diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator-test.yaml
index a23ca5740..ce11449fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator-test.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           LOCAL_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG="local\/opentelemetry-operator-targetallocator:e2e"
           PUBLIC_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG="ghcr.io\/open-telemetry\/opentelemetry-operator\/target-allocator:0.1.0"
 
-          sed -i "s/$LOCAL_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG/${PUBLIC_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG}/g" ./opentelemetry-operator/tests/e2e/smoke-targetallocator/00-install.yaml
+          sed -i "s/$LOCAL_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG/${PUBLIC_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG}/g" ./opentelemetry-operator/tests/e2e/smoke-targetallocator/*.yaml
           sed -i "s/$LOCAL_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG/${PUBLIC_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG}/g" ./opentelemetry-operator/tests/e2e/targetallocator-features/00-install.yaml
           sed -i "s/$LOCAL_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG/${PUBLIC_TARGET_ALLOCATOR_IMG}/g" ./opentelemetry-operator/tests/e2e/prometheus-config-validation/*.yaml
 
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/Chart.yaml
index 29103a3f1..62191d7da 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: opentelemetry-operator
-version: 0.34.1
+version: 0.35.0
 description: OpenTelemetry Operator Helm chart for Kubernetes
 type: application
 home: https://opentelemetry.io/
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ maintainers:
   - name: dmitryax
   - name: TylerHelmuth
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cncf/artwork/a718fa97fffec1b9fd14147682e9e3ac0c8817cb/projects/opentelemetry/icon/color/opentelemetry-icon-color.png
-appVersion: 0.81.0
+appVersion: 0.82.0
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/crds/crd-opentelemetrycollector.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/crds/crd-opentelemetrycollector.yaml
index 4e925e612..04d9bdc2c 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/crds/crd-opentelemetrycollector.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/crds/crd-opentelemetrycollector.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ spec:
     - jsonPath: .status.image
       name: Image
       type: string
+    - description: Management State
+      jsonPath: .spec.managementState
+      name: Management
+      type: string
     name: v1alpha1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema:
@@ -2918,6 +2922,14 @@ spec:
                     format: int32
                     type: integer
                 type: object
+              managementState:
+                default: managed
+                description: ManagementState defines if the CR should be managed by
+                  the operator or not. Default is managed.
+                enum:
+                - managed
+                - unmanaged
+                type: string
               maxReplicas:
                 description: 'MaxReplicas sets an upper bound to the autoscaling feature.
                   If MaxReplicas is set autoscaling is enabled. Deprecated: use "OpenTelemetryCollector.Spec.Autoscaler.MaxReplicas"
@@ -2946,6 +2958,19 @@ spec:
                   This is only relevant to daemonset, statefulset, and deployment
                   mode
                 type: object
+              observability:
+                description: ObservabilitySpec defines how telemetry data gets handled.
+                properties:
+                  metrics:
+                    description: Metrics defines the metrics configuration for operands.
+                    properties:
+                      enableMetrics:
+                        description: EnableMetrics specifies if ServiceMonitors should
+                          be created for the OpenTelemetry Collector. The operator.observability.prometheus
+                          feature gate must be enabled to use this feature.
+                        type: boolean
+                    type: object
+                type: object
               podAnnotations:
                 additionalProperties:
                   type: string
@@ -3424,6 +3449,122 @@ spec:
                     description: Enabled indicates whether to use a target allocation
                       mechanism for Prometheus targets or not.
                     type: boolean
+                  env:
+                    description: ENV vars to set on the OpenTelemetry TargetAllocator's
+                      Pods. These can then in certain cases be consumed in the config
+                      file for the TargetAllocator.
+                    items:
+                      description: EnvVar represents an environment variable present
+                        in a Container.
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          description: Name of the environment variable. Must be a
+                            C_IDENTIFIER.
+                          type: string
+                        value:
+                          description: 'Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded
+                            using the previously defined environment variables in
+                            the container and any service environment variables. If
+                            a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input
+                            string will be unchanged. Double $$ are reduced to a single
+                            $, which allows for escaping the $(VAR_NAME) syntax: i.e.
+                            "$$(VAR_NAME)" will produce the string literal "$(VAR_NAME)".
