diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 99a04f43..df437502 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ifndef MODULE_VERSION
-    MODULE_VERSION = 1.1.7
+    MODULE_VERSION = 1.1.8
 endif
diff --git a/application-connector.yaml b/application-connector.yaml
index ef0e4eb8..cc4c3e94 100644
--- a/application-connector.yaml
+++ b/application-connector.yaml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: central-application-connectivity-validator
       containers:
         - name: central-application-connectivity-validator
-          image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-connectivity-validator:v20240910-57c6730a
+          image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-connectivity-validator:v20240920-8cc34ee6
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           args:
             - "/app/centralapplicationconnectivityvalidator"
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: central-application-gateway
       containers:
         - name: central-application-gateway
-          image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-gateway:v20240910-57c6730a
+          image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-gateway:v20240920-8cc34ee6
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           args:
             - "/app/applicationgateway"
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: 8090
               hostPort: 0
               name: http-health
-          image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/compass-runtime-agent:v20240910-57c6730a
+          image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/compass-runtime-agent:v20240920-8cc34ee6
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           args:
             - "/app/compass-runtime-agent"
diff --git a/manifest.yaml b/manifest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f515e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,652 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.10.0
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  name: applicationconnectors.operator.kyma-project.io
+spec:
+  group: operator.kyma-project.io
+  names:
+    kind: ApplicationConnector
+    listKind: ApplicationConnectorList
+    plural: applicationconnectors
+    singular: applicationconnector
+  scope: Namespaced
+  versions:
+  - name: v1alpha1
+    schema:
+      openAPIV3Schema:
+        description: ApplicationConnector is the Schema for the applicationconnectors
+          API
+        properties:
+          apiVersion:
+            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
+              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
+              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
+            type: string
+          kind:
+            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
+              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
+              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
+            type: string
+          metadata:
+            type: object
+          spec:
+            properties:
+              appConnValidator:
+                default:
+                  logFormat: json
+                  logLevel: info
+                properties:
+                  logFormat:
+                    enum:
+                    - json
+                    - text
+                    type: string
+                  logLevel:
+                    enum:
+                    - debug
+                    - panic
+                    - fatal
+                    - error
+                    - warn
+                    - info
+                    - debug
+                    type: string
+                required:
+                - logFormat
+                - logLevel
+                type: object
+              appGateway:
+                default:
+                  logLevel: info
+                  proxyTimeout: 10s
+                  requestTimeout: 10s
+                properties:
+                  logLevel:
+                    enum:
+                    - debug
+                    - panic
+                    - fatal
+                    - error
+                    - warn
+                    - info
+                    - debug
+                    type: string
+                  proxyTimeout:
+                    type: string
+                  requestTimeout:
+                    type: string
+                required:
+                - logLevel
+                - proxyTimeout
+                - requestTimeout
+                type: object
+              domainName:
+                type: string
+            type: object
+          status:
+            properties:
+              conditions:
+                items:
+                  description: "Condition contains details for one aspect of the current
+                    state of this API Resource. --- This struct is intended for direct
+                    use as an array at the field path .status.conditions.  For example,
+                    \n type FooStatus struct{ // Represents the observations of a
+                    foo's current state. // Known .status.conditions.type are: \"Available\",
+                    \"Progressing\", and \"Degraded\" // +patchMergeKey=type // +patchStrategy=merge
+                    // +listType=map // +listMapKey=type Conditions []metav1.Condition
+                    `json:\"conditions,omitempty\" patchStrategy:\"merge\" patchMergeKey:\"type\"
+                    protobuf:\"bytes,1,rep,name=conditions\"` \n // other fields }"
+                  properties:
+                    lastTransitionTime:
+                      description: lastTransitionTime is the last time the condition
+                        transitioned from one status to another. This should be when
+                        the underlying condition changed.  If that is not known, then
+                        using the time when the API field changed is acceptable.
+                      format: date-time
+                      type: string
+                    message:
+                      description: message is a human readable message indicating
+                        details about the transition. This may be an empty string.
+                      maxLength: 32768
+                      type: string
+                    observedGeneration:
+                      description: observedGeneration represents the .metadata.generation
+                        that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation
+                        is currently 12, but the .status.conditions[x].observedGeneration
+                        is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current
+                        state of the instance.
