diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a72e97ca..213def84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Default stackableVersion to operator version. It is recommended to remove `spec.image.stackableVersion` from your custom resources ([#267]).
+
+[#267]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/267
+
 ## [23.7.0] - 2023-07-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 035964fc..5946115b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -104,19 +104,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-checksum = "9c7d0618f0e0b7e8ff11427422b64564d5fb0be1940354bfe2e0529b18a9d9b8"
+checksum = "3b13c32d80ecc7ab747b80c3784bce54ee8a7a0cc4fbda9bf4cda2cf6fe90854"
 
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.28",
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-checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
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 dependencies = [
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+ "libc",
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+checksum = "5fd304a20bff958a57f04c4e96a2e7594cc4490a0e809cbd48bb6437edaa452d"
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+ "syn 2.0.28",
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+ "syn 2.0.28",
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-checksum = "573015e8ab27661678357f27dc26460738fd2b6c86e46f386fde94cb5d913105"
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-checksum = "39354c10dd07468c2e73926b23bb9c2caca74c5501e38a35da70406f1d923310"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22049a19f4a68748a168c0fc439f9516686aa045927ff767eca0a85101fb6e73"
+checksum = "301abaae475aa91687eb82514b328ab47a211a533026cb25fc3e519b86adfc3c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization"
@@ -2404,9 +2405,9 @@ checksum = "f962df74c8c05a667b5ee8bcf162993134c104e96440b663c8daa176dc772d8c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unsafe-libyaml"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1865806a559042e51ab5414598446a5871b561d21b6764f2eabb0dd481d880a6"
+checksum = "f28467d3e1d3c6586d8f25fa243f544f5800fec42d97032474e17222c2b75cfa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
@@ -2421,9 +2422,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "urlencoding"
-version = "2.1.2"
+version = "2.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8db7427f936968176eaa7cdf81b7f98b980b18495ec28f1b5791ac3bfe3eea9"
+checksum = "daf8dba3b7eb870caf1ddeed7bc9d2a049f3cfdfae7cb521b087cc33ae4c49da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
@@ -2485,7 +2486,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.28",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2507,7 +2508,7 @@ checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.28",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -2617,18 +2618,18 @@ checksum = "1a515f5799fe4961cb532f983ce2b23082366b898e52ffbce459c86f67c8378a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81a2094c43cc94775293eaa0e499fbc30048a6d824ac82c0351a8c0bf9112529"
+checksum = "f46aab759304e4d7b2075a9aecba26228bb073ee8c50db796b2c72c676b5d807"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xml-rs"
-version = "0.8.15"
+version = "0.8.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a56c84a8ccd4258aed21c92f70c0f6dea75356b6892ae27c24139da456f9336"
+checksum = "47430998a7b5d499ccee752b41567bc3afc57e1327dc855b1a2aa44ce29b5fa1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yaml-rust"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8cda3367..a581ee06 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag="0.44.0" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag="0.45.1" }
 semver = "1.0"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
-serde_yaml = "0.8"
+serde_yaml = "0.9"
 snafu = "0.7"
 strum = "0.24"
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/crds/crds.yaml b/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/crds/crds.yaml
index 89c86955..266bece5 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/crds/crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/crds/crds.yaml
@@ -11221,7 +11221,6 @@ spec:
                         - productVersion
                     - required:
                         - productVersion
-                        - stackableVersion
                   properties:
                     custom:
                       description: Overwrite the docker image. Specify the full docker image name, e.g. `docker.stackable.tech/stackable/superset:1.4.1-stackable2.1.0`
@@ -11230,7 +11229,7 @@ spec:
                       description: Version of the product, e.g. `1.4.1`.
                       type: string
                     pullPolicy:
-                      default: IfNotPresent
+                      default: Always
                       description: '[Pull policy](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/images/#image-pull-policy) used when pulling the Images'
                       enum:
                         - IfNotPresent
@@ -11253,7 +11252,8 @@ spec:
                       nullable: true
                       type: string
                     stackableVersion:
-                      description: Stackable version of the product, e.g. 2.1.0
+                      description: Stackable version of the product, e.g. `23.4`, `23.4.1` or `0.0.0-dev`. If not specified, the operator will use its own version, e.g. `23.4.1`. When using a nightly operator or a pr version, it will use the nightly `0.0.0-dev` image.
+                      nullable: true
                       type: string
                   type: object
                 logFileDirectory:
diff --git a/docs/modules/spark-k8s/examples/example-history-server.yaml b/docs/modules/spark-k8s/examples/example-history-server.yaml
index 6a5e19c9..a023b378 100644
--- a/docs/modules/spark-k8s/examples/example-history-server.yaml
+++ b/docs/modules/spark-k8s/examples/example-history-server.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   image:
     productVersion: 3.3.0
-    stackableVersion: 0.0.0-dev
   logFileDirectory:  # <1>
     s3:
       prefix: eventlogs/  # <2>
diff --git a/rust/crd/Cargo.toml b/rust/crd/Cargo.toml
index 5659f91f..7ddfad15 100644
--- a/rust/crd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/crd/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ strum = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rstest = "0.18.1"
+rstest = "0.18"
diff --git a/rust/crd/src/affinity.rs b/rust/crd/src/affinity.rs
index 22f9345c..6c60ebe7 100644
--- a/rust/crd/src/affinity.rs
+++ b/rust/crd/src/affinity.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ mod test {
         spec:
           image:
             productVersion: 3.3.0
-            stackableVersion: 2023.1.0
           logFileDirectory:
             s3:
               prefix: eventlogs/
@@ -62,7 +61,9 @@ mod test {
                   cleaner: true
         "#;
 