+                            Escaped references will never be expanded, regardless
+                            of whether the variable exists or not. Defaults to "".'
+                          type: string
+                        valueFrom:
+                          description: Source for the environment variable's value.
+                            Cannot be used if value is not empty.
+                          properties:
+                            configMapKeyRef:
+                              description: Selects a key of a ConfigMap.
+                              properties:
+                                key:
+                                  description: The key to select.
+                                  type: string
+                                name:
+                                  description: 'Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
+                                    TODO: Add other useful fields. apiVersion, kind,
+                                    uid?'
+                                  type: string
+                                optional:
+                                  description: Specify whether the ConfigMap or its
+                                    key must be defined
+                                  type: boolean
+                              required:
+                              - key
+                              type: object
+                              x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                            fieldRef:
+                              description: 'Selects a field of the pod: supports metadata.name,
+                                metadata.namespace, `metadata.labels[''<KEY>'']`,
+                                `metadata.annotations[''<KEY>'']`, spec.nodeName,
+                                spec.serviceAccountName, status.hostIP, status.podIP,
+                                status.podIPs.'
+                              properties:
+                                apiVersion:
+                                  description: Version of the schema the FieldPath
+                                    is written in terms of, defaults to "v1".
+                                  type: string
+                                fieldPath:
+                                  description: Path of the field to select in the
+                                    specified API version.
+                                  type: string
+                              required:
+                              - fieldPath
+                              type: object
+                              x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                            resourceFieldRef:
+                              description: 'Selects a resource of the container: only
+                                resources limits and requests (limits.cpu, limits.memory,
+                                limits.ephemeral-storage, requests.cpu, requests.memory
+                                and requests.ephemeral-storage) are currently supported.'
+                              properties:
+                                containerName:
+                                  description: 'Container name: required for volumes,
+                                    optional for env vars'
+                                  type: string
+                                divisor:
+                                  anyOf:
+                                  - type: integer
+                                  - type: string
+                                  description: Specifies the output format of the
+                                    exposed resources, defaults to "1"
+                                  pattern: ^(\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))(([KMGTPE]i)|[numkMGTPE]|([eE](\+|-)?(([0-9]+(\.[0-9]*)?)|(\.[0-9]+))))?$
+                                  x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                                resource:
+                                  description: 'Required: resource to select'
+                                  type: string
+                              required:
+                              - resource
+                              type: object
+                              x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                            secretKeyRef:
+                              description: Selects a key of a secret in the pod's
+                                namespace
+                              properties:
+                                key:
+                                  description: The key of the secret to select from.  Must
+                                    be a valid secret key.
+                                  type: string
+                                name:
+                                  description: 'Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
+                                    TODO: Add other useful fields. apiVersion, kind,
+                                    uid?'
+                                  type: string
+                                optional:
+                                  description: Specify whether the Secret or its key
+                                    must be defined
+                                  type: boolean
+                              required:
+                              - key
+                              type: object
+                              x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                          type: object
+                      required:
+                      - name
+                      type: object
+                    type: array
                   filterStrategy:
                     description: FilterStrategy determines how to filter targets before
                       allocating them among the collectors. The only current option
@@ -3434,6 +3575,12 @@ spec:
                     description: Image indicates the container image to use for the
                       OpenTelemetry TargetAllocator.
                     type: string
+                  nodeSelector:
+                    additionalProperties:
+                      type: string
+                    description: NodeSelector to schedule OpenTelemetry TargetAllocator
+                      pods.
+                    type: object
                   prometheusCR:
                     description: PrometheusCR defines the configuration for the retrieval
                       of PrometheusOperator CRDs ( servicemonitor.monitoring.coreos.com/v1
@@ -3453,6 +3600,12 @@ spec:
                           the map is going to exactly match a label in a PodMonitor's
                           meta labels. The requirements are ANDed.
