diff --git a/charts/etcd-defrag/Chart.yaml b/charts/etcd-defrag/Chart.yaml
index 82203763..b3e55492 100644
--- a/charts/etcd-defrag/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd-defrag/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: etcd-defrag
 description: A Helm chart for running a defragmentation CronJob for ETCD
 type: application
-version: 1.0.7
+version: 1.1.0
 appVersion: "3.5.12"
 home: https://github.com/christianknell/helm-charts
 icon: https://cdn.worldvectorlogo.com/logos/etcd-1.svg
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ sources:
   - https://etcd.io
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
-    - kind: changed
-      description: bumped image version to v3.5.12
+    - kind: added
+      description: support for running the cronjob in the host network
diff --git a/charts/etcd-defrag/README.md b/charts/etcd-defrag/README.md
index 74ccf029..67b199f7 100644
--- a/charts/etcd-defrag/README.md
+++ b/charts/etcd-defrag/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | defrag.pod.restartPolicy                  | string | `"OnFailure"`                                  | Restart policy for all containers within the pod. One of `Always`, `OnFailure`, `Never`.                                                             |
 | extraEnv                                  | list   | `[]`                                           | additional environment variables to be added to the pods                                                                                             |
 | fullnameOverride                          | string | `""`                                           | String to fully override `"etcd-defrag.fullname"`                                                                                                    |
+| hostNetwork                               | bool   | `false`                                        | specify if the CronJob should run on the hostNetwork                                                                                                 |
 | image.pullPolicy                          | string | `"Always"`                                     | image pull policy                                                                                                                                    |
 | image.repository                          | string | `"bitnami/etcd"`                               | image repository                                                                                                                                     |
 | image.tag                                 | string | `"3.5.10"`                                     | Overrides the image tag                                                                                                                              |
@@ -113,4 +114,4 @@ helm install my-release -f values.yaml christianknell/etcd-defrag
 
 ---
 
-Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.2](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.2)
+Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.3](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.3)
diff --git a/charts/etcd-defrag/templates/cronjob.yaml b/charts/etcd-defrag/templates/cronjob.yaml
index a4e977db..95ebcc72 100644
--- a/charts/etcd-defrag/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd-defrag/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ spec:
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.hostNetwork }}
+          hostNetwork: {{ . }}
+          {{- end }}
           containers:
             - name: {{ include "etcd-defrag.fullname" . }}
               image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
diff --git a/charts/etcd-defrag/values.schema.json b/charts/etcd-defrag/values.schema.json
index d0ca5ad4..b7d9d7dc 100644
--- a/charts/etcd-defrag/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/etcd-defrag/values.schema.json
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@
         "fullnameOverride": {
             "type": "string"
         },
+        "hostNetwork": {
+            "type": "boolean"
+        },
         "image": {
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
diff --git a/charts/etcd-defrag/values.yaml b/charts/etcd-defrag/values.yaml
index e327b1bc..feb47d93 100644
--- a/charts/etcd-defrag/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd-defrag/values.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ affinity: {}
 # -- additional environment variables to be added to the pods
 extraEnv: []
 
+# -- specify if the CronJob should run on the hostNetwork
+hostNetwork: false
+
 defrag:
   # -- create a CronJob for defragmentation
   enabled: true