diff --git a/charts/argocd-image-updater/Chart.yaml b/charts/argocd-image-updater/Chart.yaml
index d9ca894a..17601f76 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-image-updater/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/argocd-image-updater/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: argocd-image-updater
 description: A Helm chart for Argo CD Image Updater, a tool to automatically update the container images of Kubernetes workloads which are managed by Argo CD
 type: application
-version: 0.4.1
+version: 0.4.2
 appVersion: v0.10.3
 home: https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater
 icon: https://argocd-image-updater.readthedocs.io/en/stable/assets/logo.png
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ maintainers:
     url: https://argoproj.github.io/
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - "[Changed]: Bumped application version to v0.10.3"
+    - "[Fixed]: Added missing git-template-message key to deployment configMap"
diff --git a/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md b/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md
index ee5f8f52..e1223139 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md
+++ b/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md
@@ -61,11 +61,16 @@ The `config.registries` value can be used exactly as it looks in the documentati
 |-----|------|---------|-------------|
 | affinity | object | `{}` | Kubernetes affinity settings for the deployment |
 | authScripts.enabled | bool | `false` | Whether to mount the defined scripts that can be used to authenticate with a registry, the scripts will be mounted at `/scripts` |
-| authScripts.scripts | object |  `{}` | Map of key-value pairs where the key consists of the name of the script and the value the contents |
+| authScripts.scripts | object | `{}` | Map of key-value pairs where the key consists of the name of the script and the value the contents |
+| config.applicationsAPIKind | string | `""` | API kind that is used to manage Argo CD applications (`kubernetes` or `argocd`) |
 | config.argocd.grpcWeb | bool | `true` | Use the gRPC-web protocol to connect to the Argo CD API |
 | config.argocd.insecure | bool | `false` | If specified, the certificate of the Argo CD API server is not verified. |
 | config.argocd.plaintext | bool | `false` | If specified, use an unencrypted HTTP connection to the ArgoCD API instead of TLS. |
 | config.argocd.serverAddress | string | `""` | Connect to the Argo CD API server at server address |
+| config.disableKubeEvents | bool | `false` | Disable kubernetes events |
+| config.gitCommitMail | string | `""` | E-Mail address to use for Git commits |
+| config.gitCommitTemplate | string | `""` | Changing the Git commit message |
+| config.gitCommitUser | string | `""` | Username to use for Git commits |
 | config.logLevel | string | `"info"` | ArgoCD Image Update log level |
 | config.registries | list | `[]` | ArgoCD Image Updater registries list configuration. More information [here](https://argocd-image-updater.readthedocs.io/en/stable/configuration/registries/) |
 | extraArgs | list | `[]` | Extra arguments for argocd-image-updater not defined in `config.argocd`. If a flag contains both key and value, they need to be split to a new entry |
diff --git a/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md.gotmpl b/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md.gotmpl
index da81914b..afefdafe 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md.gotmpl
+++ b/charts/argocd-image-updater/README.md.gotmpl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ArgoCD Image Updater natively supports the following registries (as mentioned in
 - GitHub Container Registry
 - GitHub Docker Packages
 
-If you need support for ECR, you can reference [this issue](https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater/issues/112) for configuration.
+If you need support for ECR, you can reference [this issue](https://github.com/argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater/issues/112) for configuration. You can use the `authScripts` values to configure the scripts that are needed to authenticate with ECR.
 