                         type: object
+                      scrapeInterval:
+                        default: 30s
+                        description: "Interval between consecutive scrapes. Equivalent
+                          to the same setting on the Prometheus CRD. \n Default: \"30s\""
+                        format: duration
+                        type: string
                       serviceMonitorSelector:
                         additionalProperties:
                           type: string
@@ -3525,6 +3678,188 @@ spec:
                       service account to use with this instance. When set, the operator
                       will not automatically create a ServiceAccount for the TargetAllocator.
                     type: string
+                  topologySpreadConstraints:
+                    description: TopologySpreadConstraints embedded kubernetes pod
+                      configuration option, controls how pods are spread across your
+                      cluster among failure-domains such as regions, zones, nodes,
+                      and other user-defined topology domains https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-topology-spread-constraints/
+                    items:
+                      description: TopologySpreadConstraint specifies how to spread
+                        matching pods among the given topology.
+                      properties:
+                        labelSelector:
+                          description: LabelSelector is used to find matching pods.
+                            Pods that match this label selector are counted to determine
+                            the number of pods in their corresponding topology domain.
+                          properties:
+                            matchExpressions:
+                              description: matchExpressions is a list of label selector
+                                requirements. The requirements are ANDed.
+                              items:
+                                description: A label selector requirement is a selector
+                                  that contains values, a key, and an operator that
+                                  relates the key and values.
+                                properties:
+                                  key:
+                                    description: key is the label key that the selector
+                                      applies to.
+                                    type: string
+                                  operator:
+                                    description: operator represents a key's relationship
+                                      to a set of values. Valid operators are In,
+                                      NotIn, Exists and DoesNotExist.
+                                    type: string
+                                  values:
+                                    description: values is an array of string values.
+                                      If the operator is In or NotIn, the values array
+                                      must be non-empty. If the operator is Exists
+                                      or DoesNotExist, the values array must be empty.
+                                      This array is replaced during a strategic merge
+                                      patch.
+                                    items:
+                                      type: string
+                                    type: array
+                                required:
+                                - key
+                                - operator
+                                type: object
+                              type: array
+                            matchLabels:
+                              additionalProperties:
+                                type: string
+                              description: matchLabels is a map of {key,value} pairs.
+                                A single {key,value} in the matchLabels map is equivalent
+                                to an element of matchExpressions, whose key field
+                                is "key", the operator is "In", and the values array
+                                contains only "value". The requirements are ANDed.
+                              type: object
+                          type: object
+                          x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                        matchLabelKeys:
+                          description: "MatchLabelKeys is a set of pod label keys
+                            to select the pods over which spreading will be calculated.
+                            The keys are used to lookup values from the incoming pod
+                            labels, those key-value labels are ANDed with labelSelector
+                            to select the group of existing pods over which spreading
+                            will be calculated for the incoming pod. The same key
+                            is forbidden to exist in both MatchLabelKeys and LabelSelector.
+                            MatchLabelKeys cannot be set when LabelSelector isn't
+                            set. Keys that don't exist in the incoming pod labels
+                            will be ignored. A null or empty list means only match
+                            against labelSelector. \n This is a beta field and requires
+                            the MatchLabelKeysInPodTopologySpread feature gate to
+                            be enabled (enabled by default)."
+                          items:
+                            type: string
+                          type: array
+                          x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
+                        maxSkew:
+                          description: 'MaxSkew describes the degree to which pods
+                            may be unevenly distributed. When `whenUnsatisfiable=DoNotSchedule`,
+                            it is the maximum permitted difference between the number
+                            of matching pods in the target topology and the global
+                            minimum. The global minimum is the minimum number of matching
+                            pods in an eligible domain or zero if the number of eligible
+                            domains is less than MinDomains. For example, in a 3-zone
+                            cluster, MaxSkew is set to 1, and pods with the same labelSelector
+                            spread as 2/2/1: In this case, the global minimum is 1.
+                            | zone1 | zone2 | zone3 | |  P P  |  P P  |   P   | -
+                            if MaxSkew is 1, incoming pod can only be scheduled to
+                            zone3 to become 2/2/2; scheduling it onto zone1(zone2)
+                            would make the ActualSkew(3-1) on zone1(zone2) violate
+                            MaxSkew(1). - if MaxSkew is 2, incoming pod can be scheduled
+                            onto any zone. When `whenUnsatisfiable=ScheduleAnyway`,
+                            it is used to give higher precedence to topologies that
+                            satisfy it. It''s a required field. Default value is 1
+                            and 0 is not allowed.'
