diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b5c9ad81e..57107c01d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251021124544-a2cb0c5d994d
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20251015124057-db0dee36e235
-	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.36.0
+	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.37.0
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.83.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
 	github.com/regclient/regclient v0.11.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 00678beed..20232c68e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251021124544-a2cb0c5d994d h1:qV7SZW35RjLL0Hq8y
 github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251021124544-a2cb0c5d994d/go.mod h1:d5uzF0YN2nQQFA0jIEWzzOZ+edmo6wzlGLvx5Fhz4uY=
 github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20251015124057-db0dee36e235 h1:9JBeIXmnHlpXTQPi7LPmu1jdxznBhAE7bb1K+3D8gxY=
 github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20251015124057-db0dee36e235/go.mod h1:L49W6pfrZkfOE5iC1PqEkuLkXG4W0BX4w8b+L2Bv7fM=
-github.com/operator-framework/api v0.36.0 h1:6+duRhamCvB540JbvNp/1+Pot7luff7HqdAOm9bAntg=
-github.com/operator-framework/api v0.36.0/go.mod h1:QSmHMx8XpGsNWvjU5CUelVZC916VLp/TZhfYvGKpghM=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.37.0 h1:2XCMWitBnumtJTqzip6LQKUwpM2pXVlt3gkpdlkbaCE=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.37.0/go.mod h1:NZs4vB+Jiamyv3pdPDjZtuC4U7KX0eq4z2r5hKY5fUA=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible h1:UBdAOUP5p4RWqPBg048CAvpKN+vxiaj6gdUUzhl4XmI=
 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:uqqh8zWWbv1HBMNONnaR/tNboyR3/BZd58JJSHlUSCU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/release/release.go b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/release/release.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e91adf4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/release/release.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package release
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+
+	semver "github.com/blang/semver/v4"
+)
+
+// +k8s:openapi-gen=true
+// OperatorRelease is a wrapper around a slice of semver.PRVersion which supports correct
+// marshaling to YAML and JSON.
+// +kubebuilder:validation:Type=string
+// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxLength=20
+// +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation:rule="self.matches('^[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\\\\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*$')",message="release version must be composed of dot-separated identifiers containing only alphanumerics and hyphens"
+// +kubebuilder:validation:XValidation:rule="!self.split('.').exists(x, x.matches('^0[0-9]+$'))",message="numeric identifiers in release version must not have leading zeros"
+type OperatorRelease struct {
+	Release []semver.PRVersion `json:"-"`
+}
+
+// DeepCopyInto creates a deep-copy of the Version value.
+func (v *OperatorRelease) DeepCopyInto(out *OperatorRelease) {
+	out.Release = slices.Clone(v.Release)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements the encoding/json.Marshaler interface.
+func (v OperatorRelease) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	segments := []string{}
+	for _, segment := range v.Release {
+		segments = append(segments, segment.String())
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(strings.Join(segments, "."))
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the encoding/json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (v *OperatorRelease) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) (err error) {
+	var versionString string
+
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(data, &versionString); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	segments := strings.Split(versionString, ".")
+	for _, segment := range segments {
+		release, err := semver.NewPRVersion(segment)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		v.Release = append(v.Release, release)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// OpenAPISchemaType is used by the kube-openapi generator when constructing
+// the OpenAPI spec of this type.
+//
+// See: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-openapi/tree/master/pkg/generators
+func (_ OperatorRelease) OpenAPISchemaType() []string { return []string{"string"} }
+
+// OpenAPISchemaFormat is used by the kube-openapi generator when constructing
+// the OpenAPI spec of this type.
+// "semver" is not a standard openapi format but tooling may use the value regardless
+func (_ OperatorRelease) OpenAPISchemaFormat() string { return "semver" }
+
+func (r OperatorRelease) String() string {
+	segments := []string{}
+	for _, segment := range r.Release {
+		segments = append(segments, segment.String())
+	}
+	return strings.Join(segments, ".")
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/clusterserviceversion_types.go b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/clusterserviceversion_types.go
index 3e6d32480..1efb4323c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/clusterserviceversion_types.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/clusterserviceversion_types.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 
+	"github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/release"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/version"
 )
 
@@ -274,8 +275,25 @@ type APIServiceDefinitions struct {
 // that can manage apps for a given version.
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
 type ClusterServiceVersionSpec struct {
-	InstallStrategy           NamedInstallStrategy      `json:"install"`
-	Version                   version.OperatorVersion   `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	InstallStrategy NamedInstallStrategy    `json:"install"`
+	Version         version.OperatorVersion `json:"version,omitempty"`
+	// release specifies the packaging version of the operator, defaulting to empty
+	// release is optional
+	//
+	// A ClusterServiceVersion's release field is used to distinguish between different builds of the same operator version
+	// This is useful for operators that need to make changes to the CSV which don't affect their functionality,
+	// for example:
+	// - to fix a typo in their description
+	// - to add/amend annotations or labels
+	// - to amend examples or documentation
+	// - to produce different builds for different environments
+	//
+	// It is up to operator authors to determine the semantics of release versions they use
+	// for their operator.  All release versions must conform to the semver prerelease format
+	// (dot-separated identifiers containing only alphanumerics and hyphens) and are limited
+	// to a maximum length of 20 characters.
+	// +optional
+	Release                   release.OperatorRelease   `json:"release,omitzero"`
 	Maturity                  string                    `json:"maturity,omitempty"`
 	CustomResourceDefinitions CustomResourceDefinitions `json:"customresourcedefinitions,omitempty"`
 	APIServiceDefinitions     APIServiceDefinitions     `json:"apiservicedefinitions,omitempty"`
@@ -595,6 +613,7 @@ type ResourceInstance struct {
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Display",type=string,JSONPath=`.spec.displayName`,description="The name of the CSV"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Version",type=string,JSONPath=`.spec.version`,description="The version of the CSV"
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Release",type=string,JSONPath=`.spec.release`,description="The release of this version of the CSV"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Replaces",type=string,JSONPath=`.spec.replaces`,description="The name of a CSV that this one replaces"
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Phase",type=string,JSONPath=`.status.phase`
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 684a7432a..685fa26a3 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ func (in *ClusterServiceVersionSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *ClusterServiceVersionSpec
 	*out = *in
 	in.InstallStrategy.DeepCopyInto(&out.InstallStrategy)
 	in.Version.DeepCopyInto(&out.Version)
+	in.Release.DeepCopyInto(&out.Release)
 	in.CustomResourceDefinitions.DeepCopyInto(&out.CustomResourceDefinitions)
 	in.APIServiceDefinitions.DeepCopyInto(&out.APIServiceDefinitions)
 	if in.WebhookDefinitions != nil {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 675a74095..c1c64f3d1 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -269,8 +269,9 @@ github.com/openshift/client-go/image/applyconfigurations/image/v1
 github.com/openshift/client-go/image/applyconfigurations/internal
 github.com/openshift/client-go/image/clientset/versioned/scheme
 github.com/openshift/client-go/image/clientset/versioned/typed/image/v1
-# github.com/operator-framework/api v0.36.0
+# github.com/operator-framework/api v0.37.0
 ## explicit; go 1.24.6
+github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/release
 github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/version
 github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators
 github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1