diff --git a/bbsim/Chart.yaml b/bbsim/Chart.yaml
index dd03172..4e16509 100644
--- a/bbsim/Chart.yaml
+++ b/bbsim/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 name: bbsim
 description: Broadband Simulator
 icon: https://guide.opencord.org/logos/cord.svg
-version: 4.0.2
-appVersion: 1.1.1
+version: 4.0.3
+appVersion: 1.1.3
diff --git a/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml b/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml
index fa3d2b6..772c62e 100644
--- a/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/bbsim/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
             "-nni", "{{ .Values.nni }}",
             "-pon", "{{ .Values.pon }}",
             "-onu", "{{ .Values.onu }}",
+            "-oltRebootDelay", "{{ .Values.oltRebootDelay }}",
             "-logLevel", "{{ $log_level }}",
             "-delay", "{{ .Values.delay }}",
             "-services", "configs/services.yaml",
diff --git a/bbsim/values.yaml b/bbsim/values.yaml
index ca0cf5e..c6b11f6 100644
--- a/bbsim/values.yaml
+++ b/bbsim/values.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 nni: 1
 pon: 1
 onu: 1
+# time that BBSim should wait to emulate an hardware reboot
+oltRebootDelay: 60
+# delay between ONU discovery indication
 delay: 200
 log_level: '{{ .Values.defaults.log_level }}'
 kafkaEventTopic: ""