+                          format: int32
+                          type: integer
+                        minDomains:
+                          description: "MinDomains indicates a minimum number of eligible
+                            domains. When the number of eligible domains with matching
+                            topology keys is less than minDomains, Pod Topology Spread
+                            treats \"global minimum\" as 0, and then the calculation
+                            of Skew is performed. And when the number of eligible
+                            domains with matching topology keys equals or greater
+                            than minDomains, this value has no effect on scheduling.
+                            As a result, when the number of eligible domains is less
+                            than minDomains, scheduler won't schedule more than maxSkew
+                            Pods to those domains. If value is nil, the constraint
+                            behaves as if MinDomains is equal to 1. Valid values are
+                            integers greater than 0. When value is not nil, WhenUnsatisfiable
+                            must be DoNotSchedule. \n For example, in a 3-zone cluster,
+                            MaxSkew is set to 2, MinDomains is set to 5 and pods with
+                            the same labelSelector spread as 2/2/2: | zone1 | zone2
+                            | zone3 | |  P P  |  P P  |  P P  | The number of domains
+                            is less than 5(MinDomains), so \"global minimum\" is treated
+                            as 0. In this situation, new pod with the same labelSelector
+                            cannot be scheduled, because computed skew will be 3(3
+                            - 0) if new Pod is scheduled to any of the three zones,
+                            it will violate MaxSkew. \n This is a beta field and requires
+                            the MinDomainsInPodTopologySpread feature gate to be enabled
+                            (enabled by default)."
+                          format: int32
+                          type: integer
+                        nodeAffinityPolicy:
+                          description: "NodeAffinityPolicy indicates how we will treat
+                            Pod's nodeAffinity/nodeSelector when calculating pod topology
+                            spread skew. Options are: - Honor: only nodes matching
+                            nodeAffinity/nodeSelector are included in the calculations.
+                            - Ignore: nodeAffinity/nodeSelector are ignored. All nodes
+                            are included in the calculations. \n If this value is
+                            nil, the behavior is equivalent to the Honor policy. This
+                            is a beta-level feature default enabled by the NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread
+                            feature flag."
+                          type: string
+                        nodeTaintsPolicy:
+                          description: "NodeTaintsPolicy indicates how we will treat
+                            node taints when calculating pod topology spread skew.
+                            Options are: - Honor: nodes without taints, along with
+                            tainted nodes for which the incoming pod has a toleration,
+                            are included. - Ignore: node taints are ignored. All nodes
+                            are included. \n If this value is nil, the behavior is
+                            equivalent to the Ignore policy. This is a beta-level
+                            feature default enabled by the NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread
+                            feature flag."
+                          type: string
+                        topologyKey:
+                          description: TopologyKey is the key of node labels. Nodes
+                            that have a label with this key and identical values are
+                            considered to be in the same topology. We consider each
+                            <key, value> as a "bucket", and try to put balanced number
+                            of pods into each bucket. We define a domain as a particular
+                            instance of a topology. Also, we define an eligible domain
+                            as a domain whose nodes meet the requirements of nodeAffinityPolicy
+                            and nodeTaintsPolicy. e.g. If TopologyKey is "kubernetes.io/hostname",
+                            each Node is a domain of that topology. And, if TopologyKey
+                            is "topology.kubernetes.io/zone", each zone is a domain
+                            of that topology. It's a required field.
+                          type: string
+                        whenUnsatisfiable:
+                          description: 'WhenUnsatisfiable indicates how to deal with
+                            a pod if it doesn''t satisfy the spread constraint. -
+                            DoNotSchedule (default) tells the scheduler not to schedule
+                            it. - ScheduleAnyway tells the scheduler to schedule the
+                            pod in any location, but giving higher precedence to topologies
+                            that would help reduce the skew. A constraint is considered
+                            "Unsatisfiable" for an incoming pod if and only if every
+                            possible node assignment for that pod would violate "MaxSkew"
+                            on some topology. For example, in a 3-zone cluster, MaxSkew
+                            is set to 1, and pods with the same labelSelector spread
+                            as 3/1/1: | zone1 | zone2 | zone3 | | P P P |   P   |   P   |
+                            If WhenUnsatisfiable is set to DoNotSchedule, incoming
+                            pod can only be scheduled to zone2(zone3) to become 3/2/1(3/1/2)
+                            as ActualSkew(2-1) on zone2(zone3) satisfies MaxSkew(1).
