diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fe3a8e66..c58d8b98 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2154,8 +2154,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator"
-version = "0.73.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.73.0#4d98a29b08a7d959e5e287f774cf064c02ffbd62"
+version = "0.74.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.74.0#c77a5423b66bc1667b63af7d8bec00de88a5303f"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -2168,7 +2168,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",
- "lazy_static",
  "opentelemetry-jaeger",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "product-config",
@@ -2192,7 +2191,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator-derive"
 version = "0.3.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.73.0#4d98a29b08a7d959e5e287f774cf064c02ffbd62"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.74.0#c77a5423b66bc1667b63af7d8bec00de88a5303f"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/Cargo.nix b/Cargo.nix
index a16b8aaf..15b12228 100644
--- a/Cargo.nix
+++ b/Cargo.nix
@@ -6670,13 +6670,13 @@ rec {
       };
       "stackable-operator" = rec {
         crateName = "stackable-operator";
-        version = "0.73.0";
+        version = "0.74.0";
         edition = "2021";
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "4d98a29b08a7d959e5e287f774cf064c02ffbd62";
-          sha256 = "0cmfbc3v9kklsfkqbnhwig45106gfizhmlmg9p1qgdjp8az43l9m";
+          rev = "c77a5423b66bc1667b63af7d8bec00de88a5303f";
+          sha256 = "1g1a0v98wlcb36ibwv1nv75g3b3s1mjmaps443fc2w2maam94lya";
         };
         libName = "stackable_operator";
         authors = [
@@ -6733,10 +6733,6 @@ rec {
             usesDefaultFeatures = false;
             features = [ "client" "jsonpatch" "runtime" "derive" "rustls-tls" ];
           }
-          {
-            name = "lazy_static";
-            packageId = "lazy_static";
-          }
           {
             name = "opentelemetry-jaeger";
             packageId = "opentelemetry-jaeger";
@@ -6829,8 +6825,8 @@ rec {
         workspace_member = null;
         src = pkgs.fetchgit {
           url = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git";
-          rev = "4d98a29b08a7d959e5e287f774cf064c02ffbd62";
-          sha256 = "0cmfbc3v9kklsfkqbnhwig45106gfizhmlmg9p1qgdjp8az43l9m";
+          rev = "c77a5423b66bc1667b63af7d8bec00de88a5303f";
+          sha256 = "1g1a0v98wlcb36ibwv1nv75g3b3s1mjmaps443fc2w2maam94lya";
         };
         procMacro = true;
         libName = "stackable_operator_derive";
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e38e1fd7..5721a0a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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-0.73.0" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "stackable-operator-0.74.0" }
 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"] }
diff --git a/crate-hashes.json b/crate-hashes.json
index ddd91d81..8725a492 100644
--- a/crate-hashes.json
+++ b/crate-hashes.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.73.0#stackable-operator-derive@0.3.1": "0cmfbc3v9kklsfkqbnhwig45106gfizhmlmg9p1qgdjp8az43l9m",
-  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.73.0#stackable-operator@0.73.0": "0cmfbc3v9kklsfkqbnhwig45106gfizhmlmg9p1qgdjp8az43l9m",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.74.0#stackable-operator-derive@0.3.1": "1g1a0v98wlcb36ibwv1nv75g3b3s1mjmaps443fc2w2maam94lya",
+  "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.74.0#stackable-operator@0.74.0": "1g1a0v98wlcb36ibwv1nv75g3b3s1mjmaps443fc2w2maam94lya",
   "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git?tag=0.7.0#product-config@0.7.0": "0gjsm80g6r75pm3824dcyiz4ysq1ka4c1if6k1mjm9cnd5ym0gny"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/60-install-hive.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/60-install-hive.yaml.j2
index fecab705..da89aff8 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/60-install-hive.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/60-install-hive.yaml.j2
@@ -26,9 +26,25 @@ spec:
     config:
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
+    envOverrides:
+      COMMON_VAR: role-value # overridden by role group below
+      ROLE_VAR: role-value   # only defined here at role level
+    configOverrides:
+      hive-env.sh:
+        HADOOP_HEAPSIZE: "512" # also set by the operator
+        COMMON_VAR: role-value # overridden by role group below
+        ROLE_VAR: role-value   # only defined here at role level
     roleGroups:
       default:
         replicas: 1
+        envOverrides:
+          COMMON_VAR: group-value # overrides role value
+          GROUP_VAR: group-value # only defined here at group level
+        configOverrides:
+          hive-env.sh:
+            COMMON_VAR: group-value # overridden by role group below
+            GROUP_VAR: group-value # only defined here at group level
+
 ---
 apiVersion: s3.stackable.tech/v1alpha1
 kind: S3Connection
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/61-assert.yaml b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/61-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dc3f626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/61-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+timeout: 600
+commands:
+  #
+  # Test envOverrides
+  #
+  - script: |
+      kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get sts hive-metastore-default -o yaml | yq -e '.spec.template.spec.containers[] | select (.name == "hive") | .env[] | select (.name == "COMMON_VAR" and .value == "group-value")'
+      kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get sts hive-metastore-default -o yaml | yq -e '.spec.template.spec.containers[] | select (.name == "hive") | .env[] | select (.name == "GROUP_VAR" and .value == "group-value")'
+      kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get sts hive-metastore-default -o yaml | yq -e '.spec.template.spec.containers[] | select (.name == "hive") | .env[] | select (.name == "ROLE_VAR" and .value == "role-value")'
+  #
+  # Test configOverrides
+  #
+  - script: |
+      kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get cm hive-metastore-default -o yaml | yq -e '.data."hive-env.sh"' | grep "export ROLE_VAR=role-value"
+      kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get cm hive-metastore-default -o yaml | yq -e '.data."hive-env.sh"' | grep "export GROUP_VAR=group-value"
+      kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get cm hive-metastore-default -o yaml | yq -e '.data."hive-env.sh"' | grep "export COMMON_VAR=group-value"
+      kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get cm hive-metastore-default -o yaml | yq -e '.data."hive-env.sh"' | grep "export HADOOP_HEAPSIZE=512"