diff --git a/cmd/manager/cmd.go b/cmd/manager/cmd.go
index 06c8f705..82df75e8 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/cmd.go
@@ -41,21 +41,22 @@ import (
 func NewCmd(scheme *runtime.Scheme) *cobra.Command {
 	// CLI flags
 	var (
-		metricsBindAddress         string
-		healthProbeBindAddress     string
-		leaderElect                bool
-		tmpDirectory               string
-		kineImage                  string
-		controllerReconcileTimeout time.Duration
-		cacheResyncPeriod          time.Duration
-		datastore                  string
-		managerNamespace           string
-		managerServiceAccountName  string
-		managerServiceName         string
-		webhookCABundle            []byte
-		migrateJobImage            string
-		maxConcurrentReconciles    int
-		disableTelemetry           bool
+		metricsBindAddress            string
+		healthProbeBindAddress        string
+		leaderElect                   bool
+		tmpDirectory                  string
+		kineImage                     string
+		controllerReconcileTimeout    time.Duration
+		cacheResyncPeriod             time.Duration
+		datastore                     string
+		managerNamespace              string
+		managerServiceAccountName     string
+		managerServiceName            string
+		webhookCABundle               []byte
+		migrateJobImage               string
+		maxConcurrentReconciles       int
+		disableTelemetry              bool
+		certificateExpirationDeadline time.Duration
 
 		webhookCAPath string
 	)
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ func NewCmd(scheme *runtime.Scheme) *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			if certificateExpirationDeadline < 24*time.Hour {
+				return fmt.Errorf("certificate expiration deadline must be at least 24 hours")
+			}
+
 			if webhookCABundle, err = os.ReadFile(webhookCAPath); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unable to read webhook CA: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -186,7 +191,7 @@ func NewCmd(scheme *runtime.Scheme) *cobra.Command {
 				}
 			}
 
-			if err = (&controllers.CertificateLifecycle{Channel: certChannel}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
+			if err = (&controllers.CertificateLifecycle{Channel: certChannel, Deadline: certificateExpirationDeadline}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 				setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "CertificateLifecycle")
 
 				return err
@@ -309,6 +314,7 @@ func NewCmd(scheme *runtime.Scheme) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&controllerReconcileTimeout, "controller-reconcile-timeout", 30*time.Second, "The reconciliation request timeout before the controller withdraw the external resource calls, such as dealing with the Datastore, or the Tenant Control Plane API endpoint.")
 	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&cacheResyncPeriod, "cache-resync-period", 10*time.Hour, "The controller-runtime.Manager cache resync period.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&disableTelemetry, "disable-telemetry", false, "Disable the analytics traces collection.")
+	cmd.Flags().DurationVar(&certificateExpirationDeadline, "certificate-expiration-deadline", 24*time.Hour, "Define the deadline upon certificate expiration to start the renewal process, cannot be less than a 24 hours.")
 
 	cobra.OnInitialize(func() {
 		viper.AutomaticEnv()
diff --git a/controllers/certificate_lifecycle_controller.go b/controllers/certificate_lifecycle_controller.go
index fff2be0a..e9a3a681 100644
--- a/controllers/certificate_lifecycle_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/certificate_lifecycle_controller.go
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CertificateLifecycle struct {
-	Channel CertificateChannel
-	client  client.Client
+	Channel  CertificateChannel
+	Deadline time.Duration
+
+	client client.Client
 }
 
 func (s *CertificateLifecycle) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Result, error) {
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ func (s *CertificateLifecycle) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, request reconcile.
 		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 	}
 
-	deadline := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, 1)
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(s.Deadline)
 
 	if deadline.After(crt.NotAfter) {
 		logger.Info("certificate near expiration, must be rotated")
diff --git a/docs/content/guides/certs-lifecycle.md b/docs/content/guides/certs-lifecycle.md
index bcaf7169..5a72cb24 100644
--- a/docs/content/guides/certs-lifecycle.md
+++ b/docs/content/guides/certs-lifecycle.md
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ k8s-126-576c775b5d-jmvlm   4/4     Running   0          50s
 The Kamaji operator will run a controller which processes all the Secrets to determine their expiration, both for the `kubeconfig`, as well as for the certificates.
 
 The controller, named `CertificateLifecycle`, will extract the certificates from the _Secret_ objects notifying the `TenantControlPlaneReconciler` controller which will start a new certificate rotation.
-The rotation will occur the day before their expiration. 
+By default, the rotation will occur the day before their expiration.
+
+This rotation deadline can be dynamically configured using the Kamaji CLI flag `--certificate-expiration-deadline` using the Go _Duration_ syntax:
+e.g.: set the value `7d` to trigger the renewal a week before the effective expiration date.
 
 > Nota Bene:
 >