diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
index 267ee373..24fbff58 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: |
   It creates Prometheus Metrics and can send rule validation events to different targets like Loki, Elasticsearch, Slack or Discord
 
 type: application
-version: 2.16.0
+version: 2.17.0
 appVersion: 2.12.0
 
 icon: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/raw/main/img/logo.png
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml
index d0b269af..04943401 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ spec:
           {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: sqlite
+        {{- if .Values.sqliteVolume }}
+          {{- toYaml .Values.sqliteVolume | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- else }}
         emptyDir: {}
+        {{- end }}
       - name: config-file
         secret:
           {{- if and .Values.existingTargetConfig.enabled .Values.existingTargetConfig.name }}
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml
index d6d5a3ec..d5200f76 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/values.yaml
@@ -530,3 +530,8 @@ extraVolumes:
   volumeMounts: []
 
   volumes: []
+
+# If set the volume for sqlite is freely configurable below "- name: sqlite". If no value is set an emptyDir is used.
+sqliteVolume: {}
+  # emptyDir:
+  #   sizeLimit: 10Mi