diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8f67bc74..4b4abe75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ on:
       - "renovate/**"
     tags:
       - '[0-9][0-9].[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - '[0-9][0-9].[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+'
   pull_request:
   merge_group:
   schedule:
@@ -344,9 +345,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           crate: cargo-edit
           bin: cargo-set-version
-      - name: Update version if PR
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      - name: Update version if PR against main branch
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
         run: cargo set-version --offline --workspace 0.0.0-pr${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+      - name: Update version if PR against non-main branch
+        # For PRs to be merged against a release branch, use the version that has already been set in the calling script.
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+        env:
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: |
+          MANIFEST_VERSION=$(cargo metadata --format-version 1 --no-deps | jq -r '.packages[0].version')
+          PR_VERSION="${MANIFEST_VERSION}-pr${PR_NUMBER}"
+          cargo set-version --offline --workspace "$PR_VERSION"
 
       # Recreate charts and publish charts and docker image. The "-e" is needed as we want to override the
       # default value in the makefile if called from this action, but not otherwise (i.e. when called locally).
@@ -410,9 +420,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           crate: cargo-edit
           bin: cargo-set-version
-      - name: Update version if PR
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+      - name: Update version if PR against main branch
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
         run: cargo set-version --offline --workspace 0.0.0-pr${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+      - name: Update version if PR against non-main branch
+        # For PRs to be merged against a release branch, use the version that has already been set in the calling script.
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+        env:
+          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        run: |
+          MANIFEST_VERSION=$(cargo metadata --format-version 1 --no-deps | jq -r '.packages[0].version')
+          PR_VERSION="${MANIFEST_VERSION}-pr${PR_NUMBER}"
+          cargo set-version --offline --workspace "$PR_VERSION"
       - name: Build manifest list
         run: |
           # Creating manifest list
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c02b275..2628fbd2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [24.11.1-rc1] - 2024-12-06
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix OIDC endpoint construction in case the `rootPath` does have a trailing slash ([#569]).
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac49679f..f3d792d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2233,7 +2233,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-superset-crd"
-version = "24.11.0"
+version = "24.11.1-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "indoc",
  "product-config",
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-superset-operator"
-version = "24.11.0"
+version = "24.11.1-rc1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "built",
diff --git a/Cargo.nix b/Cargo.nix
index 7e3b7302..b6bf2839 100644
--- a/Cargo.nix
+++ b/Cargo.nix
@@ -2004,6 +2004,21 @@ rec {
         };
         resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "alloc" "std" ];
       };
+      "futures-timer" = rec {
+        crateName = "futures-timer";
+        version = "3.0.3";
+        edition = "2018";
+        sha256 = "094vw8k37djpbwv74bwf2qb7n6v6ghif4myss6smd6hgyajb127j";
+        libName = "futures_timer";
+        authors = [
+          "Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "gloo-timers" = [ "dep:gloo-timers" ];
+          "send_wrapper" = [ "dep:send_wrapper" ];
+          "wasm-bindgen" = [ "gloo-timers" "send_wrapper" ];
+        };
+      };
       "futures-util" = rec {
         crateName = "futures-util";
         version = "0.3.31";
@@ -5031,6 +5046,23 @@ rec {
         };
         resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "simd" "std" ];
       };
+      "proc-macro-crate" = rec {
+        crateName = "proc-macro-crate";
