diff --git a/alerts/charts/Chart.yaml b/alerts/charts/Chart.yaml
index 87ecce1c..6280cb63 100644
--- a/alerts/charts/Chart.yaml
+++ b/alerts/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ maintainers:
 name: alerts
 sources:
   - https://github.com/cloudoperators/greenhouse-extensions
-version: 0.12.4
+version: 0.13.0
 keywords:
   - prometheus-alertmanager
 dependencies:
diff --git a/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-alerts-config.yaml b/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-alerts-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..455b1680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-alerts-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{{- if .Values.testFramework.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    type: integration-test
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5" # Installed and upgraded before the test pod
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded"
+data:
+  run.sh: |-
+
+    #!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+    load "/usr/lib/bats/bats-detik/utils"
+    load "/usr/lib/bats/bats-detik/detik"
+
+    DETIK_CLIENT_NAME="kubectl"
+
+    @test "Verify successful deployment, service and running status of the {{ .Release.Name }}-operator pod" {
+        verify "there is 1 deployment named '{{ .Release.Name }}-operator'"
+        verify "there is 1 service named '{{ .Release.Name }}-operator'"
+        try "at most 2 times every 5s to get pods named '{{ .Release.Name }}-operator.*' and verify that '.status.phase' is 'running'"
+    }
+    @test "Verify that alertmanager is available and reconciled" {
+        try "at most 5 times every 5s to get alertmanagers named  '{{ .Release.Name }}' and verify that '.status.conditions[0].status' is 'True'"
+        try "at most 5 times every 5s to get alertmanagers named  '{{ .Release.Name }}' and verify that '.status.conditions[1].status' is 'True'"
+    }
+
+    {{- if .Values.alerts.alertmanager.ingress.enabled }}
+    @test "Verify that secret '{{ .Release.Namespace }}-monitoring-ca' is created when ingress is enabled" {
+        verify "there is 1 secret named '{{ .Release.Namespace }}-monitoring-ca'"
+    }
+    {{- end -}}
+
+    {{- if .Values.alerts.alertmanager.ingress.enabled }}
+    {{- if .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "cert-manager.io/v1" }}
+    @test "Verify that issuer and certificate are created when ingress is enabled and cert-manager crd is available" {
+        verify "there is 1 issuer named '{{ .Release.Namespace }}-monitoring-issuer'"
+        verify "there is 1 certificate named '{{ .Release.Namespace }}-prometheus-auth'"
+    }
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+    
+    {{- if .Values.alerts.crds.enabled }}
+    @test "Verify creation of required custom resource definitions (CRDs) for {{ .Release.Name }}" {
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'alertmanagerconfigs'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'alertmanagers'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'podmonitors'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'probes'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'prometheuses'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'prometheusrules'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'prometheusagents'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'servicemonitors'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'scrapeconfigs'"
+        verify "there is 1 customresourcedefinition named 'thanosrulers'"
+    }
+    {{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-alerts.yaml b/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-alerts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a88aa9ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-alerts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{{- if .Values.testFramework.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    type: integration-test
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded"
+spec:
+  serviceAccountName: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  containers:
+    - name: bats-test
+      image: "{{ .Values.testFramework.image.registry}}/{{ .Values.testFramework.image.repository}}:{{ .Values.testFramework.image.tag }}"
+      imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.testFramework.image.pullPolicy }}
+      command: ["bats", "-t", "/tests/run.sh"]
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: tests
+          mountPath: /tests
+          readOnly: true
+  volumes:
+    - name: tests
+      configMap:
+        name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  restartPolicy: Never
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-permissions.yaml b/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-permissions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af6fc73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alerts/charts/templates/tests/test-permissions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+{{- if .Values.testFramework.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount 
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels: 
+    type: integration-test  
+    {{- include "kube-prometheus-stack.labels" . | nindent 4 }} 
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded"
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels: 
+    type: integration-test  
+    {{- include "kube-prometheus-stack.labels" . | nindent 4 }} 
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded"
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources: ["deployments", "statefulsets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods", "persistentvolumeclaims", "services", "secrets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: ["monitoring.coreos.com"]
+    resources: ["prometheuses", "podmonitors", "alertmanagers"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+  - apiGroups: ["cert-manager.io"]
+    resources: ["issuers", "certificates"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels: 
+    type: integration-test  
+    {{- include "kube-prometheus-stack.labels" . | nindent 4 }} 
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded"
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+    namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+roleRef:
+    kind: Role
+    name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  labels: 
+    type: integration-test  
+    {{- include "kube-prometheus-stack.labels" . | nindent 4 }} 
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded"
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+  labels: 
+    type: integration-test  
+    {{- include "kube-prometheus-stack.labels" . | nindent 4 }} 
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+    "helm.sh/hook-weight": "-5"
+    "helm.sh/hook-delete-policy": "before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded"
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+    namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+roleRef:
+    kind: ClusterRole
+    name: {{ .Release.Name }}-test
+    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/alerts/charts/values.yaml b/alerts/charts/values.yaml
index 52c6eaec..0ac09f1f 100644
--- a/alerts/charts/values.yaml
+++ b/alerts/charts/values.yaml
@@ -244,3 +244,11 @@ alerts:
         #    matchers:
         #      - name: alertname
         #        matchType: "=~"
+
+testFramework:
+  enabled: true
+  image:
+    registry: ghcr.io
+    repository: cloudoperators/greenhouse-extensions-integration-test
+    tag: main
+  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/alerts/ci/test-values.yaml b/alerts/ci/test-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93171684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alerts/ci/test-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Greenhouse contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+alerts:
+  alertmanager:
+    ingress:
+      enabled: true
+      hosts:
+        - dummy-host
diff --git a/alerts/plugindefinition.yaml b/alerts/plugindefinition.yaml
index 77fe44cf..1d58038d 100644
--- a/alerts/plugindefinition.yaml
+++ b/alerts/plugindefinition.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kind: PluginDefinition
 metadata:
   name: alerts
 spec:
-  version: 2.0.3
+  version: 2.1.0
   weight: 0
   displayName: Alerts
   description: The Alerts Plugin consists of both Prometheus Alertmanager and Supernova, the holistic alert management UI
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ spec:
   helmChart:
     name: alerts
     repository: oci://ghcr.io/cloudoperators/greenhouse-extensions/charts
-    version: 0.12.4
+    version: 0.12.5
   uiApplication:
     name: supernova
     version: "latest"