diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 1383b37c..bfbbd1e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+          cat << EOF >> test-values.yaml
+          extraEnv:
+          - name: TEST_EXTRA_ENV
+            value: test-extra-env
+          EOF
+
+          output=$(helm template oci://ttl.sh/automated-${{ github.run_id }}/replicated --version 0.0.0 --values test-values.yaml)
+
+          if ! echo $output | grep -q 'TEST_EXTRA_ENV'; then
+            printf "user-set extraEnv should exist:\n\n%s\n\n" "$output"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
   create-test-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [ build-and-push-e2e ]
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create release
         id: create-release
-        uses: replicatedhq/replicated-actions/create-release@v1.1.1
+        uses: replicatedhq/replicated-actions/create-release@v1.5.2
         with:
           app-slug: ${{ env.APP_SLUG }}
           api-token: ${{ secrets.C11Y_MATRIX_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/chart/templates/replicated-deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/replicated-deployment.yaml
index 50b586f5..659c8b58 100644
--- a/chart/templates/replicated-deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/replicated-deployment.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ spec:
           readOnly: true
           subPath: config.yaml
         env:
+        {{- with .Values.extraEnv }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}          
         - name: REPLICATED_NAMESPACE
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml.tmpl b/chart/values.yaml.tmpl
index 747f4b55..ebf98483 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/chart/values.yaml.tmpl
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ service:
   type: ClusterIP
   port: 3000
 
+extraEnv: []
+
 # "integration" mode related values.
 integration:
   licenseID: ""