+        version = "3.2.0";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "0yzsqnavb3lmrcsmbrdjfrky9vcbl46v59xi9avn0796rb3likwf";
+        libName = "proc_macro_crate";
+        authors = [
+          "Bastian Köcher <git@kchr.de>"
+        ];
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "toml_edit";
+            packageId = "toml_edit";
+          }
+        ];
+
+      };
       "proc-macro2" = rec {
         crateName = "proc-macro2";
         version = "1.0.89";
@@ -5424,6 +5456,20 @@ rec {
         };
         resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "default" "std" "unicode" "unicode-age" "unicode-bool" "unicode-case" "unicode-gencat" "unicode-perl" "unicode-script" "unicode-segment" ];
       };
+      "relative-path" = rec {
+        crateName = "relative-path";
+        version = "1.9.3";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "1limlh8fzwi21g0473fqzd6fln9iqkwvzp3816bxi31pkilz6fds";
+        libName = "relative_path";
+        authors = [
+          "John-John Tedro <udoprog@tedro.se>"
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "serde" = [ "dep:serde" ];
+        };
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "default" ];
+      };
       "ring" = rec {
         crateName = "ring";
         version = "0.17.8";
@@ -5489,6 +5535,105 @@ rec {
         };
         resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "alloc" "default" "dev_urandom_fallback" ];
       };
+      "rstest" = rec {
+        crateName = "rstest";
+        version = "0.23.0";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "0d90hr3i2yajzgpzvsh6p2yjzmcb3nm8884xdbb5sswvwmdmhb0a";
+        authors = [
+          "Michele d'Amico <michele.damico@gmail.com>"
+        ];
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "futures";
+            packageId = "futures 0.3.31";
+            optional = true;
+          }
+          {
+            name = "futures-timer";
+            packageId = "futures-timer";
+            optional = true;
+          }
+          {
+            name = "rstest_macros";
+            packageId = "rstest_macros";
+            usesDefaultFeatures = false;
+          }
+        ];
+        buildDependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "rustc_version";
+            packageId = "rustc_version";
+          }
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "async-timeout" = [ "dep:futures" "dep:futures-timer" "rstest_macros/async-timeout" ];
+          "crate-name" = [ "rstest_macros/crate-name" ];
+          "default" = [ "async-timeout" "crate-name" ];
+        };
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "async-timeout" "crate-name" "default" ];
+      };
+      "rstest_macros" = rec {
+        crateName = "rstest_macros";
+        version = "0.23.0";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "0nmdm7a4ysihnh0zz6w6gqrmw205zfp7xqkb2id3858vg20afpl2";
+        procMacro = true;
+        authors = [
+          "Michele d'Amico <michele.damico@gmail.com>"
+        ];
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "cfg-if";
+            packageId = "cfg-if";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "glob";
+            packageId = "glob";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "proc-macro-crate";
+            packageId = "proc-macro-crate";
+            optional = true;
+          }
+          {
+            name = "proc-macro2";
+            packageId = "proc-macro2";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "quote";
+            packageId = "quote";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "regex";
+            packageId = "regex";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "relative-path";
+            packageId = "relative-path";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "syn";
+            packageId = "syn 2.0.82";
+            features = [ "full" "parsing" "extra-traits" "visit" "visit-mut" ];
+          }
+          {
+            name = "unicode-ident";
+            packageId = "unicode-ident";
+          }
+        ];
+        buildDependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "rustc_version";
+            packageId = "rustc_version";
+          }
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "crate-name" = [ "dep:proc-macro-crate" ];
+          "default" = [ "async-timeout" "crate-name" ];
+        };
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "async-timeout" "crate-name" ];
+      };
       "rustc-demangle" = rec {
         crateName = "rustc-demangle";
         version = "0.1.24";
@@ -5504,6 +5649,19 @@ rec {
           "rustc-dep-of-std" = [ "core" "compiler_builtins" ];
         };
       };
+      "rustc_version" = rec {
+        crateName = "rustc_version";
+        version = "0.4.1";
+        edition = "2018";
+        sha256 = "14lvdsmr5si5qbqzrajgb6vfn69k0sfygrvfvr2mps26xwi3mjyg";
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "semver";
+            packageId = "semver";
+          }
+        ];
+
+      };
       "rustls" = rec {
         crateName = "rustls";
         version = "0.23.15";
@@ -6754,7 +6912,7 @@ rec {
       };
       "stackable-superset-crd" = rec {
         crateName = "stackable-superset-crd";
-        version = "24.11.0";
+        version = "24.11.1-rc1";
         edition = "2021";
         src = lib.cleanSourceWith { filter = sourceFilter;  src = ./rust/crd; };
         libName = "stackable_superset_crd";
@@ -6812,7 +6970,7 @@ rec {
       };
       "stackable-superset-operator" = rec {
         crateName = "stackable-superset-operator";
-        version = "24.11.0";
+        version = "24.11.1-rc1";
         edition = "2021";
         crateBin = [
           {
@@ -6890,6 +7048,12 @@ rec {
             features = [ "chrono" "git2" ];
           }
         ];
+        devDependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "rstest";
+            packageId = "rstest";
+          }
+        ];
 
       };
       "strsim" = rec {
@@ -7609,6 +7773,51 @@ rec {
         };
         resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "codec" "default" "io" "slab" "time" ];
       };
+      "toml_datetime" = rec {
+        crateName = "toml_datetime";
+        version = "0.6.8";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "0hgv7v9g35d7y9r2afic58jvlwnf73vgd1mz2k8gihlgrf73bmqd";
+        authors = [
+          "Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "serde" = [ "dep:serde" ];
+        };
+      };
+      "toml_edit" = rec {
+        crateName = "toml_edit";
+        version = "0.22.22";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "1xf7sxfzmnc45f75x302qrn5aph52vc8w226v59yhrm211i8vr2a";
+        authors = [
+          "Andronik Ordian <write@reusable.software>"
+          "Ed Page <eopage@gmail.com>"
+        ];
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "indexmap";
+            packageId = "indexmap";
+            features = [ "std" ];
+          }
+          {
+            name = "toml_datetime";
+            packageId = "toml_datetime";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "winnow";
+            packageId = "winnow";
+            optional = true;
+          }
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "default" = [ "parse" "display" ];
+          "parse" = [ "dep:winnow" ];
+          "perf" = [ "dep:kstring" ];
+          "serde" = [ "dep:serde" "toml_datetime/serde" "dep:serde_spanned" ];
+        };
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "default" "display" "parse" ];
+      };
       "tower" = rec {
         crateName = "tower";
         version = "0.5.1";
@@ -9410,6 +9619,28 @@ rec {
         ];
 
       };
+      "winnow" = rec {
+        crateName = "winnow";
+        version = "0.6.20";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "16y4i8z9vh8hazjxg5mvmq0c5i35wlk8rxi5gkq6cn5vlb0zxh9n";
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "memchr";
+            packageId = "memchr";
+            optional = true;
+            usesDefaultFeatures = false;
+          }
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "debug" = [ "std" "dep:anstream" "dep:anstyle" "dep:is-terminal" "dep:terminal_size" ];
+          "default" = [ "std" ];
+          "simd" = [ "dep:memchr" ];
+          "std" = [ "alloc" "memchr?/std" ];
+          "unstable-doc" = [ "alloc" "std" "simd" "unstable-recover" ];
+        };
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "alloc" "default" "std" ];
+      };
       "xml-rs" = rec {
         crateName = "xml-rs";
         version = "0.8.22";
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 668cba09..ceb1ee72 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = ["rust/crd", "rust/operator-binary"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "24.11.0"
+version = "24.11.1-rc1"
 authors = ["Stackable GmbH <info@stackable.tech>"]
 license = "OSL-3.0"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/superset-operator/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/superset-operator/Chart.yaml
