diff --git a/charts/operators/cert-manager/Chart.yaml b/charts/operators/cert-manager/Chart.yaml
index dad3c10277b..6c20eb90574 100644
--- a/charts/operators/cert-manager/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/operators/cert-manager/Chart.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/cert-manager
   - https://cert-manager.io/
 type: application
-version: 1.0.5
+version: 1.1.0
 annotations:
   truecharts.org/category: operators
   truecharts.org/SCALE-support: "true"
diff --git a/charts/operators/cert-manager/values.yaml b/charts/operators/cert-manager/values.yaml
index 4cc95100615..c6e532e3d54 100644
--- a/charts/operators/cert-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/operators/cert-manager/values.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ operator:
 
 certmanager:
   dns01RecursiveNameservers: "1.1.1.1:53,1.0.0.1:53"
+  # Delete cert secret on CR deletion
+  enableCertificateOwnerRef: true
 
 metrics:
   main: