diff --git a/deployment/helm/ditto/Chart.yaml b/deployment/helm/ditto/Chart.yaml
index 492ca07046..29d0486e07 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/ditto/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/ditto/Chart.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ description: |
   A digital twin is a virtual, cloud based, representation of his real world counterpart
   (real world “Things”, e.g. devices like sensors, smart heating, connected cars, smart grids, EV charging stations etc).
 type: application
-version: 3.5.4-0  # chart version is effectively set by release-job
+version: 3.5.5-0  # chart version is effectively set by release-job
 appVersion: 3.5.2
 keywords:
   - iot-chart
diff --git a/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pod-deletion-cost-cron-job.yaml b/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pod-deletion-cost-cron-job.yaml
index 823654ce13..77436b0b6b 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pod-deletion-cost-cron-job.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pod-deletion-cost-cron-job.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ spec:
             app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service | quote }}
             app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name | quote }}
             helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
+          {{- with .Values.global.podDeletionCostPatching.annotations }}
+          annotations:
+            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
         spec:
           {{- if .Values.rbac.enabled }}
           serviceAccountName: {{ template "ditto.serviceAccountName" . }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pre-upgrade-job.yaml b/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pre-upgrade-job.yaml
index f3d4f81b13..fe27a51b27 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pre-upgrade-job.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/ditto/templates/hooks/pre-upgrade-job.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service | quote }}
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name | quote }}
         helm.sh/chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
+      {{- with .Values.global.podDeletionCostPatching.annotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
       {{- if .Values.rbac.enabled }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "ditto.serviceAccountName" . }}
diff --git a/deployment/helm/ditto/values.yaml b/deployment/helm/ditto/values.yaml
index effab8d290..4de69f2f5e 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/ditto/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/ditto/values.yaml
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ global:
   podDeletionCostPatching:
     # enabled whether the pod-deletion-cost annotation patching should be enabled
     enabled: true
+    # annotations defines k8s annotations to add to corresponding jobs
+    annotations: {}
+
 
 ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## dbconfig for mongodb connections