diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
index cc105e87..70f58ebc 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: |
   It creates Prometheus Metrics and can send rule validation events to different targets like Loki, Elasticsearch, Slack or Discord
 
 type: application
-version: 2.21.3
+version: 2.21.4
 appVersion: 2.17.4
 
 icon: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/raw/main/img/logo.png
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/templates/deployment.yaml
index a714a431..ce642f4e 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ spec:
                 key: password
                 optional: false
           {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.envVars }}
+          {{- . | toYaml | trim | nindent 10 }}
+          {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: config-file
         secret:
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/values.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/values.yaml
index a2e3112f..cbc71e7b 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/kyvernoPlugin/values.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ podAnnotations: {}
 # Key/value pairs that are attached to pods.
 podLabels: {}
 
+# Allow additional env variables to be added
+envVars: []
+
 resources: {}
   # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
   # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9100cad5..f61126ba 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ spec:
             valueFrom:
               fieldRef:
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+          {{- with .Values.envVars }}
+          {{- . | toYaml | trim | nindent 10 }}
+          {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: config-file
         configMap:
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml
index b757617c..92873265 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ api:
 
 # use redis as external log storage instead of an in memory store
 # recommended when using a HA setup with more then one replica
-# to get all logs on each instance 
+# to get all logs on each instance
 redis:
   enabled: false
   address: ""
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ podAnnotations: {}
 # Key/value pairs that are attached to pods.
 podLabels: {}
 
+# Allow additional env variables to be added
+envVars: []
+
 resources: {}
   # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
   # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index b1d67496..34edcb20 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ spec:
               fieldRef:
                 fieldPath: metadata.name
           {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.envVars }}
+          {{- . | toYaml | trim | nindent 10 }}
+          {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: sqlite
         {{- if .Values.sqliteVolume }}
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml
index 762d4fc0..c53d2ec0 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ podAnnotations: {}
 # Key/value pairs that are attached to pods.
 podLabels: {}
 
+# Allow additional env variables to be added
+envVars: []
+
 resources: {}
   # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
   # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little