diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4edb6836..6faa0fd9 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 ?= v0.43.0
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
diff --git a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
index a1640b7b..867677d5 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=v0.43.0"
         env:
         - name: GOMEMLIMIT
           valueFrom:
diff --git a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
index 79fda7a5..7ff66583 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:v0.43.0
         name: controller
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 04f7dfe8..53269975 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.22.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/projectsveltos/libsveltos v0.42.1-0.20241129122707-e7c51baedfbd
+	github.com/projectsveltos/libsveltos v0.43.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7d37c435..4f7afe06 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRI
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/poy/onpar v1.1.2 h1:QaNrNiZx0+Nar5dLgTVp5mXkyoVFIbepjyEoGSnhbAY=
 github.com/poy/onpar v1.1.2/go.mod h1:6X8FLNoxyr9kkmnlqpK6LSoiOtrO6MICtWwEuWkLjzg=
-github.com/projectsveltos/libsveltos v0.42.1-0.20241129122707-e7c51baedfbd h1:csSkEGSZS8DJ+EioxTdJDC+dDcyvVWzWo8yaWlgBOoc=
-github.com/projectsveltos/libsveltos v0.42.1-0.20241129122707-e7c51baedfbd/go.mod h1:4hqQRjwZ/DZ6u0haL3zhdARZ3lpspLv57rkhpXIzbsg=
+github.com/projectsveltos/libsveltos v0.43.0 h1:3M7r7TbEbMJ3Xlb0MTxK4QDnH+5P5+dT0J+7+iGSUsg=
+github.com/projectsveltos/libsveltos v0.43.0/go.mod h1:4hqQRjwZ/DZ6u0haL3zhdARZ3lpspLv57rkhpXIzbsg=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.1.0/go.mod h1:I1FGZT9+L76gKKOs5djB6ezCbFQP1xR9D75/vuwEF3g=
diff --git a/manifest/deployment-agentless.yaml b/manifest/deployment-agentless.yaml
index 3d5f5a1a..15ce18d5 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=v0.43.0
         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:v0.43.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml b/manifest/deployment-shard.yaml
index 6428ba0e..c461f762 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=v0.43.0
         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:v0.43.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.yaml b/manifest/manifest.yaml
index e250b82d..9ca67b11 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest/manifest.yaml
@@ -8428,7 +8428,7 @@ spec:
         - --report-mode=0
         - --shard-key=
         - --v=5
-        - --version=main
+        - --version=v0.43.0
         command:
         - /manager
         env:
@@ -8440,7 +8440,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             resourceFieldRef:
               resource: limits.cpu
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/addon-controller:v0.43.0
         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..2b543792 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=v0.43.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.43.0
         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..5699d223 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=v0.43.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.43.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.go b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.go
index f1484833..479bb6c8 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=v0.43.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.43.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet:
diff --git a/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.yaml b/pkg/drift-detection/drift-detection-manager.yaml
index cefaf92f..388dc5bb 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=v0.43.0
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:main
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/drift-detection-manager:v0.43.0
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet: