diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 21ba2cca..4966e2a7
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 #
-{{- if or .Release.IsInstall .Values.initialize }}
+{{- if or (and .Values.useReleaseStatus .Release.IsInstall) .Values.initialize }}
 {{- if .Values.components.bookkeeper }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b222453e..6a67703f
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-{{- if or .Release.IsInstall .Values.initialize }}
+{{- if or (and .Values.useReleaseStatus .Release.IsInstall) .Values.initialize }}
 {{- if .Values.components.broker }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-manager-cluster-initialize.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-manager-cluster-initialize.yaml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 419391fe..e670af7c
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-manager-cluster-initialize.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-manager-cluster-initialize.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-{{- if or .Release.IsInstall .Values.initialize }}
+{{- if or (and .Values.useReleaseStatus .Release.IsInstall) .Values.initialize }}
 {{- if .Values.components.pulsar_manager }}
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "pulsar.standardLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
     component: {{ .Values.pulsar_manager.component }}-init
 spec:
-  {{- if or .Values.job.ttl.enabled (semverCompare ">=1.23-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version) }}
+  {{- if and .Values.job.ttl.enabled (semverCompare ">=1.23-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.Version) }}
   ttlSecondsAfterFinished: {{ .Values.job.ttl.secondsAfterFinished | default 600 }}
   {{- end }}
   template:
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/values.yaml b/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f64c050b..7c3c203a
--- a/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ clusterDomain: cluster.local
 
 ## Set to true on install
 initialize: false
-
+## Set useReleaseStatus to false if you're deploying this chart using a system that doesn't track .Release.IsInstall or .Release.IsUpgrade (like argocd)
+useReleaseStatus: true
 ## Set cluster name
 # clusterName: