diff --git a/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/chart-templates/manager/manager.go b/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/chart-templates/manager/manager.go
index 603ff8d39f6..1d0f99b0c3c 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/chart-templates/manager/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/chart-templates/manager/manager.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ metadata:
     {{ "{{- include \"chart.labels\" . | nindent 4 }}" }}
     control-plane: controller-manager
 spec:
+  replicas:  {{ "{{ .Values.controllerManager.replicas }}" }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{ "{{- include \"chart.selectorLabels\" . | nindent 6 }}" }}
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/values.go b/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/values.go
index d3a533411fa..764900f7814 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/values.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/optional/helm/v1alpha/scaffolds/internal/templates/values.go
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ func (f *HelmValues) SetTemplateDefaults() error {
 
 const helmValuesTemplate = `# [MANAGER]: Manager Deployment Configurations
 controllerManager:
+  replicas: 1
   container:
     image:
       repository: controller
       tag: latest
-    replicas: 1
     args:
       - "--leader-elect"
       - "--metrics-bind-address=:8443"
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ metrics:
 {{ if .Webhooks }}
 # [WEBHOOKS]: Webhooks configuration
 # The following configuration is automatically generated from the manifests
-# generated by controller-gen. To update run 'make manifests' and 
+# generated by controller-gen. To update run 'make manifests' and
 # the edit command with the '--force' flag
 webhook:
   enable: true
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/templates/manager/manager.yaml b/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/templates/manager/manager.yaml
index 7c72f4d8e58..30e925014be 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/templates/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/templates/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ metadata:
     {{- include "chart.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
     control-plane: controller-manager
 spec:
+  replicas:  {{ .Values.controllerManager.replicas }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       {{- include "chart.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/values.yaml b/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/values.yaml
index 7e928bd3e50..5e9b98e16b5 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/testdata/project-v4-with-plugins/dist/chart/values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # [MANAGER]: Manager Deployment Configurations
 controllerManager:
+  replicas: 1
   container:
     image:
       repository: controller
       tag: latest
-    replicas: 1
     args:
       - "--leader-elect"
       - "--metrics-bind-address=:8443"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ metrics:
 
 # [WEBHOOKS]: Webhooks configuration
 # The following configuration is automatically generated from the manifests
-# generated by controller-gen. To update run 'make manifests' and 
+# generated by controller-gen. To update run 'make manifests' and
 # the edit command with the '--force' flag
 webhook:
   enable: true