diff --git a/cmd/agent/main.go b/cmd/agent/main.go
index d51f776..e4b92d5 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/main.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func main() {
 	var clusterName string
 	var spokeKubeconfig string
 	var featureGatesFlags map[string]bool
+	var leaseHealthCheck bool
 
 	logger := klogr.New()
 	klog.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func main() {
 		"feature-gates",
 		"A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/experimental features. "+
 			"Options are:\n"+strings.Join(features.FeatureGates.KnownFeatures(), "\n"))
-
+	flag.BoolVar(&leaseHealthCheck, "lease-health-check", false, "Use lease to report health check.")
 	flag.Parse()
 	ctrl.SetLogger(logger)
 
@@ -191,11 +192,13 @@ func main() {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctrl.SetupSignalHandler())
 	defer cancel()
 
-	leaseUpdater, err := health.NewAddonHealthUpdater(mgr.GetConfig(), clusterName, spokeCfg, spokeNamespace)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("unable to create healthiness lease updater for controller %v", "ManagedServiceAccount")
+	if leaseHealthCheck {
+		leaseUpdater, err := health.NewAddonHealthUpdater(mgr.GetConfig(), clusterName, spokeCfg, spokeNamespace)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Fatalf("unable to create healthiness lease updater for controller %v", "ManagedServiceAccount")
+		}
+		go leaseUpdater.Start(ctx)
 	}
-	go leaseUpdater.Start(ctx)
 
 	cc, err := addonutils.NewConfigChecker("managed-serviceaccount-agent", getHubKubeconfigPath())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f57c5ca..e37215c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.27.4
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491
-	open-cluster-management.io/addon-framework v0.7.1-0.20230922012530-9d049de615d8
-	open-cluster-management.io/api v0.11.1-0.20230921010001-9cb6321fa748
+	open-cluster-management.io/addon-framework v0.8.0
+	open-cluster-management.io/api v0.12.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cffc3d1..1b74aae 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f h1:2kWPakN3i/k81b0gvD5C5F
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230501164219-8b0f38b5fd1f/go.mod h1:byini6yhqGC14c3ebc/QwanvYwhuMWF6yz2F8uwW8eg=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491 h1:r0BAOLElQnnFhE/ApUsg3iHdVYYPBjNSSOMowRZxxsY=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
-open-cluster-management.io/addon-framework v0.7.1-0.20230922012530-9d049de615d8 h1:YPOgQZ+Yb5bLIBXYVepPBkGh5dDIGxn/sFl5RkjkvW0=
-open-cluster-management.io/addon-framework v0.7.1-0.20230922012530-9d049de615d8/go.mod h1:eI9o2LMXLBQK/IZ55X0zZiop2L9YDdL81ZoHWb9Pc0M=
-open-cluster-management.io/api v0.11.1-0.20230921010001-9cb6321fa748 h1:OjemV/LWwBuKDZJLfEPw51w0Zbd9HKgpkxGtPclOjkQ=
-open-cluster-management.io/api v0.11.1-0.20230921010001-9cb6321fa748/go.mod h1:/CZhelEH+30/pX7vXGSZOzLMX0zvjthYOkT/5ZTzVTQ=
+open-cluster-management.io/addon-framework v0.8.0 h1:i1OReMHuZIoAw2Q04SLjkieU25DnxYilzVZzBNyROwU=
+open-cluster-management.io/addon-framework v0.8.0/go.mod h1:20DP06VXhJ9RE1PetAMEQyeFCP7+nhs92pCAkqbWUOg=
+open-cluster-management.io/api v0.12.0 h1:sNkj4k2XyWA/GLsTiFg82bLIZ7JDZKkLLLyZjJUlJMs=
+open-cluster-management.io/api v0.12.0/go.mod h1:/CZhelEH+30/pX7vXGSZOzLMX0zvjthYOkT/5ZTzVTQ=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1 h1:9UvgKD4ZJGcj24vefUFgZFP3xej/3igL9BsOUTb/+4c=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.15.1/go.mod h1:7ngYvp1MLT+9GeZ+6lH3LOlcHkp/+tzA/fmHa4iq9kk=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=
diff --git a/pkg/addon/manager/manifests/templates/deployment.yaml b/pkg/addon/manager/manifests/templates/deployment.yaml
index af7cf4f..a694493 100644
--- a/pkg/addon/manager/manifests/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/pkg/addon/manager/manifests/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ spec:
             - --leader-elect=false
             - --cluster-name={{ .ClusterName }}
             - --kubeconfig=/etc/hub/kubeconfig
+            - --lease-health-check=true
           volumeMounts:
             - name: hub-kubeconfig
               mountPath: /etc/hub/