container image pull policy                       | `IfNotPresent`                        |
 | `nodeSelector`                         | node labels for pod assignment                    | `{}`                                  |
 | `tolerations`                          | node tolerations for pod assignment               | `[]`                                  |
diff --git a/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
index 99dcef1..6784fe7 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/access-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "app.serviceAccountName" . }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
-          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
           {{- if gt .Values.replicas 1.0 }}
           args:
diff --git a/charts/access-manager/values.yaml b/charts/access-manager/values.yaml
index 9d83859..503970d 100644
--- a/charts/access-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/access-manager/values.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replicas: 1
 
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/access-manager
-  tag: 0.9.0
+  tag: ""
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 podAnnotations: {}