diff --git a/internal/constellation/helm/actionfactory.go b/internal/constellation/helm/actionfactory.go
index 1ad3366b74b..85212722d19 100644
--- a/internal/constellation/helm/actionfactory.go
+++ b/internal/constellation/helm/actionfactory.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (a actionFactory) appendNewAction(
 			if err := newVersion.IsUpgradeTo(currentVersion); err != nil {
 				// TODO(3u13r): Remove when Constellation v2.14 is released.
 				// We need to ignore that we jump from Cilium v1.12 to v1.15-pre. We have verified that this works.
-				if !(errors.Is(err, compatibility.ErrMinorDrift) && release.releaseName == "cilium") {
+				if !(errors.Is(err, compatibility.ErrMinorDrift) && (release.releaseName == "cilium" || release.releaseName == "cert-manager")) {
 					return fmt.Errorf("invalid upgrade for %s: %w", release.releaseName, err)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/internal/constellation/helm/helm_test.go b/internal/constellation/helm/helm_test.go
index 828428b3893..c3f1c5e3748 100644
--- a/internal/constellation/helm/helm_test.go
+++ b/internal/constellation/helm/helm_test.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestHelmApply(t *testing.T) {
 				awsLbVersion = *tc.clusterAWSLBVersion
 			}
 
-			certManagerVersion := "v1.10.0" // current version
+			certManagerVersion := "v1.13.2" // current version
 			if tc.clusterCertManagerVersion != nil {
 				certManagerVersion = *tc.clusterCertManagerVersion
 			}