diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 56bd9544..9d91143b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   Owner references ensure that objects are garbage collected by OpenShift upon operator removal but they cause problems when the operator is updated.
   This means that cluster wide objects are not removed anymore when the operator is uninstalled.
   This behaviour is in line with the default behaviour of Helm and OLM.
+- Bump testing-tools to `0.3.0-stackable0.0.0-dev` ([#671]).
 
 ### Removed
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#481]: https://github.com/stackabletech/secret-operator/issues/481
 [#667]: https://github.com/stackabletech/secret-operator/pull/667
 [#670]: https://github.com/stackabletech/secret-operator/pull/670
+[#671]: https://github.com/stackabletech/secret-operator/pull/671
 
 ## [25.11.0] - 2025-11-07
 
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/cert-manager-tls/10_consumer.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/cert-manager-tls/10_consumer.yaml
index f66fbf52..f42d0280 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/cert-manager-tls/10_consumer.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/cert-manager-tls/10_consumer.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: consumer
-          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.2.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
+          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.3.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
           command:
             - bash
           args:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/listener/02-client.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/listener/02-client.yaml.j2
index 4eb3e943..b0566186 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/listener/02-client.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/listener/02-client.yaml.j2
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccount: client-sa
       containers:
         - name: client
-          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.2.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
+          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.3.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
           command:
             - sh
           args:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/03-create-trust-roots.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/03-create-trust-roots.yaml
index cc5e2ae3..a8c3a8c4 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/03-create-trust-roots.yaml
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/03-create-trust-roots.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: create-trust-roots
-          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.2.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
+          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.3.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
           command:
             - bash
           args:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/10_consumer.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/10_consumer.yaml.j2
index 4c51e340..8a8f4b32 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/10_consumer.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/tls/10_consumer.yaml.j2
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: consumer
-          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.2.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
+          image: oci.stackable.tech/sdp/testing-tools:0.3.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
           command:
             - bash
           args: