diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9bbdc0f..8d89ada 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ARCH ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 OS ?= $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 K8S_LATEST_VER ?= $(shell curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)
 export CONTROLLER_IMG ?= $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
-TAG ?= main
+TAG ?= v0.9.0
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
diff --git a/charts/k8s-cleaner/README.md b/charts/k8s-cleaner/README.md
index 6badb73..5664c5b 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-cleaner/README.md
+++ b/charts/k8s-cleaner/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Major Changes to functions are documented with the version affected. **Before up
 | controller.image.pullPolicy | string | `"IfNotPresent"` | Controller Image pull policy |
 | controller.image.registry | string | `"docker.io"` | Controller Image Registry |
 | controller.image.repository | string | `"projectsveltos/k8s-cleaner"` | Controller Image Repository |
-| controller.image.tag | string | `"v0.7.0"` | ControllerImage Tag |
+| controller.image.tag | string | `"v0.9.0"` | ControllerImage Tag |
 | controller.livenessProbe | object | `{"enabled":true,"httpGet":{"path":"/healthz","port":"healthz","scheme":"HTTP"},"initialDelaySeconds":15,"periodSeconds":20}` | Controller LivenessProbe   |
 | controller.ports[0].containerPort | int | `8443` |  |
 | controller.ports[0].name | string | `"metrics"` |  |
diff --git a/charts/k8s-cleaner/crd/apps.projectsveltos.io_cleaners.yaml b/charts/k8s-cleaner/crd/apps.projectsveltos.io_cleaners.yaml
index 65869b3..2851e2c 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-cleaner/crd/apps.projectsveltos.io_cleaners.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-cleaner/crd/apps.projectsveltos.io_cleaners.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,31 @@ spec:
                 - Transform
                 - Scan
                 type: string
+              deleteOptions:
+                description: |-
+                  DeleteOption is some configuration that modifies options for a delete request.
+                  This will be used only when action is delete
+                properties:
+                  gracePeriodSeconds:
+                    description: |-
+                      GracePeriodSeconds is the duration in seconds before the object should be
+                      deleted. Value must be non-negative integer. The value zero indicates
+                      delete immediately. If this value is nil, the default grace period for the
+                      specified type will be used.
+                    format: int64
+                    type: integer
+                  propagationPolicy:
+                    description: |-
+                      PropagationPolicy determined whether and how garbage collection will be
+                      performed. Either this field or OrphanDependents may be set, but not both.
+                      The default policy is decided by the existing finalizer set in the
+                      metadata.finalizers and the resource-specific default policy.
+                      Acceptable values are: 'Orphan' - orphan the dependents; 'Background' -
+                      allow the garbage collector to delete the dependents in the background;
+                      'Foreground' - a cascading policy that deletes all dependents in the
+                      foreground.
+                    type: string
+                type: object
               notifications:
                 description: Notification is a list of source of events to evaluate.
                 items:
@@ -150,6 +175,12 @@ spec:
                             Must return struct with field "matching" representing whether
                             object is a match and an optional "message" field.
                           type: string
+                        excludeDeleted:
+                          default: true
+                          description: |-
+                            ExcludeDeleted if set (default value), exclude resources marked as
+                            deleted. If set to false, k8s-cleaner will consider also resources marked as deleted.
+                          type: boolean
                         group:
                           description: Group of the resource deployed in the Cluster.
                           type: string
diff --git a/charts/k8s-cleaner/values.yaml b/charts/k8s-cleaner/values.yaml
index 22cb8ce..c8ae65a 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-cleaner/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-cleaner/values.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ controller:
     # -- Controller Image Repository
     repository: projectsveltos/k8s-cleaner
     # -- ControllerImage Tag
-    tag: "v0.7.0"
+    tag: "v0.9.0"
     # -- Controller Image pull policy
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   # -- Controller ARguments
diff --git a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
index 6812f2a..0d80658 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/k8s-cleaner:main
+      - image: docker.io/projectsveltos/k8s-cleaner:v0.9.0
         name: controller
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.yaml b/manifest/manifest.yaml
index b263975..9aaaa7f 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest/manifest.yaml
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ spec:
         - --diagnostics-address=:8443
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/k8s-cleaner:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/k8s-cleaner:v0.9.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet: