diff --git a/charts/panope/Chart.yaml b/charts/panope/Chart.yaml
index 5974c1a..9f8a5f1 100644
--- a/charts/panope/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/panope/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # 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: 0.6.9
+version: 0.6.10
 
 # 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
diff --git a/charts/panope/templates/agent/configmap.yaml b/charts/panope/templates/agent/configmap.yaml
index 54eca19..3fd62c3 100644
--- a/charts/panope/templates/agent/configmap.yaml
+++ b/charts/panope/templates/agent/configmap.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ data:
   METRICS_PORT: {{ .Values.agent.configMap.metricsPort | default "2112" | quote }}
   ROLLING_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_SEC: {{ .Values.agent.configMap.rollingUpdateTimeoutSec | default "180" | quote }}
   DRAINING_TIMEOUT_SEC: {{ .Values.agent.configMap.drainingTimeoutSec | default "180" | quote }}
+  FAILOVER_ENABLED: {{ .Values.agent.configMap.failoverEnabled | quote }}
diff --git a/charts/panope/values.yaml b/charts/panope/values.yaml
index 21ac100..523fe07 100644
--- a/charts/panope/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/panope/values.yaml
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ agent:
     # if not set, default value is 180
     drainingTimeoutSec:
 
+    # configure the failover feature
+    failoverEnabled: "false"
+
   serviceAccount:
     name: ""
     # labels to add to the service account