diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83eea6b2..f4ea7344 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.16"
+version = "4.5.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed6719fffa43d0d87e5fd8caeab59be1554fb028cd30edc88fc4369b17971019"
+checksum = "3e5a21b8495e732f1b3c364c9949b201ca7bae518c502c80256c96ad79eaf6ac"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.15"
+version = "4.5.17"
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-checksum = "216aec2b177652e3846684cbfe25c9964d18ec45234f0f5da5157b207ed1aab6"
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 dependencies = [
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  "anstyle",
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -355,18 +355,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.32"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3a214c7af3d04997541b18d432afaff4c455e79e2029079647e72fc2bd27673"
+checksum = "50c655d81ff1114fb0dcdea9225ea9f0cc712a6f8d189378e82bdf62a473a64b"
 dependencies = [
  "const_format_proc_macros",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "const_format_proc_macros"
-version = "0.2.32"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c7f6ff08fd20f4f299298a28e2dfa8a8ba1036e6cd2460ac1de7b425d76f2500"
+checksum = "eff1a44b93f47b1bac19a27932f5c591e43d1ba357ee4f61526c8a25603f0eb1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "darling_core",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "delegate"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e018fccbeeb50ff26562ece792ed06659b9c2dae79ece77c4456bb10d9bf79b"
+checksum = "5060bb0febb73fa907273f8a7ed17ab4bf831d585eac835b28ec24a1e2460956"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1102,9 +1102,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "k8s-openapi"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19501afb943ae5806548bc3ebd7f3374153ca057a38f480ef30adfde5ef09755"
+checksum = "9c8847402328d8301354c94d605481f25a6bdc1ed65471fd96af8eca71141b13"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
@@ -1116,9 +1116,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube"
-version = "0.93.1"
+version = "0.95.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0365920075af1a2d23619c1ca801c492f2400157de42627f041a061716e76416"
+checksum = "fa21063c854820a77c5d7f8deeb7ffa55246d8304e4bcd8cce2956752c6604f8"
 dependencies = [
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-client",
@@ -1129,9 +1129,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-client"
-version = "0.93.1"
+version = "0.95.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d81336eb3a5b10a40c97a5a97ad66622e92bad942ce05ee789edd730aa4f8603"
+checksum = "31c2355f5c9d8a11900e71a6fe1e47abd5ec45bf971eb4b162ffe97b46db9bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
@@ -1167,9 +1167,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-core"
-version = "0.93.1"
+version = "0.95.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cce373a74d787d439063cdefab0f3672860bd7bac01a38e39019177e764a0fe6"
+checksum = "f3030bd91c9db544a50247e7d48d7db9cf633c172732dce13351854526b1e666"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "form_urlencoded",
@@ -1178,28 +1178,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "k8s-openapi",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
+ "serde-value",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-derive"
-version = "0.93.1"
+version = "0.95.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04a26c9844791e127329be5dce9298b03f9e2ff5939076d5438c92dea5eb78f2"
+checksum = "fa98be978eddd70a773aa8e86346075365bfb7eb48783410852dbf7cb57f0c27"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde_json",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-runtime"
-version = "0.93.1"
+version = "0.95.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b84733c0fed6085c9210b43ffb96248676c1e800d0ba38d15043275a792ffa4"
+checksum = "5895cb8aa641ac922408f128b935652b34c2995f16ad7db0984f6caa50217914"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -1531,7 +1532,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1562,7 +1563,7 @@ checksum = "2f38a4412a78282e09a2cf38d195ea5420d15ba0602cb375210efbc877243965"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1771,7 +1772,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "relative-path",
  "rustc_version",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
@@ -1888,7 +1889,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde_derive_internals",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1938,9 +1939,9 @@ checksum = "61697e0a1c7e512e84a621326239844a24d8207b4669b41bc18b32ea5cbf988b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.208"
+version = "1.0.210"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cff085d2cb684faa248efb494c39b68e522822ac0de72ccf08109abde717cfb2"
+checksum = "c8e3592472072e6e22e0a54d5904d9febf8508f65fb8552499a1abc7d1078c3a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -1957,13 +1958,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.208"
+version = "1.0.210"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "24008e81ff7613ed8e5ba0cfaf24e2c2f1e5b8a0495711e44fcd4882fca62bcf"
+checksum = "243902eda00fad750862fc144cea25caca5e20d615af0a81bee94ca738f1df1f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1974,14 +1975,14 @@ checksum = "18d26a20a969b9e3fdf2fc2d9f21eda6c40e2de84c9408bb5d3b05d499aae711"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.125"
+version = "1.0.128"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83c8e735a073ccf5be70aa8066aa984eaf2fa000db6c8d0100ae605b366d31ed"
+checksum = "6ff5456707a1de34e7e37f2a6fd3d3f808c318259cbd01ab6377795054b483d8"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -2102,7 +2103,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2163,8 +2164,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator"
-version = "0.74.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.74.0#c77a5423b66bc1667b63af7d8bec00de88a5303f"
+version = "0.76.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.76.0#a7e70f174fb043a1766e0a80de95834cb4f7513d"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -2200,12 +2201,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator-derive"
 version = "0.3.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.74.0#c77a5423b66bc1667b63af7d8bec00de88a5303f"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.76.0#a7e70f174fb043a1766e0a80de95834cb4f7513d"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2233,7 +2234,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2255,9 +2256,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.75"
+version = "2.0.77"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6af063034fc1935ede7be0122941bafa9bacb949334d090b77ca98b5817c7d9"
+checksum = "9f35bcdf61fd8e7be6caf75f429fdca8beb3ed76584befb503b1569faee373ed"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2281,7 +2282,7 @@ checksum = "a4558b58466b9ad7ca0f102865eccc95938dca1a74a856f2b57b6629050da261"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2364,9 +2365,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.39.3"
+version = "1.40.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9babc99b9923bfa4804bd74722ff02c0381021eafa4db9949217e3be8e84fff5"
+checksum = "e2b070231665d27ad9ec9b8df639893f46727666c6767db40317fbe920a5d998"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -2388,7 +2389,7 @@ checksum = "693d596312e88961bc67d7f1f97af8a70227d9f90c31bba5806eec004978d752"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2524,7 +2525,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2739,7 +2740,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2761,7 +2762,7 @@ checksum = "afc340c74d9005395cf9dd098506f7f44e38f2b4a21c6aaacf9a105ea5e1e836"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -2919,7 +2920,7 @@ checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.75",
