diff --git a/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/Chart.yaml b/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/Chart.yaml
index 00782c7123..2c23035744 100644
--- a/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Openstack Cloud Controller Manager Helm Chart
 icon: https://object-storage-ca-ymq-1.vexxhost.net/swift/v1/6e4619c416ff4bd19e1c087f27a43eea/www-images-prod/openstack-logo/OpenStack-Logo-Vertical.png
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack
 name: openstack-cloud-controller-manager
-version: 2.34.2
+version: 2.35.0
 maintainers:
   - name: eumel8
     email: f.kloeker@telekom.de
diff --git a/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 40f98ea3f8..e520680242 100644
--- a/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: DaemonSet
+kind: {{ .Values.controllerKind }}
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "occm.name" . }}
   labels: {{- include "common.labels.standard" . | nindent 4 }}
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "occm.controllermanager.matchLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  {{- if eq .Values.controllerKind "Deployment" }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.controllerReplicas }}
+  strategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+  {{- else }}
   updateStrategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
+  {{- end }}
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
@@ -26,10 +32,17 @@ spec:
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if eq .Values.controllerKind "Deployment" }}
+      {{- with .Values.deploymentNodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- else }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.podSecurityContext }}
       securityContext:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/values.yaml b/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/values.yaml
index d813226992..5c0b41c6dc 100644
--- a/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/openstack-cloud-controller-manager/values.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 #
 # Define deployment mode for the controller and provide cloud credentials in cloudConfig at the end of the file
 #
+# Controller kind: DaemonSet or Deployment
+# Use DaemonSet to run on all control-plane nodes (default)
+# Use Deployment to run a specific number of replicas
+controllerKind: DaemonSet
+
+# Number of replicas (only used when controllerKind is Deployment)
+controllerReplicas: 2
+
 ## Annotations to apply to all resources
 commonAnnotations: {}
 # commonAnnotations:
@@ -48,10 +56,14 @@ readinessProbe: {}
 
 dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
 
-# Set nodeSelector where the controller should run, i.e. controlplane nodes
+# Set nodeSelector where the controller should run, i.e. controlplane nodes (used for DaemonSet)
 nodeSelector:
   node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane: ""
 
+# Set nodeSelector for Deployment (used when controllerKind is Deployment)
+# Defaults to empty (no node restriction)
+deploymentNodeSelector: {}
+
 # Set tolerations for nodes where the controller should run, i.e. node
 # should be uninitialized, controlplane...
 tolerations: