diff --git a/charts/descheduler/templates/configmap.yaml b/charts/descheduler/templates/configmap.yaml
index 614e61685..5878328c0 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "descheduler.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 data:
   policy.yaml: |
-    apiVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
+    apiVersion: "{{ .Values.deschedulerPolicyAPIVersion }}"
     kind: "DeschedulerPolicy"
 {{ toYaml .Values.deschedulerPolicy | trim | indent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/descheduler/values.yaml b/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
index bd66dbdcd..a3cfe36ef 100644
--- a/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/descheduler/values.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ leaderElection: {}
 cmdOptions:
   v: 3
 
+# Recommended to use the latest Policy API version supported by the Descheduler app version
+deschedulerPolicyAPIVersion: "descheduler/v1alpha1"
+
 deschedulerPolicy:
   # nodeSelector: "key1=value1,key2=value2"
   # maxNoOfPodsToEvictPerNode: 10