diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fb451fe1..0350d081 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ module github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/connectrpc/go v1.13.0-20231213011348-5645e27c876a.1
+	buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/protocolbuffers/go v1.31.0-20231213011348-5645e27c876a.2
+	connectrpc.com/connect v1.13.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.3.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.13.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.30.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b8503fb3..c6159aa2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/connectrpc/go v1.13.0-20231213011348-5645e27c876a.1 h1:flYv+oyV4sGFTc8UrA6bSxCkGE7mvSUyydrCiXk5s7A=
+buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/connectrpc/go v1.13.0-20231213011348-5645e27c876a.1/go.mod h1:pNAXVmeA3b2y1Hi/j2poNtPTT0Bvo2LgRK7FThfG0oc=
+buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/protocolbuffers/go v1.31.0-20231213011348-5645e27c876a.2 h1:ub8BpTL/wC0JVAjnfKzSdqu3xjJBFn4ndVPGu0u3KHU=
+buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/protocolbuffers/go v1.31.0-20231213011348-5645e27c876a.2/go.mod h1:629c8Zj/8OXoFZZfqhsjqXJ0MIIVuonsR0x8/Nngi+U=
+connectrpc.com/connect v1.13.0 h1:lGs5maZZzWOOD+PFFiOt5OncKmMsk9ZdPwpy5jcmaYg=
+connectrpc.com/connect v1.13.0/go.mod h1:uHAFHtYgeSZJxXrkN1IunDpKghnTXhYbVh0wW4StPW0=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 h1:ip6w0uFQkncKQ979AypyG0ER7mqUSBdKLOgAle/AT8A=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
diff --git a/internal/controller/validatorconfig_controller.go b/internal/controller/validatorconfig_controller.go
index e68c5f72..c5997127 100644
--- a/internal/controller/validatorconfig_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/validatorconfig_controller.go
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	connect "connectrpc.com/connect"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ import (
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
+	"buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/connectrpc/go/cleanup/v1/cleanupv1connect"
+	cleanv1 "buf.build/gen/go/spectrocloud/spectro-cleanup/protocolbuffers/go/cleanup/v1"
 	v1alpha1 "github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/pkg/helm"
 )
@@ -100,7 +105,11 @@ func (r *ValidatorConfigReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 		if err := r.deletePlugins(ctx, vc); err != nil {
 			return ctrl.Result{}, err
 		}
-		return ctrl.Result{}, removeFinalizer(ctx, r.Client, vc, CleanupFinalizer)
+
+		err = removeFinalizer(ctx, r.Client, vc, CleanupFinalizer)
+		r.emitFinalizeCleanup()
+
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
 	// TODO: implement a proper patcher to avoid this hacky approach with global vars
@@ -373,3 +382,28 @@ func isConditionTrue(vc *v1alpha1.ValidatorConfig, chartName string, conditionTy
 	}
 	return vc.Status.Conditions[idx], vc.Status.Conditions[idx].Status == corev1.ConditionTrue
 }
+
+func (r *ValidatorConfigReconciler) emitFinalizeCleanup() {
+	grpcEnabled := os.Getenv("CLEANUP_GRPC_ENABLED")
+	if grpcEnabled != "true" {
+		r.Log.V(0).Info("Cleanup job gRPC server is not enabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	host := os.Getenv("CLEANUP_GRPC_SERVER_HOST")
+	port := os.Getenv("CLEANUP_GRPC_SERVER_PORT")
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%s", host, port)
+
+	client := cleanupv1connect.NewCleanupServiceClient(
+		http.DefaultClient,
+		url,
+	)
+	_, err := client.FinalizeCleanup(
+		context.Background(),
+		connect.NewRequest(&cleanv1.FinalizeCleanupRequest{}),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.Log.Error(err, "FinalizeCleanup request failed", "url", url)
+	}
+}