+                            In other words, the cluster can still be imbalanced, but
+                            scheduler won''t make it *more* imbalanced. It''s a required
+                            field.'
+                          type: string
+                      required:
+                      - maxSkew
+                      - topologyKey
+                      - whenUnsatisfiable
+                      type: object
+                    type: array
                 type: object
               terminationGracePeriodSeconds:
                 description: Duration in seconds the pod needs to terminate gracefully
@@ -3573,6 +3908,182 @@ spec:
                       type: string
                   type: object
                 type: array
+              topologySpreadConstraints:
+                description: TopologySpreadConstraints embedded kubernetes pod configuration
+                  option, controls how pods are spread across your cluster among failure-domains
+                  such as regions, zones, nodes, and other user-defined topology domains
+                  https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-topology-spread-constraints/
+                  This is only relevant to statefulset, and deployment mode
+                items:
+                  description: TopologySpreadConstraint specifies how to spread matching
+                    pods among the given topology.
+                  properties:
+                    labelSelector:
+                      description: LabelSelector is used to find matching pods. Pods
+                        that match this label selector are counted to determine the
+                        number of pods in their corresponding topology domain.
+                      properties:
+                        matchExpressions:
+                          description: matchExpressions is a list of label selector
+                            requirements. The requirements are ANDed.
+                          items:
+                            description: A label selector requirement is a selector
+                              that contains values, a key, and an operator that relates
+                              the key and values.
+                            properties:
+                              key:
+                                description: key is the label key that the selector
+                                  applies to.
+                                type: string
+                              operator:
+                                description: operator represents a key's relationship
+                                  to a set of values. Valid operators are In, NotIn,
+                                  Exists and DoesNotExist.
+                                type: string
+                              values:
+                                description: values is an array of string values.
+                                  If the operator is In or NotIn, the values array
+                                  must be non-empty. If the operator is Exists or
+                                  DoesNotExist, the values array must be empty. This
+                                  array is replaced during a strategic merge patch.
+                                items:
+                                  type: string
+                                type: array
+                            required:
+                            - key
+                            - operator
+                            type: object
+                          type: array
+                        matchLabels:
+                          additionalProperties:
+                            type: string
+                          description: matchLabels is a map of {key,value} pairs.
+                            A single {key,value} in the matchLabels map is equivalent
+                            to an element of matchExpressions, whose key field is
+                            "key", the operator is "In", and the values array contains
+                            only "value". The requirements are ANDed.
+                          type: object
+                      type: object
+                      x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                    matchLabelKeys:
+                      description: "MatchLabelKeys is a set of pod label keys to select
+                        the pods over which spreading will be calculated. The keys
+                        are used to lookup values from the incoming pod labels, those
+                        key-value labels are ANDed with labelSelector to select the
+                        group of existing pods over which spreading will be calculated
+                        for the incoming pod. The same key is forbidden to exist in
+                        both MatchLabelKeys and LabelSelector. MatchLabelKeys cannot
+                        be set when LabelSelector isn't set. Keys that don't exist
+                        in the incoming pod labels will be ignored. A null or empty
+                        list means only match against labelSelector. \n This is a
+                        beta field and requires the MatchLabelKeysInPodTopologySpread
+                        feature gate to be enabled (enabled by default)."
+                      items:
+                        type: string
+                      type: array
+                      x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
+                    maxSkew:
+                      description: 'MaxSkew describes the degree to which pods may
+                        be unevenly distributed. When `whenUnsatisfiable=DoNotSchedule`,
+                        it is the maximum permitted difference between the number
+                        of matching pods in the target topology and the global minimum.
