diff --git a/api/v1/types.go b/api/v1/types.go
index e32e921e7..679d0070e 100644
--- a/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/api/v1/types.go
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type ObservabilityComponentType string
 // ClientType - the type of the client
 type ClientType string
 
+// AccType - the type of the client
+type AccType string
+
 const (
 	// Replication - placeholder for replication constant
 	Replication ModuleType = "replication"
diff --git a/controllers/acc_controller.go b/controllers/acc_controller.go
index db49fbdbf..4415ee41f 100644
--- a/controllers/acc_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/acc_controller.go
@@ -84,12 +84,18 @@ const (
 
 	// AccFinalizerName - the name of the finalizer
 	AccFinalizerName = "finalizer.dell.com"
+
+	// AccVersion
+	AccVersion = "v1.0.0"
 )
 
 var (
 	accdMutex           sync.RWMutex
 	accConfigVersionKey = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", AccMetadataPrefix, "ApexConnectivityClientConfigVersion")
 
+	// AccVersionKey
+	AccVersionKey = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", AccMetadataPrefix, "AccVersion")
+
 	// AccStopWatch - watcher stop handle
 	AccStopWatch = make(chan struct{})
 )
@@ -204,7 +210,6 @@ func (r *ApexConnectivityClientReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ct
 		syncErr := r.SyncACC(ctx, *acc, *op)
 		if syncErr == nil && !requeue.Requeue {
 			log.Infof("ACC --> SyncACC  nil")
-			//if err = DeployApexConnectivityClient(ctx, false, *op, *acc, crc); err != nil {
 			if err = utils.UpdateAccStatus(ctx, acc, r, newStatus); err != nil {
 				log.Error(err, "Failed to update CR status")
 				return utils.LogBannerAndReturn(reconcile.Result{Requeue: true}, err)
@@ -400,12 +405,15 @@ func applyAccConfigVersionAnnotations(ctx context.Context, instance *csmv1.ApexC
 	log := logger.GetLogger(ctx)
 
 	// If client has not been initialized yet, we first annotate the client with the config version annotation
-
 	annotations := instance.GetAnnotations()
 	isUpdated := false
 	if annotations == nil {
 		annotations = make(map[string]string)
 	}
+
+	annotations[AccVersionKey] = AccVersion
+	instance.SetAnnotations(annotations)
+
 	if _, ok := annotations[accConfigVersionKey]; !ok {
 		annotations[accConfigVersionKey] = instance.Spec.Client.ConfigVersion
 		isUpdated = true
@@ -508,8 +516,7 @@ func (r *ApexConnectivityClientReconciler) SyncACC(ctx context.Context, cr csmv1
 		}
 
 		apexName := "ApexConnectivityClient"
-
-		// sync statefulset
+		// sync StatefulSet
 		if err = statefulset.SyncStatefulSet(ctx, controller.StatefulSet, cluster.ClusterK8sClient, apexName); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/operatorconfig/clientconfig/apexconnectivityclient/v1.0.0/statefulset.yaml b/operatorconfig/clientconfig/apexconnectivityclient/v1.0.0/statefulset.yaml
index 632dfc45e..8531d9492 100644
--- a/operatorconfig/clientconfig/apexconnectivityclient/v1.0.0/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/operatorconfig/clientconfig/apexconnectivityclient/v1.0.0/statefulset.yaml
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["persistentvolumeclaims"]
-    verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+    verbs: ["list", "watch" "update"]
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["persistentvolumes"]
-    verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+    verbs: ["list", "watch" "create" "update" "delete"]
   - apiGroups: ["storage.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["storageclasses"]
     verbs: ["list", "watch", "create", "delete"]
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ rules:
     verbs: ["list", "watch"]
   - apiGroups: ["apps"]
     resources: ["statefulsets"]
-    verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+    verbs: ["list", "watch" "update" "patch"]
   - apiGroups: ["apps"]
     resources: ["daemonsets"]
     verbs: ["list", "watch"]
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/commonconfig.go b/pkg/drivers/commonconfig.go
index b5e0c2cdc..a15cbbd50 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/commonconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/commonconfig.go
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// AccManifest - deployment resources for Apex Connectivity Client
-	AccManifest string = "statefulset.yaml"
-
 	// AccNamespace - deployment namespace
 	AccNamespace string = "<NAMESPACE>"
 
@@ -560,7 +557,6 @@ func GetCSIDriver(ctx context.Context, cr csmv1.ContainerStorageModule, operator
 
 // ModifyApexConnectivityClientCR - update the custom resource
 func ModifyApexConnectivityClientCR(yamlString string, cr csmv1.ApexConnectivityClient) string {
-	fmt.Println("ACC --> Inside ModifyApexConnectivityClientCR")
 	namespace := ""
 	aggregatorURL := AggregatorURLDefault
 	connectivityClientImage := ""