diff --git a/charts/vulnerability-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/vulnerability-operator/Chart.yaml
index ce14ded..edeb066 100644
--- a/charts/vulnerability-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/vulnerability-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: Scans SBOMs for vulnerabilities
 name: vulnerability-operator
-version: 0.16.0
-appVersion: 0.15.0
+version: 0.17.0
+appVersion: 0.16.0
 home: https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator
diff --git a/charts/vulnerability-operator/README.md b/charts/vulnerability-operator/README.md
index cd41524..1e417a8 100644
--- a/charts/vulnerability-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/vulnerability-operator/README.md
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the vulnerability-opera
 |               Parameter                |                    Description                    |            Default                            |
 | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
 | `image.repository`                     | container image repository                        | `ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/vulnerability-operator`   |
-| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.14.1`                                       |
+| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.16.0`                                      |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                     | container image pull policy                       | `IfNotPresent`                                |
 | `args`                                 | argument object for cli-args                      | `{}`                                          |
 | `envVars`                              | environment variables                             | `{}`                                          |
 | `ignoreRules`                          | Grype ignore-rules                                | `""`                                          |
+| `filterConfig`                         | Specify ignore- and audit-rules                   | `""`                                          |
 | `nodeSelector`                         | node labels for pod assignment                    | `{}`                                          |
 | `tolerations`                          | node tolerations for pod assignment               | `[]`                                          |
 | `affinity`                             | node affinity for pod assignment                  | `{}`                                          |
diff --git a/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/configmap.yaml
index b87d0e3..0ecdb84 100644
--- a/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.ignoreRules }}
+{{- if or .Values.ignoreRules .Values.filterConfig }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "app.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 data:
+{{- if .Values.ignoreRules }}
   grype.yaml: |
 {{ .Values.ignoreRules | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.filterConfig }}
+  filter-config.yaml: |
+{{ .Values.filterConfig | indent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index f0d5532..7865d8c 100644
--- a/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/vulnerability-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ spec:
           {{- if .Values.ignoreRules }}
             - --grype-config-file=/vuln/grype.yaml
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.filterConfig }}
+            - --filter-config-file=/vuln/filter-config.yaml
+          {{- end }}
           env:
           {{- if .Values.envVars }}
             {{ toYaml .Values.envVars | nindent 12 }}
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ spec:
               name: work
             - mountPath: /tmp
               name: tmp
-            {{- if .Values.ignoreRules }}
+            {{- if or .Values.ignoreRules .Values.filterConfig }}
             - mountPath: /vuln
               name: grype
             {{- end }}
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
 {{- if .Values.extraVolumes }}
 {{- toYaml .Values.extraVolumes  | nindent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
-        {{- if .Values.ignoreRules }}
+        {{- if or .Values.ignoreRules .Values.filterConfig }}
         - name: grype
           configMap:
             name: {{ template "app.name" . }}
diff --git a/charts/vulnerability-operator/values.yaml b/charts/vulnerability-operator/values.yaml
index 613f6ea..79f02ae 100644
--- a/charts/vulnerability-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/vulnerability-operator/values.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ ignoreRules: ""
 #   - package:
 #       type: gem
 
+filterConfig: ""
+# ignore:
+#   - vulnerability: GHSA-ggxm-pgc9-g7fp # rdoc
+#     context:
+#       - image: "*"
+#         namespace: gitlab-dev
+#         kind: Deployment
+#         name: gitlab-dev-server
+# audit:
+#   - vulnerability: GHSA-fp4w-jxhp-m23p # bundler
+#     context:
+#       - image: "*"
+#         namespace: gitlab-dev
+#         kind: Deployment
+#         name: gitlab-dev-server
+
 podAnnotations: {}
 
 resources: {}