diff --git a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/default/result.yaml b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/default/result.yaml
index b6db62156db..990a23cff66 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/default/result.yaml
+++ b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/default/result.yaml
@@ -11478,6 +11478,8 @@ spec:
           value: "0"
         - name: SCHEDULING_GATES_ENABLED
           value: "false"
+        - name: PROMOTION_TASKS_ENABLED
+          value: "false"
         - name: KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN
           value: cluster.local
         - name: CERT_MANAGER_ENABLED
diff --git a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/result.yaml b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/result.yaml
index 0658703748f..18b132c3d44 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/result.yaml
+++ b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/result.yaml
@@ -8887,6 +8887,8 @@ spec:
           value: "0"
         - name: SCHEDULING_GATES_ENABLED
           value: "false"
+        - name: PROMOTION_TASKS_ENABLED
+          value: "true"
         - name: KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN
           value: cluster.local
         - name: CERT_MANAGER_ENABLED
diff --git a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/values.yaml b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/values.yaml
index 62396aa88ac..f8c17819320 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/values.yaml
+++ b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-only/values.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ global:
 
 lifecycleOperator:
   enabled: true
+  promotionTasksEnabled: true
   lifecycleOperator:
     image:
       repository: myrep
diff --git a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-with-certs/result.yaml b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-with-certs/result.yaml
index 8cf7adce8b7..950c252e5bd 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-with-certs/result.yaml
+++ b/.github/scripts/.helm-tests/lifecycle-with-certs/result.yaml
@@ -9201,6 +9201,8 @@ spec:
           value: "0"
         - name: SCHEDULING_GATES_ENABLED
           value: "false"
+        - name: PROMOTION_TASKS_ENABLED
+          value: "false"
         - name: KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN
           value: cluster.local
         - name: CERT_MANAGER_ENABLED
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/chart/README.md b/lifecycle-operator/chart/README.md
index 577640dc958..aff594ffa1e 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/chart/README.md
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/chart/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ and application health checks
 | `annotations`             | add deployment level annotations                                                                                                                | `{}`                                                           |
 | `podAnnotations`          | adds pod level annotations                                                                                                                      | `{}`                                                           |
 | `schedulingGatesEnabled`  | enables the scheduling gates in lifecycle-operator. This feature is available in alpha version from K8s 1.27 or 1.26 enabling the alpha version | `false`                                                        |
+| `promotionTasksEnabled`   | enables the promotion task feature in the lifecycle-operator.                                                                                   | `false`                                                        |
 | `allowedNamespaces`       | specifies the allowed namespaces for the lifecycle orchestration functionality                                                                  | `[]`                                                           |
 | `deniedNamespaces`        | specifies a list of namespaces where the lifecycle orchestration functionality is disabled, ignored if `allowedNamespaces` is set               | `["cert-manager","keptn-system","observability","monitoring"]` |
 
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/lifecycle-operator/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index 81b5be0a37a..74f7fb9f878 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ spec:
         - name: SCHEDULING_GATES_ENABLED
           value: {{ .Values.schedulingGatesEnabled | quote
             }}
+        - name: PROMOTION_TASKS_ENABLED
+          value: {{ .Values.promotionTasksEnabled | quote
+            }}
         - name: KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN
           value: {{ .Values.kubernetesClusterDomain }}
         - name: CERT_MANAGER_ENABLED
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/chart/values.yaml b/lifecycle-operator/chart/values.yaml
index 0a02d0d9219..ec3c6a3d9e6 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/chart/values.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ lifecycleOperatorMetricsService:
   type: ClusterIP
 
 ## @section Global
-## Current available parameters: kubernetesClusterDomain, imagePullSecrets, schedulingGatesEnabled, allowedNamespaces, deniedNamespaces
+## Current available parameters: kubernetesClusterDomain, imagePullSecrets, schedulingGatesEnabled, allowedNamespaces, deniedNamespaces, promotionTasksEnabled
 ## @param     kubernetesClusterDomain overrides cluster.local
 kubernetesClusterDomain: cluster.local
 ## @param     annotations add deployment level annotations
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ annotations: {}
 podAnnotations: {}
 ## @param  schedulingGatesEnabled enables the scheduling gates in lifecycle-operator. This feature is available in alpha version from K8s 1.27 or 1.26 enabling the alpha version
 schedulingGatesEnabled: false
+## @param promotionTasksEnabled enables the promotion task feature in the lifecycle-operator.
+promotionTasksEnabled: false
 ## @param  allowedNamespaces specifies the allowed namespaces for the lifecycle orchestration functionality
 allowedNamespaces: []
 ## @param  deniedNamespaces specifies a list of namespaces where the lifecycle orchestration functionality is disabled, ignored if `allowedNamespaces` is set
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/config/manager/manager.yaml b/lifecycle-operator/config/manager/manager.yaml
index a3b25595d46..33ed6e04013 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ spec:
               value: "0"
             - name: SCHEDULING_GATES_ENABLED
               value: "false"
+            - name: PROMOTION_TASKS_ENABLED
+              value: "false"
             - name: CERT_MANAGER_ENABLED
               value: "true"
           securityContext:
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/main.go b/lifecycle-operator/main.go
index 91f5fe33d8e..56e2afa1214 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/main.go
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/main.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type envConfig struct {
 	KeptnOptionsControllerLogLevel            int `envconfig:"OPTIONS_CONTROLLER_LOG_LEVEL" default:"0"`
 
 	SchedulingGatesEnabled bool `envconfig:"SCHEDULING_GATES_ENABLED" default:"false"`
+	PromotionTasksEnabled  bool `envconfig:"PROMOTION_TASKS_ENABLED" default:"false"`
 
 	CertManagerEnabled bool `envconfig:"CERT_MANAGER_ENABLED" default:"true"`
 }