+                      format: int64
+                      minimum: 0
+                      type: integer
+                    reason:
+                      description: reason contains a programmatic identifier indicating
+                        the reason for the condition's last transition. Producers
+                        of specific condition types may define expected values and
+                        meanings for this field, and whether the values are considered
+                        a guaranteed API. The value should be a CamelCase string.
+                        This field may not be empty.
+                      maxLength: 1024
+                      minLength: 1
+                      pattern: ^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$
+                      type: string
+                    status:
+                      description: status of the condition, one of True, False, Unknown.
+                      enum:
+                      - "True"
+                      - "False"
+                      - Unknown
+                      type: string
+                    type:
+                      description: type of condition in CamelCase or in foo.example.com/CamelCase.
+                        --- Many .condition.type values are consistent across resources
+                        like Available, but because arbitrary conditions can be useful
+                        (see .node.status.conditions), the ability to deconflict is
+                        important. The regex it matches is (dns1123SubdomainFmt/)?(qualifiedNameFmt)
+                      maxLength: 316
+                      pattern: ^([a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(\.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*/)?(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])$
+                      type: string
+                  required:
+                  - lastTransitionTime
+                  - message
+                  - reason
+                  - status
+                  - type
+                  type: object
+                type: array
+              served:
+                type: string
+              state:
+                type: string
+            required:
+            - served
+            - state
+            type: object
+        type: object
+    served: true
+    storage: true
+    subresources:
+      status: {}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
+    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: application-connector-manager
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: controller-manager-sa
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: serviceaccount
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: application-connector-manager
+  name: application-connector-controller-manager
+  namespace: kyma-system
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
+    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: application-connector-manager
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: leader-election-role
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: role
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: application-connector-manager
+    app.kubernets.io/managed-by: kustomize
+  name: application-connector-leader-election-role
+  namespace: kyma-system
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - create
+  - update
+  - patch
+  - delete
+- apiGroups:
+  - coordination.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - leases
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - create
+  - update
+  - patch
+  - delete
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - patch
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  name: application-connector-manager-role
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - limitranges
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - namespaces
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - nodes
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - persistentvolumes
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resourceNames:
+  - cluster-client-certificates
+  - compass-agent-configuration
+  resources:
+  - secrets
+  verbs:
+  - delete
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - serviceaccounts
+  verbs:
+  - '*'
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - services
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - '*'
+  resources:
+  - secrets
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - apiextensions.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - customresourcedefinitions
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - applicationconnector.kyma-project.io
+  resources:
+  - applications
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - apps
+  resources:
+  - deployments
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - apps
+  resources:
+  - replicasets
+  verbs:
+  - delete
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - autoscaling
+  resources:
+  - horizontalpodautoscalers
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - compass.kyma-project.io
+  resources:
+  - compassconnections
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - metrics.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - nodes
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.istio.io
+  resources:
+  - gateways
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - networking.istio.io
+  resources:
+  - virtualservices
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - operator.kyma-project.io
+  resources:
+  - applicationconnectors
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - operator.kyma-project.io
+  resources:
+  - applicationconnectors/finalizers
+  verbs:
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - operator.kyma-project.io
+  resources:
+  - applicationconnectors/status
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - patch
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - clusterrolebindings
+  - clusterroles
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - rolebindings
+  - roles
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - scheduling.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - priorityclasses
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
+    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: application-connector-manager
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: leader-election-rolebinding
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: rolebinding
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: application-connector-manager
+  name: application-connector-leader-election-rolebinding
+  namespace: kyma-system
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: application-connector-leader-election-role
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: application-connector-controller-manager
+  namespace: kyma-system
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