+                        The global minimum is the minimum number of matching pods
+                        in an eligible domain or zero if the number of eligible domains
+                        is less than MinDomains. For example, in a 3-zone cluster,
+                        MaxSkew is set to 1, and pods with the same labelSelector
+                        spread as 2/2/1: In this case, the global minimum is 1. |
+                        zone1 | zone2 | zone3 | |  P P  |  P P  |   P   | - if MaxSkew
+                        is 1, incoming pod can only be scheduled to zone3 to become
+                        2/2/2; scheduling it onto zone1(zone2) would make the ActualSkew(3-1)
+                        on zone1(zone2) violate MaxSkew(1). - if MaxSkew is 2, incoming
+                        pod can be scheduled onto any zone. When `whenUnsatisfiable=ScheduleAnyway`,
+                        it is used to give higher precedence to topologies that satisfy
+                        it. It''s a required field. Default value is 1 and 0 is not
+                        allowed.'
+                      format: int32
+                      type: integer
+                    minDomains:
+                      description: "MinDomains indicates a minimum number of eligible
+                        domains. When the number of eligible domains with matching
+                        topology keys is less than minDomains, Pod Topology Spread
+                        treats \"global minimum\" as 0, and then the calculation of
+                        Skew is performed. And when the number of eligible domains
+                        with matching topology keys equals or greater than minDomains,
+                        this value has no effect on scheduling. As a result, when
+                        the number of eligible domains is less than minDomains, scheduler
+                        won't schedule more than maxSkew Pods to those domains. If
+                        value is nil, the constraint behaves as if MinDomains is equal
+                        to 1. Valid values are integers greater than 0. When value
+                        is not nil, WhenUnsatisfiable must be DoNotSchedule. \n For
+                        example, in a 3-zone cluster, MaxSkew is set to 2, MinDomains
+                        is set to 5 and pods with the same labelSelector spread as
+                        2/2/2: | zone1 | zone2 | zone3 | |  P P  |  P P  |  P P  |
+                        The number of domains is less than 5(MinDomains), so \"global
+                        minimum\" is treated as 0. In this situation, new pod with
+                        the same labelSelector cannot be scheduled, because computed
+                        skew will be 3(3 - 0) if new Pod is scheduled to any of the
+                        three zones, it will violate MaxSkew. \n This is a beta field
+                        and requires the MinDomainsInPodTopologySpread feature gate
+                        to be enabled (enabled by default)."
+                      format: int32
+                      type: integer
+                    nodeAffinityPolicy:
+                      description: "NodeAffinityPolicy indicates how we will treat
+                        Pod's nodeAffinity/nodeSelector when calculating pod topology
+                        spread skew. Options are: - Honor: only nodes matching nodeAffinity/nodeSelector
+                        are included in the calculations. - Ignore: nodeAffinity/nodeSelector
+                        are ignored. All nodes are included in the calculations. \n
+                        If this value is nil, the behavior is equivalent to the Honor
+                        policy. This is a beta-level feature default enabled by the
+                        NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread feature flag."
+                      type: string
+                    nodeTaintsPolicy:
+                      description: "NodeTaintsPolicy indicates how we will treat node
+                        taints when calculating pod topology spread skew. Options
+                        are: - Honor: nodes without taints, along with tainted nodes
+                        for which the incoming pod has a toleration, are included.
+                        - Ignore: node taints are ignored. All nodes are included.
+                        \n If this value is nil, the behavior is equivalent to the
+                        Ignore policy. This is a beta-level feature default enabled
+                        by the NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread feature flag."
+                      type: string
+                    topologyKey:
+                      description: TopologyKey is the key of node labels. Nodes that
+                        have a label with this key and identical values are considered
+                        to be in the same topology. We consider each <key, value>
+                        as a "bucket", and try to put balanced number of pods into
+                        each bucket. We define a domain as a particular instance of
+                        a topology. Also, we define an eligible domain as a domain
+                        whose nodes meet the requirements of nodeAffinityPolicy and
+                        nodeTaintsPolicy. e.g. If TopologyKey is "kubernetes.io/hostname",
+                        each Node is a domain of that topology. And, if TopologyKey
+                        is "topology.kubernetes.io/zone", each zone is a domain of
+                        that topology. It's a required field.
