diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b76af44..ea6f78b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ARCH ?= amd64
 OS ?= $(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 K8S_LATEST_VER ?= $(shell curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)
 export CONTROLLER_IMG ?= $(REGISTRY)/$(IMAGE_NAME)
-TAG ?= v0.48.0
+TAG ?= main
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: build
diff --git a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
index ceb8b06..a0fccc5 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       # Change the value of image field below to your controller image URL
-      - image: docker.io/projectsveltos/access-manager:v0.48.0
+      - image: docker.io/projectsveltos/access-manager:main
         name: manager
diff --git a/manifest/manifest.yaml b/manifest/manifest.yaml
index 861b7ed..9bbb5bc 100644
--- a/manifest/manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifest/manifest.yaml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ spec:
         - --v=5
         command:
         - /manager
-        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/access-manager:v0.48.0
+        image: docker.io/projectsveltos/access-manager:main
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
           httpGet: