diff --git a/charts/athens-proxy/Chart.yaml b/charts/athens-proxy/Chart.yaml
index 1365d6d5..4d9b9962 100644
--- a/charts/athens-proxy/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/athens-proxy/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: athens-proxy
-version: 0.4.1
+version: 0.4.2
 appVersion: 0.7.0
 description: The proxy server for Go modules
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gomods/athens/master/docs/static/banner.png
diff --git a/charts/athens-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/athens-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8aeb109f..d3f931be 100644
--- a/charts/athens-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/athens-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ spec:
         checksum/upstream: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/config-upstream.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         checksum/ssh-config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/config-ssh-git-servers.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
         checksum/ssh-secret: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/secret-ssh-git-servers.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+        {{- if .Values.annotations }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.annotations | indent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
     spec:
       {{- if .Values.sshGitServers }}
       initContainers:
diff --git a/charts/athens-proxy/values.yaml b/charts/athens-proxy/values.yaml
index 98a4a7df..17b03088 100644
--- a/charts/athens-proxy/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/athens-proxy/values.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ storage:
 # You can add any new ones at the bottom
 configEnvVars: {}
 
+# Extra annotations to be added to the athens pods
+annotations: {}
+
 # HTTP basic auth
 basicAuth:
   enabled: false