diff --git a/api/v1alpha2/reference_types.go b/api/v1alpha2/reference_types.go
index 5622efc9..ddccdd12 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha2/reference_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha2/reference_types.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ type RunnerPodSpec struct {
 
 	// Runner pod ImagePullPolicy to use other than default
 	// +optional
-	ImagePullPolicy v1.PullPolicy `json:"imagePullPolicy,omitempty"`
+	ImagePullPolicy string `json:"imagePullPolicy,omitempty"`
 
 	// List of sources to populate environment variables in the container.
 	// The keys defined within a source must be a C_IDENTIFIER. All invalid keys
diff --git a/controllers/tc000260_runner_pod_test.go b/controllers/tc000260_runner_pod_test.go
index 8830b68d..e2536619 100644
--- a/controllers/tc000260_runner_pod_test.go
+++ b/controllers/tc000260_runner_pod_test.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func Test_000260_runner_pod_test(t *testing.T) {
 	spec := reconciler.runnerPodSpec(helloWorldTF, "runner.tls-123")
 	g.Expect(spec.ServiceAccountName).To(Equal(serviceAccountName))
 	g.Expect(spec.Containers[0].Image).To(Equal(runnerPodImage))
+	g.Expect(spec.Containers[0].ImagePullPolicy).To(Equal(corev1.PullIfNotPresent))
 	g.Expect(spec.HostAliases[0].Hostnames).To(Equal([]string{"foo", "bar"}))
 
 	podTemplate, err := runnerPodTemplate(helloWorldTF, "runner.tls-123", revision)
@@ -178,6 +179,76 @@ func Test_000260_runner_pod_test_env_vars(t *testing.T) {
 	}()).To(BeTrue())
 }
 
+func Test_000260_runner_pod_a_test_image_pull_policy(t *testing.T) {
+	Spec("This spec describes a runner pod creation process")
+
+	const (
+		terraformName      = "runner-pod-test"
+		sourceName         = "runner-pod-test"
+		serviceAccountName = "helloworld-tf-runner"
+		runnerPodImage     = "ghcr.io/weaveworks/tf-runner:test"
+		revision           = "v2.6@sha256:c7fd0cc69b924aa5f9a6928477311737e439ca1b9e444855b0377e8a8ec65bb5"
+	)
+
+	var stringMap = map[string]string{
+		"company.com/abc":                "xyz",
+		"company.com/xyz":                "abc",
+		"tf.weave.works/tls-secret-name": "runner.tls-123",
+	}
+
+	g := NewWithT(t)
+
+	It("generate a runner pod template")
+	By("passing a terraform object, the runner pod template should be accurate")
+	helloWorldTF := infrav1.Terraform{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      terraformName,
+			Namespace: "flux-system",
+		},
+		Spec: infrav1.TerraformSpec{
+			ApprovePlan: "auto",
+			Path:        "./terraform-hello-world-example",
+			SourceRef: infrav1.CrossNamespaceSourceReference{
+				Kind:      "GitRepository",
+				Name:      sourceName,
+				Namespace: "flux-system",
+			},
+			ServiceAccountName: serviceAccountName,
+			RunnerPodTemplate: infrav1.RunnerPodTemplate{
+				Metadata: infrav1.RunnerPodMetadata{
+					Labels:      stringMap,
+					Annotations: stringMap,
+				},
+				Spec: infrav1.RunnerPodSpec{
+					Image:           runnerPodImage,
+					ImagePullPolicy: "Always",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	spec := reconciler.runnerPodSpec(helloWorldTF, "runner.tls-123")
+	g.Expect(spec.ServiceAccountName).To(Equal(serviceAccountName))
+	g.Expect(spec.Containers[0].Image).To(Equal(runnerPodImage))
+	g.Expect(spec.Containers[0].ImagePullPolicy).To(Equal(corev1.PullAlways))
+
+	podTemplate, err := runnerPodTemplate(helloWorldTF, "runner.tls-123", revision)
+	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+	g.Expect(func() bool {
+		for k, v := range stringMap {
+			if v != podTemplate.ObjectMeta.Labels[k] {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		for k, v := range stringMap {
+			if v != podTemplate.ObjectMeta.Annotations[k] {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	}()).To(BeTrue())
+}
+
 func Test_000260_runner_pod_test_env_vars_proxy(t *testing.T) {
 	Spec("This spec describes a runner pod creation process")
 
diff --git a/controllers/tf_controller_runner.go b/controllers/tf_controller_runner.go
index 9e30e815..743d499e 100644
--- a/controllers/tf_controller_runner.go
+++ b/controllers/tf_controller_runner.go
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ func getRunnerPodImage(image string) string {
 	return runnerPodImage
 }
 
-func getRunnerImagePullPolicy(imagePullPolicy v1.PullPolicy) v1.PullPolicy {
-	runnerImagePullPolicy := imagePullPolicy
+func getRunnerImagePullPolicy(imagePullPolicy string) v1.PullPolicy {
+	runnerImagePullPolicy := v1.PullPolicy(imagePullPolicy)
 	if runnerImagePullPolicy == "" {
 		runnerImagePullPolicy = v1.PullIfNotPresent
 	}
diff --git a/docs/References/terraform.md b/docs/References/terraform.md
index 3f92743f..1d8f43e9 100644
--- a/docs/References/terraform.md
+++ b/docs/References/terraform.md
@@ -870,9 +870,7 @@ string
 <td>
 <code>imagePullPolicy</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.23/#pullpolicy-v1-core">
-Kubernetes core/v1.PullPolicy
-</a>
+string
 </em>
 </td>
 <td>
@@ -1113,9 +1111,7 @@ string
 <td>
 <code>imagePullPolicy</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.23/#pullpolicy-v1-core">
-Kubernetes core/v1.PullPolicy
-</a>
+string
 </em>
 </td>
 <td>