+ "syn 2.0.77",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e4626da..a2a13dbc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 snafu = "0.8"
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "stackable-operator-0.74.0" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "stackable-operator-0.76.0" }
 product-config = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git", tag = "0.7.0" }
 strum = { version = "0.26", features = ["derive"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.39", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-futures = { version = "0.2", features = ["futures-03"] }
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/crds/crds.yaml b/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/crds/crds.yaml
index d7813a9d..323897d7 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/crds/crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/hdfs-operator/crds/crds.yaml
@@ -168,10 +168,6 @@ spec:
                               nullable: true
                               type: object
                               x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
-                          required:
-                            - nodeAffinity
-                            - podAffinity
-                            - podAntiAffinity
                           type: object
                         gracefulShutdownTimeout:
                           description: Time period Pods have to gracefully shut down, e.g. `30m`, `1h` or `2d`. Consult the operator documentation for details.
@@ -449,10 +445,6 @@ spec:
                                     nullable: true
                                     type: object
                                     x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
-                                required:
-                                  - nodeAffinity
-                                  - podAffinity
-                                  - podAntiAffinity
                                 type: object
                               gracefulShutdownTimeout:
                                 description: Time period Pods have to gracefully shut down, e.g. `30m`, `1h` or `2d`. Consult the operator documentation for details.
@@ -701,8 +693,10 @@ spec:
                         description: LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the referenced object inside the same namespace.
                         properties:
                           name:
-                            description: 'Name of the referent. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names'
+                            description: 'Name of the referent. This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are almost certainly wrong. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names'
                             type: string
+                        required:
+                          - name
                         type: object
                       nullable: true
                       type: array
@@ -757,10 +751,6 @@ spec:
                               nullable: true
                               type: object
                               x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
-                          required:
-                            - nodeAffinity
-                            - podAffinity
-                            - podAntiAffinity
                           type: object
                         gracefulShutdownTimeout:
                           description: Time period Pods have to gracefully shut down, e.g. `30m`, `1h` or `2d`. Consult the operator documentation for details.
@@ -1025,10 +1015,6 @@ spec:
                                     nullable: true
                                     type: object
                                     x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
-                                required:
-                                  - nodeAffinity
-                                  - podAffinity
-                                  - podAntiAffinity
                                 type: object
                               gracefulShutdownTimeout:
                                 description: Time period Pods have to gracefully shut down, e.g. `30m`, `1h` or `2d`. Consult the operator documentation for details.
@@ -1274,10 +1260,6 @@ spec:
                               nullable: true
                               type: object
                               x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
-                          required:
-                            - nodeAffinity
-                            - podAffinity
-                            - podAntiAffinity
                           type: object
                         gracefulShutdownTimeout:
                           description: Time period Pods have to gracefully shut down, e.g. `30m`, `1h` or `2d`. Consult the operator documentation for details.
@@ -1546,10 +1528,6 @@ spec:
                                     nullable: true
                                     type: object
                                     x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
-                                required:
-                                  - nodeAffinity
-                                  - podAffinity
-                                  - podAntiAffinity
                                 type: object
                               gracefulShutdownTimeout:
                                 description: Time period Pods have to gracefully shut down, e.g. `30m`, `1h` or `2d`. Consult the operator documentation for details.
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/container.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/container.rs
index 171fb2b3..c12fdae3 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/container.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/container.rs
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ wait_for_termination $!
                 name: "ZOOKEEPER".to_string(),
                 value_from: Some(EnvVarSource {
                     config_map_key_ref: Some(ConfigMapKeySelector {
-                        name: Some(String::from(zk_config_map_name)),
+                        name: String::from(zk_config_map_name),
                         key: "ZOOKEEPER".to_string(),
                         ..ConfigMapKeySelector::default()
                     }),
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ wait_for_termination $!
             volumes.push(
                 VolumeBuilder::new(config_volume_name)
                     .config_map(ConfigMapVolumeSource {
-                        name: Some(object_name.to_string()),
+                        name: object_name.to_string(),
                         ..ConfigMapVolumeSource::default()
                     })
                     .build(),
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ wait_for_termination $!
                 volumes.push(
                     VolumeBuilder::new(log_volume_name)
                         .config_map(ConfigMapVolumeSource {
-                            name: Some(config_map.clone()),
+                            name: config_map.clone(),
                             ..ConfigMapVolumeSource::default()
                         })
                         .build(),
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ wait_for_termination $!
                 volumes.push(
                     VolumeBuilder::new(log_volume_name)
                         .config_map(ConfigMapVolumeSource {
-                            name: Some(object_name.to_string()),
+                            name: object_name.to_string(),
                             ..ConfigMapVolumeSource::default()
                         })
                         .build(),