-        let history: SparkHistoryServer = serde_yaml::from_str(input).expect("illegal test input");
+        let deserializer = serde_yaml::Deserializer::from_str(input);
+        let history: SparkHistoryServer =
+            serde_yaml::with::singleton_map_recursive::deserialize(deserializer).unwrap();
         let expected: StackableAffinity = StackableAffinity {
             node_affinity: None,
             node_selector: None,
diff --git a/rust/crd/src/lib.rs b/rust/crd/src/lib.rs
index 46545cc9..b4029a5b 100644
--- a/rust/crd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/crd/src/lib.rs
@@ -1048,13 +1048,9 @@ mod tests {
     use rstest::rstest;
     use stackable_operator::builder::ObjectMetaBuilder;
     use stackable_operator::commons::affinity::StackableAffinity;
-    use stackable_operator::commons::authentication::tls::{Tls, TlsVerification};
     use stackable_operator::commons::resources::{
         CpuLimits, MemoryLimits, NoRuntimeLimits, Resources,
     };
-    use stackable_operator::commons::s3::{
-        S3AccessStyle, S3BucketSpec, S3ConnectionDef, S3ConnectionSpec,
-    };
     use stackable_operator::k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::PodTemplateSpec;
     use stackable_operator::product_logging::spec::Logging;
     use std::collections::BTreeMap;
@@ -1298,38 +1294,6 @@ spec:
         );
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_ser_inline() {
-        let bucket = S3BucketSpec {
-            bucket_name: Some("test-bucket-name".to_owned()),
-            connection: Some(S3ConnectionDef::Inline(S3ConnectionSpec {
-                host: Some("host".to_owned()),
-                port: Some(8080),
-                credentials: None,
-                access_style: Some(S3AccessStyle::VirtualHosted),
-                tls: Some(Tls {
-                    verification: TlsVerification::None {},
-                }),
-            })),
-        };
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            serde_yaml::to_string(&bucket).unwrap(),
-            "---
-bucketName: test-bucket-name
-connection:
-  inline:
-    host: host
-    port: 8080
-    accessStyle: VirtualHosted
-    tls:
-      verification:
-        none: {}
-"
-            .to_owned()
-        )
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_default_resource_limits() {
         let spark_application = serde_yaml::from_str::<SparkApplication>(
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/history_controller.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/history_controller.rs
index c9b0c613..4efa7778 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/history_controller.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/history_controller.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ pub async fn reconcile(shs: Arc<SparkHistoryServer>, ctx: Arc<Ctx>) -> Result<Ac
     )
     .context(CreateClusterResourcesSnafu)?;
 
-    let resolved_product_image = shs.spec.image.resolve(HISTORY_IMAGE_BASE_NAME);
+    let resolved_product_image = shs.spec.image.resolve(
+        HISTORY_IMAGE_BASE_NAME,
+        crate::built_info::CARGO_PKG_VERSION,
+    );
     let s3_log_dir = S3LogDir::resolve(
         Some(&shs.spec.log_file_directory),
         shs.metadata.namespace.clone(),
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
index c7084f7a..4e653788 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use tracing_futures::Instrument;
 mod built_info {
     include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/built.rs"));
     pub const TARGET_PLATFORM: Option<&str> = option_env!("TARGET");
+    pub const CARGO_PKG_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
index 7cc64b78..065fcc75 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ metadata:
   name: spark-history
 spec:
   image:
-    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[0] }}"
-    stackableVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[1] }}"
+    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'] }}"
   vectorAggregatorConfigMapName: spark-vector-aggregator-discovery
   logFileDirectory:
     s3:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/pod_overrides/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/pod_overrides/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
index cc3d7170..d1e774f3 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/pod_overrides/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/pod_overrides/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ metadata:
   name: spark-history
 spec:
   image:
-    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[0] }}"
-    stackableVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[1] }}"
+    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'] }}"
   logFileDirectory:
     s3:
       prefix: eventlogs/
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
index e57d720c..217b662d 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ metadata:
   name: spark-history
 spec:
   image:
-    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[0] }}"
-    stackableVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[1] }}"
+    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'] }}"
 {% if lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') %}
   vectorAggregatorConfigMapName: vector-aggregator-discovery
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
index e57d720c..217b662d 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/06-deploy-history-server.yaml.j2
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ metadata:
   name: spark-history
 spec:
   image:
-    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[0] }}"
-    stackableVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'].split('-stackable')[1] }}"
+    productVersion: "{{ test_scenario['values']['spark'] }}"
 {% if lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') %}
   vectorAggregatorConfigMapName: vector-aggregator-discovery
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/tests/test-definition.yaml b/tests/test-definition.yaml
index 95f8b8de..2162e59f 100644
--- a/tests/test-definition.yaml
+++ b/tests/test-definition.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ dimensions:
       - "false"
   - name: spark
     values:
-      - 3.3.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
-      - 3.4.0-stackable0.0.0-dev
+      - 3.3.0
+      - 3.4.0
   - name: ny-tlc-report
     values:
       - 0.1.0