 The `config.registries` value can be used exactly as it looks in the documentation as it gets dumped directly into a configmap in this chart.
 
diff --git a/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/configmap.yaml
index dab468a2..0e0b6cfc 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,29 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "argocd-image-updater.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
   name: argocd-image-updater-config
 data:
+  {{- with .Values.config.applicationsAPIKind }}
+  applications_api: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  argocd.grpc_web: {{ .Values.config.argocd.grpcWeb | quote }}
+  {{- with .Values.config.argocd.serverAddress }}
+  argocd.server_addr: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  argocd.insecure: {{ .Values.config.argocd.insecure | quote }}
+  argocd.plaintext: {{ .Values.config.argocd.plaintext | quote }}
+  {{- with .Values.config.logLevel }}
+  log.level: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.config.gitCommitUser }}
+  git.user: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.config.gitCommitMail }}
+  git.email: {{ . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.config.gitCommitTemplate }}
+  git.commit-message-template: |
+    {{- nindent 4 . }}
+  {{- end }}
+  kube.events: {{ .Values.config.disableKubeEvents | quote }}
   registries.conf: |
     {{- with .Values.config.registries }}
       registries:
diff --git a/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/deployment.yaml
index b503444d..d975747d 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/argocd-image-updater/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -35,14 +35,36 @@ spec:
               {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
             {{- end }}
           env:
+          - name: APPLICATIONS_API
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: applications_api
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
           - name: ARGOCD_GRPC_WEB
-            value: {{ .Values.config.argocd.grpcWeb | quote }}
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: argocd.grpc_web
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
           - name: ARGOCD_SERVER
-            value: {{ .Values.config.argocd.serverAddress }}
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: argocd.server_addr
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
           - name: ARGOCD_INSECURE
-            value: {{ .Values.config.argocd.insecure | quote }}
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: argocd.insecure
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
           - name: ARGOCD_PLAINTEXT
-            value: {{ .Values.config.argocd.plaintext | quote }}
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: argocd.plaintext
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
           - name: ARGOCD_TOKEN
             valueFrom:
               secretKeyRef:
@@ -50,7 +72,29 @@ spec:
                 name: argocd-image-updater-secret
                 optional: true
           - name: IMAGE_UPDATER_LOGLEVEL
-            value: {{ .Values.config.logLevel }}
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: log.level
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
+          - name: GIT_COMMIT_USER
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: git.user
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
+          - name: GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: git.email
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
+          - name: IMAGE_UPDATER_KUBE_EVENTS
+            valueFrom:
+              configMapKeyRef:
+                key: kube.events
+                name: argocd-image-updater-config
+                optional: true
           {{- with .Values.extraEnv }}
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 10 }}
           {{- end }}
@@ -81,7 +125,7 @@ spec:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
           - mountPath: /app/config
-            name: registries-conf
+            name: image-updater-conf
           - mountPath: /tmp
             name: tmp-dir
           {{- if .Values.authScripts.enabled }}
@@ -93,8 +137,11 @@ spec:
           items:
           - key: registries.conf
             path: registries.conf
+          - key: git.commit-message-template
+            path: commit.template
           name: argocd-image-updater-config
-        name: registries-conf
+          optional: true
+        name: image-updater-conf
       {{- if .Values.authScripts.enabled }}
       - configMap:
           defaultMode: 0777
diff --git a/charts/argocd-image-updater/values.yaml b/charts/argocd-image-updater/values.yaml
index b511a35c..460006dc 100644
--- a/charts/argocd-image-updater/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/argocd-image-updater/values.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ extraEnv: []
   #   value: "us-west-1"
 
 config:
+  # -- API kind that is used to manage Argo CD applications (`kubernetes` or `argocd`)
+  applicationsAPIKind: ""
+
   # Described in detail here https://argocd-image-updater.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/running/#flags
   argocd:
     # -- Use the gRPC-web protocol to connect to the Argo CD API
@@ -51,6 +54,18 @@ config:
     # -- If specified, use an unencrypted HTTP connection to the ArgoCD API instead of TLS.
     plaintext: false
 
+  # -- Disable kubernetes events
+  disableKubeEvents: false
+
+  # -- Username to use for Git commits
+  gitCommitUser: ""
+
+  # -- E-Mail address to use for Git commits
+  gitCommitMail: ""
+
+  # -- Changing the Git commit message
+  gitCommitTemplate: ""
+
   # -- ArgoCD Image Update log level
   logLevel: "info"