diff --git a/apis/apps/v1alpha1/cron_types.go b/apis/apps/v1alpha1/cron_types.go
index 0719c7a0..d2de403d 100644
--- a/apis/apps/v1alpha1/cron_types.go
+++ b/apis/apps/v1alpha1/cron_types.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type CronStatus struct {
 
 type CronHistory struct {
 	// Object is the reference of the historical scheduled cron job.
-	Object corev1.TypedLocalObjectReference `json:"object"`
+	Object corev1.ObjectReference `json:"object"`
 	// Status is the final status when job finished.
 	Status v1.JobConditionType `json:"status"`
 	// Created is the creation timestamp of job.
diff --git a/apis/apps/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/apps/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 5290795b..00fd6e16 100644
--- a/apis/apps/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/apps/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (in *Cron) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *CronHistory) DeepCopyInto(out *CronHistory) {
 	*out = *in
-	in.Object.DeepCopyInto(&out.Object)
+	out.Object = in.Object
 	if in.Created != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Created, &out.Created
 		*out = (*in).DeepCopy()
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/apps.kubedl.io_crons.yaml b/config/crd/bases/apps.kubedl.io_crons.yaml
index 83c0e264..2def0417 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/apps.kubedl.io_crons.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/apps.kubedl.io_crons.yaml
@@ -86,15 +86,20 @@ spec:
                       type: string
                     object:
                       properties:
-                        apiGroup:
+                        apiVersion:
+                          type: string
+                        fieldPath:
                           type: string
                         kind:
                           type: string
                         name:
                           type: string
-                      required:
-                      - kind
-                      - name
+                        namespace:
+                          type: string
+                        resourceVersion:
+                          type: string
+                        uid:
+                          type: string
                       type: object
                     status:
                       type: string
diff --git a/controllers/apps/cron_controller.go b/controllers/apps/cron_controller.go
index 1aef6094..d9fbf5bc 100644
--- a/controllers/apps/cron_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/apps/cron_controller.go
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ func (cc *CronController) Reconcile(_ context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.R
 	if nextDuration != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: *nextDuration}, nil
 	}
+
+	if err = cc.deleteCompletedJobsBeyondThreshold(&cron); err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
@@ -461,6 +466,78 @@ func (cc *CronController) newEmptyWorkload(apiVersion, kind string) (client.Obje
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("workload %+v has not implemented client.Object interface", groupVersion)
 }
 
+// Deletes successfully completed jobs beyond given history limits.
+func (cc *CronController) deleteCompletedJobsBeyondThreshold(cron *v1alpha1.Cron) error {
+	historyLimit := cron.Spec.HistoryLimit
+	if historyLimit == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	completedWorkloads, err := cc.listSuccessfullyCompletedWorkloads(cron)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if len(completedWorkloads) <= int(*historyLimit) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Sort completed workloads by creation timestamp.
+	sort.Slice(completedWorkloads, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return completedWorkloads[i].GetCreationTimestamp().Time.Before(completedWorkloads[j].GetCreationTimestamp().Time)
+	})
+
+	// Delete the oldest completed workloads.
+	for _, wlObj := range completedWorkloads[:len(completedWorkloads)-int(*historyLimit)] {
+		// Convert to ObjectReference
+		var wlRef corev1.ObjectReference
+		if err := cc.scheme.Convert(wlObj, &wlRef, nil); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := cc.deleteWorkload(cron, wlRef); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// listSuccessfullyCompletedWorkloads returns a list of successfully completed workloads.
+func (cc *CronController) listSuccessfullyCompletedWorkloads(cron *v1alpha1.Cron) ([]metav1.Object, error) {
+	workloads := make([]metav1.Object, 0)
+
+	for _, history := range cron.Status.History {
+		if history.Status == v1.JobSucceeded {
+			wl, err := cc.newEmptyWorkload(cron.APIVersion, history.Object.Kind)
+			if err != nil {
+				klog.Errorf("unsupported cron workload and failed to init by scheme, kind: %s, err: %v",
+					history.Object.Kind, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if err := cc.client.Get(context.Background(), types.NamespacedName{
+				Name:      history.Object.Name,
+				Namespace: history.Object.Namespace,
+			}, wl); err != nil {
+				if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+					klog.Infof("completed workload[%s/%s] in cron[%s/%s] has been deleted.",
+						history.Object.Namespace, history.Object.Name, cron.Namespace, cron.Name)
+					continue
+				}
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			metaWl, ok := wl.(metav1.Object)
+			if !ok {
+				klog.Warningf("workload [%s/%s] cannot convert to metav1.Object", cron.Namespace, history.Object.Name)
+				continue
+			}
+			workloads = append(workloads, metaWl)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return workloads, nil
+}
+
 func (cc *CronController) deleteWorkload(cron *v1alpha1.Cron, ref corev1.ObjectReference) error {
 	wl, err := cc.newEmptyWorkload(ref.APIVersion, ref.Kind)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/controllers/apps/cron_utils.go b/controllers/apps/cron_utils.go
index 652894f7..c294daaf 100644
--- a/controllers/apps/cron_utils.go
+++ b/controllers/apps/cron_utils.go
@@ -129,16 +129,19 @@ func inActiveList(active []corev1.ObjectReference, workload metav1.Object) bool
 	return false
 }
 
-func workloadToHistory(wl metav1.Object, apiGroup, kind string) v1alpha1.CronHistory {
+func workloadToHistory(wl metav1.Object, apiVersion, kind string) v1alpha1.CronHistory {
 	status, finished := IsWorkloadFinished(wl)
 	created := wl.GetCreationTimestamp()
 	ch := v1alpha1.CronHistory{
 		Created: &created,
 		Status:  status,
-		Object: corev1.TypedLocalObjectReference{
-			APIGroup: &apiGroup,
-			Kind:     kind,
-			Name:     wl.GetName(),
+		Object: corev1.ObjectReference{
+			APIVersion:      apiVersion,
+			Kind:            kind,
+			Name:            wl.GetName(),
+			Namespace:       wl.GetNamespace(),
+			ResourceVersion: wl.GetResourceVersion(),
+			UID:             wl.GetUID(),
 		},
 	}
 	if finished {