+    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: application-connector-manager
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: manager-rolebinding
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: clusterrolebinding
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: application-connector-manager
+  name: application-connector-manager-rolebinding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: application-connector-manager-role
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: application-connector-controller-manager
+  namespace: kyma-system
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+data:
+  details: "header:\n  - name: Ready  \n    source: status.state\n    widget: Badge\n
+    \   highlights:\n      positive:\n        - 'Ready'\nbody:\n  - name: Configuration\n
+    \   widget: Panel\n    children:\n      - name: Domain name\n        source: spec.domainName\n
+    \       placeholder: Detected automatically\n  - widget: Columns\n    children:\n
+    \     - name: Application Connector Validator\n        widget: Panel\n        children:
+    \n          - source: spec.appConnValidator.logLevel\n            name: Validator
+    log level\n          - source: spec.appConnValidator.logFormat\n            name:
+    Validator log format\n      - name: Application Connector Gateway\n        widget:
+    Panel\n        children:\n          - source: spec.appGateway.proxyTimeout\n            name:
+    Proxy timeout duration\n          - source: spec.appGateway.requestTimeout\n            name:
+    Request timeout duration\n          - source: spec.appGateway.logLevel\n            name:
+    Gateway log level\n\n  - source: status.conditions\n    widget: Table\n    name:
+    Reconciliation Conditions\n    children:\n      - source: type\n        name:
+    Type\n      - source: status\n        name: Status\n        widget: Badge\n        highlights:\n
+    \         positive:\n            - 'True'\n          negative:\n            -
+    'False'\n      - source: reason\n        name: Reason\n      - source: message\n
+    \       name: Message\n      - source: '$readableTimestamp(lastTransitionTime)'\n
+    \       name: Last transition\n        sort: true\n\n  - widget: EventList\n    filter:
+    '$matchEvents($$, $root.kind, $root.metadata.name)'\n    name: events\n    defaultType:
+    information\n"
+  form: "- path: spec.domainName\n  name: Domain name\n\n- path: spec.appConnValidator\n
+    \ widget: FormGroup\n  name: Application Connector Validator Configuration\n  children:\n
+    \  - widget: KeyValuePair\n     path: \n     keyEnum: ['logLevel', 'logFormat']\n\n-
+    path: spec.appGateway\n  widget: FormGroup\n  name: Application Connector Gateway
+    Configuration\n  children:\n   - widget: KeyValuePair\n     path: requests\n     keyEnum:
+    ['proxyTimeout', 'requestTimeout','logLevel']\n\n"
+  general: |
+    resource:
+      kind: ApplicationConnector
+      group: operator.kyma-project.io
+      version: v1alpha1
+    urlPath: applicationconnectors
+    category: Kyma
+    name: ApplicationConnector
+    scope: namespace
+    features:
+      actions:
+        disableCreate: true
+        disableDelete: true
+    description: >-
+      {{[ApplicationConnector custom resource](https://kyma-project.io/#/application-connector-manager/user/resources/06-30-application-connector)}}
+      configures the Application Connector module.
+  list: "- name: Ready  \n  source: status.state\n  widget: Badge\n  highlights:\n
+    \   positive:\n      - 'Ready'\n"
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: applicationconnectors.operator.kyma-project.io
+    busola.io/extension: resource
+    busola.io/extension-version: "0.5"
+  name: application-connector-applicationconnectors.operator.kyma-project.io
+  namespace: kyma-system
+---
+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
+description: Scheduling priority of application-connector-manager component. Must
+  not be blocked by unschedulable user workloads.
+globalDefault: false
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: application-connector-priority-class
+value: 2100000
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/component: manager
+    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: application-connector-manager
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: controller-manager
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: deployment
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: application-connector-manager
+    control-plane: controller-manager
+  name: application-connector-controller-manager
+  namespace: kyma-system
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      control-plane: controller-manager
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: manager
+      labels:
+        control-plane: controller-manager
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - args:
+        - --leader-elect
+        command:
+        - /manager
+        image: op-skr-registry.localhost:8888/unsigned/manager-images/application-connector-manager:1.1.7
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: 8081
+          initialDelaySeconds: 15
+          periodSeconds: 20
+        name: manager
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /readyz
+            port: 8081
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          periodSeconds: 10
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 512Mi
+          requests:
+            cpu: 10m
+            memory: 128Mi
+        securityContext:
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          capabilities:
+            drop:
+            - ALL
+      priorityClassName: application-connector-priority-class
+      securityContext:
+        runAsNonRoot: true
+      serviceAccountName: application-connector-controller-manager
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/sec-scanners-config.yaml b/sec-scanners-config.yaml
index 0ddc65e1..3502c725 100644
--- a/sec-scanners-config.yaml
+++ b/sec-scanners-config.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 module-name: application-connector-manager
 protecode:
-  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/application-connector-manager:1.1.7
-  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-gateway:v20240910-57c6730a
-  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-connectivity-validator:v20240910-57c6730a
-  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/compass-runtime-agent:v20240910-57c6730a
+  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/application-connector-manager:1.1.8
+  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-gateway:v20240920-8cc34ee6
+  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/central-application-connectivity-validator:v20240920-8cc34ee6
+  - europe-docker.pkg.dev/kyma-project/prod/compass-runtime-agent:v20240920-8cc34ee6
 whitesource:
   language: golang-mod
   subprojects: false