diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/cainjector-deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/cainjector-deployment.yaml
index 79ead56d8..fe09c279c 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/cainjector-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/cainjector-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ metadata:
   {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.cainjector.replicaCount }}
-  {{- if .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
-  revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
+  {{- if ne (quote .Values.global.revisionHistoryLimit) (quote "") }}
+  revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.global.revisionHistoryLimit }}
   {{- end }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
index 69be7213b..f13df1f66 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ metadata:
   {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
-  {{- if .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
-  revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
+  {{- if ne (quote .Values.global.revisionHistoryLimit) (quote "") }}
+  revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.global.revisionHistoryLimit }}
   {{- end }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/webhook-deployment.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/webhook-deployment.yaml
index 4bc3b51be..c010ba160 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/webhook-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/templates/webhook-deployment.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ metadata:
   {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.webhook.replicaCount }}
-  {{- if .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
-  revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
+  {{- if ne (quote .Values.global.revisionHistoryLimit) (quote "") }}
+  revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.global.revisionHistoryLimit }}
   {{- end }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/values.yaml
index 2ced298a0..def133b88 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/values.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ global:
   commonLabels: {}
   # team_name: dev
 
+  # The number of old ReplicaSets to retain to allow rollback (If not set, default Kubernetes value is set to 10)
+  # revisionHistoryLimit: 1
+
   # Optional priority class to be used for the cert-manager pods
   priorityClassName: ""
   rbac:
@@ -54,9 +57,6 @@ installCRDs: false
 
 replicaCount: 1
 
-# Number of old history to retain to allow rollback (If not set, default Kubernetes value is set to 10)
-# revisionHistoryLimit: 1
-
 strategy: {}
   # type: RollingUpdate
   # rollingUpdate: