diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 58644ea7..b9ea037f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: Activiti/Activiti/.github/actions/check-ext-build@d50dea0ec2f4b06b26a8018e5b9083fbced01ed5 # 8.0.0-alpha.10
       - name: Setup Helm Docs
         uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/setup-helm-docs@692f336894abea26ff555cdef6e098f415c47286 # v5.28.3
+        with:
+          version: 1.13.1
       - name: Run Checkov
         uses: bridgecrewio/checkov-action@e1bb78184f5dd3690fb1089d6c4f51295f9dff48 # v12.1839.0
         with:
@@ -56,8 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           chart-dir: ${{ env.CHART_DIR }}
 
       - name: Setup Helm test plugin
-        run: helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest.git --version v0.3.2
-
+        run: helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest.git --version v0.5.1 || true
       - name: Test
         run: helm unittest $CHART_DIR
 
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ jobs:
           helm-repo-url: ${{ env.HELM_REPO_BASE_URL }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
       - uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/setup-helm-docs@692f336894abea26ff555cdef6e098f415c47286 # v5.28.3
+        with:
+          version: 1.13.1
       - uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/jx-updatebot-pr@692f336894abea26ff555cdef6e098f415c47286 # v5.28.3
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0c00dbf5..9d8643f8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ hs_err_pid*
 #updatebot checkout dir
 .updatebot-repos/
 .updatebot-repos/**
+
+node_modules/
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0ba4e978..bdaa783d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs
-    rev: v1.11.1
+    rev: v1.13.1
     hooks:
       - id: helm-docs
   - repo: https://github.com/gruntwork-io/pre-commit
-    rev: v0.1.22
+    rev: v0.1.23
     hooks:
       - id: helmlint
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.4.0
+    rev: v4.6.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-merge-conflict
       - id: fix-byte-order-marker
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ repos:
         args: [--allow-multiple-documents]
         exclude: charts/.*/templates
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.0.1
+    rev: v4.0.0-alpha.8
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
         types_or:
           - markdown
         exclude: charts/.*/README.md
   - repo: https://github.com/sirosen/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.23.3
+    rev: 0.28.5
     hooks:
       - id: check-dependabot
       - id: check-github-actions
diff --git a/charts/common/Makefile b/charts/common/Makefile
index 58a53627..94e4c363 100644
--- a/charts/common/Makefile
+++ b/charts/common/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ GITHUB_CHARTS_REPO := "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/Activiti/activiti-clou
 GITHUB_CHARTS_BRANCH := $(or $(GITHUB_CHARTS_BRANCH),gh-pages)
 
 plugin:
-	helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest.git --version v0.3.2 || true
-	helm plugin install https://github.com/jtyr/kubeconform-helm --version v0.1.12 || true
+	helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest.git --version v0.5.1 || true
+	helm plugin install https://github.com/jtyr/kubeconform-helm.git --version v0.1.16 || true
 
 build: clean
 	helm dep up
diff --git a/charts/common/README.md b/charts/common/README.md
index 40d7a9ac..98178df0 100644
--- a/charts/common/README.md
+++ b/charts/common/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ A Helm chart for Activiti Cloud Common Templates
 | pgchecker.resources | object | `{"limits":{"cpu":"10m","memory":"16Mi"},"requests":{"cpu":"10m","memory":"16Mi"}}` | Resource requests and limits for the pgchecker container |
 | pgchecker.securityContext | object | `{"allowPrivilegeEscalation":false,"runAsGroup":1000,"runAsNonRoot":true,"runAsUser":1000}` | SecurityContext for the pgchecker container |
 | podAnnotations | object | `{}` | configure deployment pod podAnnotations as dict |
+| podDisruptionBudget.enabled | bool | `false` | set to true to enable PodDisruptionBudget |
+| podDisruptionBudget.minAvailable | int | `1` | min replicas to keep |
 | podLabels | object | `{}` | configure deployment pod podLabels as dict |
 | podSecurityContext | object | `{}` |  |
 | postgresql.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
@@ -149,6 +151,3 @@ A Helm chart for Activiti Cloud Common Templates
 | tolerations | list | `[]` | allows customising tolerations |
 | volumeMounts | list | `[]` | add additional volume mounts as list |
 | volumes | list | `[]` | add additional volumes as list |
-
-----------------------------------------------
-Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.0](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.0)
diff --git a/charts/common/README.md.gotmpl b/charts/common/README.md.gotmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9174c355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/common/README.md.gotmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{ template "chart.header" . }}
+{{ template "chart.deprecationWarning" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.badgesSection" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.description" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.homepageLine" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.maintainersSection" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.sourcesSection" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.requirementsSection" . }}
+
+{{ template "chart.valuesSection" . }}
diff --git a/charts/common/templates/_pdb.yaml b/charts/common/templates/_pdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ed301a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/common/templates/_pdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{{- define "common.pdb.tpl" -}}
+{{- if .Values.podDisruptionBudget.enabled }}
+apiVersion: policy/v1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "common.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "common.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "common.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  minAvailable: {{ .Values.podDisruptionBudget.minAvailable }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- define "common.pdb" -}}
+  {{- if index (first .) "Values" "podDisruptionBudget" "enabled" -}}
+    {{- template "common.util.merge" (append . "common.pdb.tpl") -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/common/templates/pdb.yaml b/charts/common/templates/pdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03d8e595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/common/templates/pdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{- if .Values.enabled -}}
+{{- template "common.pdb" (list . "activiti.cloud.pdb") -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- define "activiti.cloud.pdb" -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/common/tests/pdb_test.yaml b/charts/common/tests/pdb_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fc9aa3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/common/tests/pdb_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+suite: test pdb
+templates:
+  - pdb.yaml
+tests:
+  - it: should render nothing when not enabled
+    set:
+      enabled: false
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 0
+  - it: should render nothing when podDisruptionBudget.enabled=false
+    set:
+      enabled: true
+      podDisruptionBudget:
+        enabled: false
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 0
+  - it: should render minAvailable
+    set:
+      enabled: true
+      podDisruptionBudget:
+        enabled: true
+        minAvailable: 5
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 1
+      - isKind:
+          of: PodDisruptionBudget
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.minAvailable
+          value: 5
+  - it: should render the releaseName in the metadata.name
+    set:
+      enabled: true
+      podDisruptionBudget:
+        enabled: true
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: RELEASE-NAME-common
diff --git a/charts/common/values.yaml b/charts/common/values.yaml
index de48f4ad..accab22f 100644
--- a/charts/common/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/common/values.yaml
@@ -340,3 +340,9 @@ sidecars: []
 
 hpa:
   enabled: false
+
+podDisruptionBudget:
+  # podDisruptionBudget.enabled -- set to true to enable PodDisruptionBudget
+  enabled: false
+  # podDisruptionBudget.minAvailable -- min replicas to keep
+  minAvailable: 1