diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 68c29961..4bb5ee4a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OS ?= $(shell uname -s)
 OS := $(shell echo $(OS) | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 K8S_LATEST_VER ?= $(shell curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)
 export CONTROLLER_IMG ?= $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
-TAG ?= main
+TAG ?= v0.45.0
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
diff --git a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
index a1640b7b..ca0b9df7 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spec:
         - "--report-mode=0"
         - --shard-key=
         - "--v=5"
-        - "--version=main"
+        - "--version=v0.45.0"
         env:
         - name: GOMEMLIMIT
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
index 79fda7a5..fc6ee10b 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       # Change the value of image field below to your controller image URL
-      - image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:main
+      - image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:v0.45.0
         name: controller
diff --git a/manifest/deployment-agentless.yaml b/manifest/deployment-agentless.yaml
index 3d5f5a1a..f5f3fc83 100644
--- a/manifest/deployment-agentless.yaml
+++ b/manifest/deployment-agentless.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - --report-mode=0
         - --agent-in-mgmt-cluster
         - --v=5
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.45.0
         command:
         - /manager
         env:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             resourceFieldRef:
               resource: limits.cpu
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:v0.45.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml b/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml
index 6428ba0e..e5670041 100644
--- a/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml
+++ b/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - --report-mode=0
         - --shard-key={{.SHARD}}
         - --v=5
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.45.0
         command:
         - /manager
         env:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             resourceFieldRef:
               resource: limits.cpu
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:v0.45.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.yaml b/manifest/manifest.yaml
index 5c993b70..e403dba8 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest/manifest.yaml
@@ -8447,7 +8447,7 @@ spec:
         - --report-mode=0
         - --shard-key=
         - --v=5
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.45.0
         command:
         - /manager
         env:
@@ -8459,7 +8459,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             resourceFieldRef:
               resource: limits.cpu
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:v0.45.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.go b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.go
index 5150b275..eb7dbdc2 100644
--- a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.go
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ spec:
         - --cluster-type=
         - --current-cluster=management-cluster
         - --run-mode=do-not-send-updates
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.45.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.45.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.yaml b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.yaml
index b1a71cf6..062f8e7a 100644
--- a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.yaml
+++ b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager-in-mgmt-cluster.yaml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ spec:
         - --cluster-type=
         - --current-cluster=management-cluster
         - --run-mode=do-not-send-updates
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.45.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.45.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.go b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.go
index f1484833..8e71a82a 100644
--- a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.go
+++ b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.go
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ spec:
         - --cluster-type=
         - --current-cluster=managed-cluster
         - --run-mode=do-not-send-updates
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.45.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.45.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.yaml b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.yaml
index cefaf92f..c775d2ef 100644
--- a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.yaml
+++ b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.yaml
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ spec:
         - --cluster-type=
         - --current-cluster=managed-cluster
         - --run-mode=do-not-send-updates
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.45.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.45.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet: