diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ceb07b2d..0ee2676d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Support objectOverrides using `.spec.objectOverrides`.
+  See [objectOverrides concepts page](https://docs.stackable.tech/home/nightly/concepts/overrides/#object-overrides) for details ([#831]).
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pin k8s-openapi to `0.26.0` ([#831]).
+
+[#831]: https://github.com/stackabletech/trino-operator/pull/831
+
 ## [25.11.0] - 2025-11-07
 
 ## [25.11.0-rc1] - 2025-11-06
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13f99984..8b7f6a20 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "baaaa0ecca5b51987b9423ccdc971514dd8b0bb7b4060b983d3664dad3f1f89f"
+checksum = "633458d4ef8c78b72454de2d54fd6ab2e60f9e02be22f3c6104cdc8a4e0fceb9"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
@@ -458,8 +458,18 @@ version = "0.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9cdf337090841a411e2a7f3deb9187445851f91b309c0c0a29e05f74a00a48c0"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
- "darling_macro",
+ "darling_core 0.21.3",
+ "darling_macro 0.21.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25ae13da2f202d56bd7f91c25fba009e7717a1e4a1cc98a76d844b65ae912e9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.23.0",
+ "darling_macro 0.23.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -476,13 +486,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.108",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_core"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9865a50f7c335f53564bb694ef660825eb8610e0a53d3e11bf1b0d3df31e03b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "ident_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strsim",
+ "syn 2.0.108",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.21.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d38308df82d1080de0afee5d069fa14b0326a88c14f15c5ccda35b4a6c414c81"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
+ "darling_core 0.21.3",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.108",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_macro"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3984ec7bd6cfa798e62b4a642426a5be0e68f9401cfc2a01e3fa9ea2fcdb8d"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.23.0",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.108",
 ]
@@ -1353,9 +1387,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "k8s-version"
 version = "0.1.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c"
 dependencies = [
- "darling",
+ "darling 0.23.0",
  "regex",
  "snafu 0.8.9",
 ]
@@ -1430,7 +1464,7 @@ name = "kube-derive"
 version = "2.0.1"
 source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/kube-rs?branch=2.0.1-fix-schema-hoisting#26543e85dc7daaf82d8f7dbd902b26775798879e"
 dependencies = [
- "darling",
+ "darling 0.21.3",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde",
@@ -2504,8 +2538,8 @@ checksum = "6ce2be8dc25455e1f91df71bfa12ad37d7af1092ae736f3a6cd0e37bc7810596"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator"
-version = "0.100.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40"
+version = "0.101.2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -2543,9 +2577,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator-derive"
 version = "0.3.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c"
 dependencies = [
- "darling",
+ "darling 0.23.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.108",
@@ -2554,7 +2588,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-shared"
 version = "0.0.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "k8s-openapi",
@@ -2571,7 +2605,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-telemetry"
 version = "0.6.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "clap",
@@ -2603,6 +2637,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "const_format",
  "futures 0.3.31",
  "indoc",
+ "k8s-openapi",
  "openssl",
  "product-config",
  "rstest",
@@ -2619,7 +2654,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-versioned"
 version = "0.8.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c"
 dependencies = [
  "schemars",
  "serde",
@@ -2632,10 +2667,10 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-versioned-macros"
 version = "0.8.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case",
- "darling",
+ "darling 0.23.0",
  "indoc",
  "itertools",
  "k8s-openapi",
diff --git a/Cargo.nix b/Cargo.nix
index 83b0e3de..0f178fe0 100644
--- a/Cargo.nix
+++ b/Cargo.nix
@@ -1233,9 +1233,9 @@ rec {
       };
       "convert_case" = rec {
         crateName = "convert_case";
-        version = "0.8.0";
+        version = "0.10.0";
         edition = "2021";
-        sha256 = "17zqy79xlr1n7nc0n1mlnw5qpp8l2nbxrk13jixrhlavrbna1ams";
+        sha256 = "1fff1x78mp2c233g68my0ag0zrmjdbym8bfyahjbfy4cxza5hd33";
         authors = [
           "rutrum <dave@rutrum.net>"
         ];
@@ -1245,10 +1245,7 @@ rec {
             packageId = "unicode-segmentation";
           }
         ];
-        features = {
-          "rand" = [ "dep:rand" ];
-          "random" = [ "rand" ];
-        };
+
       };
       "core-foundation" = rec {
         crateName = "core-foundation";
@@ -1405,7 +1402,7 @@ rec {
           "rand_core" = [ "dep:rand_core" ];
         };
       };
-      "darling" = rec {
+      "darling 0.21.3" = rec {
         crateName = "darling";
         version = "0.21.3";
         edition = "2021";
@@ -1416,11 +1413,37 @@ rec {
         dependencies = [
           {
             name = "darling_core";
-            packageId = "darling_core";
+            packageId = "darling_core 0.21.3";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "darling_macro";
+            packageId = "darling_macro 0.21.3";
+          }
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "default" = [ "suggestions" ];
+          "diagnostics" = [ "darling_core/diagnostics" ];
+          "serde" = [ "darling_core/serde" ];
+          "suggestions" = [ "darling_core/suggestions" ];
+        };
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "default" "suggestions" ];
+      };
+      "darling 0.23.0" = rec {
+        crateName = "darling";
+        version = "0.23.0";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "179fj6p6ajw4dnkrik51wjhifxwy02x5zhligyymcb905zd17bi5";
+        authors = [
+          "Ted Driggs <ted.driggs@outlook.com>"
+        ];
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "darling_core";
+            packageId = "darling_core 0.23.0";
           }
           {
             name = "darling_macro";
-            packageId = "darling_macro";
+            packageId = "darling_macro 0.23.0";
           }
         ];
         features = {
@@ -1431,7 +1454,7 @@ rec {
         };
         resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "default" "suggestions" ];
       };
-      "darling_core" = rec {
+      "darling_core 0.21.3" = rec {
         crateName = "darling_core";
         version = "0.21.3";
         edition = "2021";
@@ -1474,7 +1497,46 @@ rec {
         };
         resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "strsim" "suggestions" ];
       };
-      "darling_macro" = rec {
+      "darling_core 0.23.0" = rec {
+        crateName = "darling_core";
+        version = "0.23.0";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "1c033vrks38vpw8kwgd5w088dsr511kfz55n9db56prkgh7sarcq";
+        authors = [
+          "Ted Driggs <ted.driggs@outlook.com>"
+        ];
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "ident_case";
+            packageId = "ident_case";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "proc-macro2";
+            packageId = "proc-macro2";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "quote";
+            packageId = "quote";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "strsim";
+            packageId = "strsim";
+            optional = true;
+          }
+          {
+            name = "syn";
+            packageId = "syn 2.0.108";
+            features = [ "full" "extra-traits" ];
+          }
+        ];
+        features = {
+          "serde" = [ "dep:serde" ];
+          "strsim" = [ "dep:strsim" ];
+          "suggestions" = [ "strsim" ];
+        };
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "strsim" "suggestions" ];
+      };
+      "darling_macro 0.21.3" = rec {
         crateName = "darling_macro";
         version = "0.21.3";
         edition = "2021";
@@ -1486,7 +1548,32 @@ rec {
         dependencies = [
           {
             name = "darling_core";
-            packageId = "darling_core";
+            packageId = "darling_core 0.21.3";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "quote";
+            packageId = "quote";
+          }
+          {
+            name = "syn";
+            packageId = "syn 2.0.108";
+          }
+        ];
+
+      };
+      "darling_macro 0.23.0" = rec {
+        crateName = "darling_macro";
+        version = "0.23.0";
+        edition = "2021";
+        sha256 = "13fvzji9xyp304mgq720z5l0xgm54qj68jibwscagkynggn88fdc";
+        procMacro = true;
+        authors = [
+          "Ted Driggs <ted.driggs@outlook.com>"
+        ];
+        dependencies = [
+          {
+            name = "darling_core";
+            packageId = "darling_core 0.23.0";
           }
           {
             name = "quote";
@@ -4207,7 +4294,7 @@ rec {
           "latest" = [ "v1_34" ];
           "schemars" = [ "dep:schemars" ];
         };
-        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "schemars" "v1_34" ];
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "default" "schemars" "std" "v1_34" ];
       };
       "k8s-version" = rec {
         crateName = "k8s-version";
@@ -4216,8 +4303,8 @@ rec {
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40";
-          sha256 = "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l";
+          rev = "13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c";
+          sha256 = "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j";
         };
         libName = "k8s_version";
         authors = [
@@ -4226,7 +4313,7 @@ rec {
         dependencies = [
           {
             name = "darling";
-            packageId = "darling";
+            packageId = "darling 0.23.0";
             optional = true;
           }
           {
@@ -4320,7 +4407,7 @@ rec {
           "webpki-roots" = [ "kube-client/webpki-roots" "client" ];
           "ws" = [ "kube-client/ws" "kube-core/ws" ];
         };
-        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "client" "config" "derive" "jsonpatch" "kube-client" "kube-derive" "kube-runtime" "ring" "runtime" "rustls-tls" ];
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "admission" "client" "config" "derive" "jsonpatch" "kube-client" "kube-derive" "kube-runtime" "ring" "runtime" "rustls-tls" ];
       };
       "kube-client" = rec {
         crateName = "kube-client";
@@ -4645,7 +4732,7 @@ rec {
           "schema" = [ "schemars" ];
           "schemars" = [ "dep:schemars" ];
         };
-        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "json-patch" "jsonpatch" "schema" "schemars" ];
+        resolvedDefaultFeatures = [ "admission" "json-patch" "jsonpatch" "schema" "schemars" ];
       };
       "kube-derive" = rec {
         crateName = "kube-derive";
@@ -4667,7 +4754,7 @@ rec {
         dependencies = [
           {
             name = "darling";
-            packageId = "darling";
+            packageId = "darling 0.21.3";
           }
           {
             name = "proc-macro2";
@@ -8147,13 +8234,13 @@ rec {
       };
       "stackable-operator" = rec {
         crateName = "stackable-operator";
-        version = "0.100.1";
+        version = "0.101.2";
         edition = "2024";
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40";
-          sha256 = "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l";
+          rev = "13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c";
+          sha256 = "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j";
         };
         libName = "stackable_operator";
         authors = [
@@ -8218,7 +8305,7 @@ rec {
             name = "kube";
             packageId = "kube";
             usesDefaultFeatures = false;
-            features = [ "client" "jsonpatch" "runtime" "derive" "rustls-tls" "ring" ];
+            features = [ "client" "jsonpatch" "runtime" "derive" "admission" "rustls-tls" "ring" ];
           }
           {
             name = "product-config";
@@ -8321,8 +8408,8 @@ rec {
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40";
-          sha256 = "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l";
+          rev = "13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c";
+          sha256 = "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j";
         };
         procMacro = true;
         libName = "stackable_operator_derive";
@@ -8332,7 +8419,7 @@ rec {
         dependencies = [
           {
             name = "darling";
-            packageId = "darling";
+            packageId = "darling 0.23.0";
           }
           {
             name = "proc-macro2";
@@ -8356,8 +8443,8 @@ rec {
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40";
-          sha256 = "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l";
+          rev = "13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c";
+          sha256 = "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j";
         };
         libName = "stackable_shared";
         authors = [
@@ -8380,7 +8467,7 @@ rec {
             name = "kube";
             packageId = "kube";
             usesDefaultFeatures = false;
-            features = [ "client" "jsonpatch" "runtime" "derive" "rustls-tls" "ring" ];
+            features = [ "client" "jsonpatch" "runtime" "derive" "admission" "rustls-tls" "ring" ];
           }
           {
             name = "schemars";
@@ -8438,8 +8525,8 @@ rec {
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40";
-          sha256 = "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l";
+          rev = "13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c";
+          sha256 = "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j";
         };
         libName = "stackable_telemetry";
         authors = [
@@ -8582,6 +8669,10 @@ rec {
             name = "indoc";
             packageId = "indoc";
           }
+          {
+            name = "k8s-openapi";
+            packageId = "k8s-openapi";
+          }
           {
             name = "openssl";
             packageId = "openssl";
@@ -8653,8 +8744,8 @@ rec {
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40";
-          sha256 = "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l";
+          rev = "13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c";
+          sha256 = "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j";
         };
         libName = "stackable_versioned";
         authors = [
@@ -8697,8 +8788,8 @@ rec {
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "184423db7409f853bd69db7eeecd1affbf97ef40";
-          sha256 = "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l";
+          rev = "13cf69454684ccf105d7377ca369d62b7b07250c";
+          sha256 = "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j";
         };
         procMacro = true;
         libName = "stackable_versioned_macros";
@@ -8712,7 +8803,7 @@ rec {
           }
           {
             name = "darling";
-            packageId = "darling";
+            packageId = "darling 0.23.0";
           }
           {
             name = "indoc";
@@ -8737,7 +8828,7 @@ rec {
             name = "kube";
             packageId = "kube";
             usesDefaultFeatures = false;
-            features = [ "client" "jsonpatch" "runtime" "derive" "rustls-tls" "ring" ];
+            features = [ "client" "jsonpatch" "runtime" "derive" "admission" "rustls-tls" "ring" ];
           }
           {
             name = "proc-macro2";
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f695e566..5fa3b89b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/trino-operator"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 product-config = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git", tag = "0.8.0" }
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", features = ["telemetry", "versioned"], tag = "stackable-operator-0.100.1" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", features = ["telemetry", "versioned"], tag = "stackable-operator-0.101.2" }
 
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ strum = { version = "0.27", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 
+# k8s-openapi 0.26.1 doesn't play well with our kube version: https://github.com/kube-rs/kube/issues/1869
+k8s-openapi = "=0.26.0"
+
 # [patch."https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git"]
 # stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech//operator-rs.git", branch = "main" }
 # stackable-operator = { path = "../operator-rs/crates/stackable-operator" }
diff --git a/crate-hashes.json b/crate-hashes.json
index 601d768f..269d6950 100644
--- a/crate-hashes.json
+++ b/crate-hashes.json
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/kube-rs?branch=2.0.1-fix-schema-hoisting#kube-derive@2.0.1": "1a7bcl0w1jg71jc4iml0vjp8dpzy71mhxl012grxcy2xp5i6xvgf",
   "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/kube-rs?branch=2.0.1-fix-schema-hoisting#kube-runtime@2.0.1": "1a7bcl0w1jg71jc4iml0vjp8dpzy71mhxl012grxcy2xp5i6xvgf",
   "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/kube-rs?branch=2.0.1-fix-schema-hoisting#kube@2.0.1": "1a7bcl0w1jg71jc4iml0vjp8dpzy71mhxl012grxcy2xp5i6xvgf",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#k8s-version@0.1.3": "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#stackable-operator-derive@0.3.1": "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#stackable-operator@0.100.1": "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#stackable-shared@0.0.3": "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#stackable-telemetry@0.6.1": "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#stackable-versioned-macros@0.8.3": "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.100.1#stackable-versioned@0.8.3": "1a98klljvifnc168f1wc3d6szcry1lamxgjjdq89plr99p4b953l",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#k8s-version@0.1.3": "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#stackable-operator-derive@0.3.1": "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#stackable-operator@0.101.2": "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#stackable-shared@0.0.3": "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#stackable-telemetry@0.6.1": "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#stackable-versioned-macros@0.8.3": "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.101.2#stackable-versioned@0.8.3": "09nmd5pqrmc49dzm7y26qlh1np528d9xq4q8vm4d04sd8z9rd46j",
   "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git?tag=0.8.0#product-config@0.8.0": "1dz70kapm2wdqcr7ndyjji0lhsl98bsq95gnb2lw487wf6yr7987"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/helm/trino-operator/crds/crds.yaml b/deploy/helm/trino-operator/crds/crds.yaml
index 9f66ef66..3f486e97 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/trino-operator/crds/crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/trino-operator/crds/crds.yaml
@@ -1608,6 +1608,20 @@ spec:
                       nullable: true
                       type: string
                   type: object
+                objectOverrides:
+                  default: []
+                  description: |-
+                    A list of generic Kubernetes objects, which are merged into the objects that the operator
+                    creates.
+
+                    List entries are arbitrary YAML objects, which need to be valid Kubernetes objects.
+
+                    Read the [Object overrides documentation](https://docs.stackable.tech/home/nightly/concepts/overrides#object-overrides)
+                    for more information.
+                  items:
+                    type: object
+                    x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
+                  type: array
                 workers:
                   description: |-
                     This struct represents a role - e.g. HDFS datanodes or Trino workers. It has a key-value-map containing
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/Cargo.toml b/rust/operator-binary/Cargo.toml
index 07438665..2af61aee 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ serde_yaml.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 
+# k8s-openapi 0.26.1 doesn't play well with our kube version: https://github.com/kube-rs/kube/issues/1869
+k8s-openapi.workspace = true
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest.workspace = true
 serde_yaml.workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
index d8ddea6a..c578f96b 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ pub async fn reconcile_trino(
         CONTROLLER_NAME,
         &trino.object_ref(&()),
         ClusterResourceApplyStrategy::from(&trino.spec.cluster_operation),
+        &trino.spec.object_overrides,
     )
     .context(CreateClusterResourcesSnafu)?;
 
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
index 61e7522a..3c738116 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use stackable_operator::{
         merge::Merge,
     },
     crd::authentication::core,
+    deep_merger::ObjectOverrides,
     k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::{api::resource::Quantity, apis::meta::v1::LabelSelector},
     kube::{CustomResource, ResourceExt, runtime::reflector::ObjectRef},
     memory::{BinaryMultiple, MemoryQuantity},
@@ -205,6 +206,10 @@ pub mod versioned {
         #[serde(default)]
         pub cluster_operation: ClusterOperation,
 
+        // no doc - it's in the struct.
+        #[serde(default)]
+        pub object_overrides: ObjectOverrides,
+
         // no doc - it's in the struct.
         #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
         pub coordinators:
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/operations/pdb.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/operations/pdb.rs
index 4f8a7bb7..b135cca9 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/operations/pdb.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/operations/pdb.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub async fn add_pdbs(
     trino: &v1alpha1::TrinoCluster,
     role: &TrinoRole,
     client: &Client,
-    cluster_resources: &mut ClusterResources,
+    cluster_resources: &mut ClusterResources<'_>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     if !pdb.enabled {
         return Ok(());