diff --git a/charts/nginx-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/nginx-operator/Chart.yaml
index b6eb181..4d9e522 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ sources:
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.5.9
+version: 1.6.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
-appVersion: 0.16.1
+appVersion: 0.17.0
diff --git a/charts/nginx-operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/nginx-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index a615dad..87fc9ad 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ spec:
             valueFrom:
               fieldRef:
                 fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+          - name: "GCP_PROJECT_ID"
+            value: { .Values.gcp.projectID }
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/nginx-operator/values.yaml b/charts/nginx-operator/values.yaml
index 0bbf6e0..6a74567 100644
--- a/charts/nginx-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nginx-operator/values.yaml
@@ -67,3 +67,6 @@ nodeSelector: {}
 tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
+
+gcp: 
+  projectID: ""
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