diff --git a/charts/ratify/README.md b/charts/ratify/README.md
index 448d34133..6e21e95a2 100644
--- a/charts/ratify/README.md
+++ b/charts/ratify/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ $ helm upgrade -n gatekeeper-system [RELEASE_NAME] ratify/ratify
 | nameOverride                                       | Overrides the ratify.name used to determine the ratify full name template                                                                                                                                                           | ``                             |
 | fullnameOverride                                   | Overrides the ratify applicaiton full name template                                                                                                                                                                                 | ``                             |
 | replicaCount                                       | The number of Ratify replicas in deployment                                                                                                                                                                                         | 1                              |
+| affinity                                           | Pod affinity for the Ratify deployment                                                                                                                                                                                              | `{}`                           |
+| tolerations                                        | Pod tolerations for the Ratify deployment                                                                                                                                                                                           | `[]`                           |
 | notationCert                                       | Public certificate/certificate chain used to create inline certstore used by Notation verifier.                                                                                                                                     | ``                             |
 | cosign.enabled                                     | Enables/disables cosign tag-based signature lookup in ORAS store. MUST be set to true for cosign verification.                                                                                                                      | `true`                         |
 | cosign.key                                         | Public certificate used by cosign verifier                                                                                                                                                                                          | ``                             |
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@ $ helm upgrade -n gatekeeper-system [RELEASE_NAME] ratify/ratify
 | rbac.create                                        | Enable/disable RBAC roles for ratify manager                                                                                                                                                                                        | `true`                         |
 | upgradeCRDs.enabled                                | Enable/disable Ratify CRD upgrades as pre-install chart hooks                                                                                                                                                                       | `true`                         |
 | upgradeCRDs.extraRules                             | List of rules to add to Ratify CRD upgrade ClusterRole                                                                                                                                                                              | `[]`                           |
-| crds.affinity                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `{}`                           |
-| crds.tolerations                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `[]`                           |
+| crds.affinity                                      | Pod affinity for the upgrade CRD Job                                                                                                                                                                                                | `{}`                           |
+| crds.tolerations                                   | Pod tolerations for the upgrade CRD Job                                                                                                                                                                                             | `[]`                           |
 | crds.nodeSelector                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `{kubernetes.io/os: linux}`    |
 | crds.resources                                     | Resource limits/requests for ratify upgrade CRD job                                                                                                                                                                                 | ``                             |
 | crds.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation      | Enables/disables privilege elevation for crd upgrade container                                                                                                                                                                      | `false`                        |
@@ -111,4 +113,4 @@ $ helm upgrade -n gatekeeper-system [RELEASE_NAME] ratify/ratify
 | akvCertConfig.cert1Version                         | Exact version of certificate to use from AKV                                                                                                                                                                                        | ``                             |
 | akvCertConfig.cert2Name                            | Exact name of the certificate stored in AKV                                                                                                                                                                                          | ``                             |
 | akvCertConfig.cert2Version                         | Exact version of certificate to use from AKV                                                                                                                                                                                        | ``                             |
-| akvCertConfig.tenantId                             | TenantID of the configured AKV resource                                                                                                                                                                                             | ``                             |
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+| akvCertConfig.tenantId                             | TenantID of the configured AKV resource                                                                                                                                                                                             | ``                             |
diff --git a/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0df4017c4..01175c939 100644
--- a/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ratify/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -184,3 +184,8 @@ spec:
               - key: ca.crt
                 path: ca.crt
         {{- end }}
+      affinity:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.affinity | nindent 8 }}
+      tolerations:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.tolerations | nindent 8 }}
+
diff --git a/charts/ratify/values.yaml b/charts/ratify/values.yaml
index eae08300b..096797046 100644
--- a/charts/ratify/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ratify/values.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ image:
 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""
 replicaCount: 1
+affinity: {}
+tolerations: []
 notationCert: ""
 cosign:
   enabled: true