index 9eda9e3e..da64ff4b 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/superset-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/superset-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: v2
 name: superset-operator
-version: "24.11.0"
-appVersion: "24.11.0"
+version: "24.11.1-rc1"
+appVersion: "24.11.1-rc1"
 description: The Stackable Operator for Apache Superset
 home: https://github.com/stackabletech/superset-operator
 maintainers:
diff --git a/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh b/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
index 1c6bd5f9..0278fe68 100755
--- a/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
+++ b/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/getting_started.sh
@@ -32,20 +32,20 @@ echo "Updating Helm repo"
 helm repo update
 echo "Installing Operators with Helm"
 # tag::helm-install-operators[]
-helm install --wait commons-operator stackable-stable/commons-operator --version 24.11.0
-helm install --wait secret-operator stackable-stable/secret-operator --version 24.11.0
-helm install --wait listener-operator stackable-stable/listener-operator --version 24.11.0
-helm install --wait superset-operator stackable-stable/superset-operator --version 24.11.0
+helm install --wait commons-operator stackable-stable/commons-operator --version 24.11.1-rc1
+helm install --wait secret-operator stackable-stable/secret-operator --version 24.11.1-rc1
+helm install --wait listener-operator stackable-stable/listener-operator --version 24.11.1-rc1
+helm install --wait superset-operator stackable-stable/superset-operator --version 24.11.1-rc1
 # end::helm-install-operators[]
 ;;
 "stackablectl")
 echo "installing Operators with stackablectl"
 # tag::stackablectl-install-operators[]
 stackablectl operator install \
-  commons=24.11.0 \
-  secret=24.11.0 \
-  listener=24.11.0 \
-  superset=24.11.0
+  commons=24.11.1-rc1 \
+  secret=24.11.1-rc1 \
+  listener=24.11.1-rc1 \
+  superset=24.11.1-rc1
 # end::stackablectl-install-operators[]
 ;;
 *)
diff --git a/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt b/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt
index c71da3a4..a66cd12a 100644
--- a/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt
+++ b/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/install_output.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Installed commons=24.11.0 operator
-Installed secret=24.11.0 operator
-Installed listener=24.11.0 operator
-Installed superset=24.11.0 operator
+Installed commons=24.11.1-rc1 operator
+Installed secret=24.11.1-rc1 operator
+Installed listener=24.11.1-rc1 operator
+Installed superset=24.11.1-rc1 operator
diff --git a/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/superset-load-examples-job.yaml b/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/superset-load-examples-job.yaml
index e05be96d..6d3cf5c9 100644
--- a/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/superset-load-examples-job.yaml
+++ b/docs/modules/superset/examples/getting_started/superset-load-examples-job.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
         name: config
       containers:
       - name: superset
-        image: docker.stackable.tech/stackable/superset:4.0.2-stackable24.11.0
+        image: docker.stackable.tech/stackable/superset:4.0.2-stackable24.11.1-rc1
         command: [
           "/bin/sh",
           "-c",
diff --git a/docs/templating_vars.yaml b/docs/templating_vars.yaml
index 063dd97b..cfa5fb65 100644
--- a/docs/templating_vars.yaml
+++ b/docs/templating_vars.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ helm:
   repo_name: stackable-stable
   repo_url: https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/helm-stable/
 versions:
-  commons: 24.11.0
-  secret: 24.11.0
-  listener: 24.11.0
-  superset: 24.11.0
+  commons: 24.11.1-rc1
+  secret: 24.11.1-rc1
+  listener: 24.11.1-rc1
+  superset: 24.11.1-rc1
diff --git a/tests/release.yaml b/tests/release.yaml
index 4e9640e7..2f2667a6 100644
--- a/tests/release.yaml
+++ b/tests/release.yaml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ releases:
     description: Integration test
     products:
       commons:
-        operatorVersion: 24.11.0
+        operatorVersion: 24.11.1-rc1
       secret:
-        operatorVersion: 24.11.0
+        operatorVersion: 24.11.1-rc1
       listener:
-        operatorVersion: 24.11.0
+        operatorVersion: 24.11.1-rc1
       druid:
-        operatorVersion: 24.11.0
+        operatorVersion: 24.11.1-rc1
       superset:
-        operatorVersion: 24.11.0
+        operatorVersion: 24.11.1-rc1