+                      type: string
+                    whenUnsatisfiable:
+                      description: 'WhenUnsatisfiable indicates how to deal with a
+                        pod if it doesn''t satisfy the spread constraint. - DoNotSchedule
+                        (default) tells the scheduler not to schedule it. - ScheduleAnyway
+                        tells the scheduler to schedule the pod in any location, but
+                        giving higher precedence to topologies that would help reduce
+                        the skew. A constraint is considered "Unsatisfiable" for an
+                        incoming pod if and only if every possible node assignment
+                        for that pod would violate "MaxSkew" on some topology. For
+                        example, in a 3-zone cluster, MaxSkew is set to 1, and pods
+                        with the same labelSelector spread as 3/1/1: | zone1 | zone2
+                        | zone3 | | P P P |   P   |   P   | If WhenUnsatisfiable is
+                        set to DoNotSchedule, incoming pod can only be scheduled to
+                        zone2(zone3) to become 3/2/1(3/1/2) as ActualSkew(2-1) on
+                        zone2(zone3) satisfies MaxSkew(1). In other words, the cluster
+                        can still be imbalanced, but scheduler won''t make it *more*
+                        imbalanced. It''s a required field.'
+                      type: string
+                  required:
+                  - maxSkew
+                  - topologyKey
+                  - whenUnsatisfiable
+                  type: object
+                type: array
               upgradeStrategy:
                 description: UpgradeStrategy represents how the operator will handle
                   upgrades to the CR when a newer version of the operator is deployed
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/admission-webhooks/operator-webhook-with-cert-manager.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/admission-webhooks/operator-webhook-with-cert-manager.yaml
index 4de462f8b..43a6a33e9 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/admission-webhooks/operator-webhook-with-cert-manager.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/admission-webhooks/operator-webhook-with-cert-manager.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     cert-manager.io/inject-ca-from: default/example-opentelemetry-operator-serving-cert
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: webhook
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     cert-manager.io/inject-ca-from: default/example-opentelemetry-operator-serving-cert
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: webhook
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/certmanager.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/certmanager.yaml
index 413081956..6c0a69f02 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/certmanager.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/certmanager.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
 kind: Certificate
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: webhook
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
 kind: Issuer
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: webhook
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrole.yaml
index 16b6f75fc..ac00474ea 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrolebinding.yaml
index 16a91d823..5032c730d 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/deployment.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/deployment.yaml
index b5bdb9f11..7128c2d39 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ spec:
             - --enable-leader-election
             - --health-probe-addr=:8081
             - --webhook-port=9443
-            - --collector-image=otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.81.0
+            - --collector-image=otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:0.82.0
           command:
             - /manager
           env:
             - name: ENABLE_WEBHOOKS
               value: "true"
-          image: "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator:v0.81.0"
+          image: "ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator:v0.82.0"
           name: manager
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/role.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/role.yaml
index 45e1b0cc2..509f70a36 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/role.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/role.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Role
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/rolebinding.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/rolebinding.yaml
index 048530150..e9688249f 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/rolebinding.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/rolebinding.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: RoleBinding
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/service.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/service.yaml
index 2f3afe782..da4b1f2f6 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/service.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/service.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/serviceaccount.yaml
index 013c06744..34b725491 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ metadata:
   name: opentelemetry-operator
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-certmanager-connection.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-certmanager-connection.yaml
index 21e7b0fe5..abc8920f1 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-certmanager-connection.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-certmanager-connection.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ metadata:
   name: "example-opentelemetry-operator-cert-manager"
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: webhook
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-service-connection.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-service-connection.yaml
index fe8237bf3..1e410f80f 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-service-connection.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/examples/default/rendered/tests/test-service-connection.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ metadata:
   name: "example-opentelemetry-operator-metrics"
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ metadata:
   name: "example-opentelemetry-operator-webhook"
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.34.1
+    helm.sh/chart: opentelemetry-operator-0.35.0
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.81.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.82.0"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: example
     app.kubernetes.io/component: controller-manager
diff --git a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/values.yaml b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/values.yaml
index f5da78638..1d17a2742 100644
--- a/charts/opentelemetry-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/opentelemetry-operator/values.yaml
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ pdb:
 manager:
   image:
     repository: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator
-    tag: v0.81.0
+    tag: v0.82.0
   collectorImage:
     repository: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
-    tag: 0.81.0
+    tag: 0.82.0
   targetAllocatorImage:
     repository: ""
     tag: ""