diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31a91754..e921398e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Make spark-env.sh configurable via `configOverrides` ([#473]).
 - The Spark history server can now service logs from HDFS compatible systems ([#479]).
+- The operator can now run on Kubernetes clusters using a non-default cluster domain.
+  Use the env var `KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN` or the operator Helm chart property `kubernetesClusterDomain` to set a non-default cluster domain ([#480]).
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#472]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/472
 [#473]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/473
 [#479]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/479
+[#480]: https://github.com/stackabletech/spark-k8s-operator/pull/480
 
 ## [24.7.0] - 2024-07-24
 
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+ "syn 2.0.82",
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+ "futures 0.3.31",
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-checksum = "c5e1711e7d14f74b12a58411c542185ef7fb7f2e7f8ee6e2940a883628522b42"
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+ "syn 2.0.82",
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-version = "0.23.13"
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-checksum = "f2dabaac7466917e566adb06783a81ca48944c6898a1b08b9374106dd671f4c8"
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "0e696e35370c65c9c541198af4543ccd580cf17fc25d8e05c5a242b202488c55"
+checksum = "16f1201b3c9a7ee8039bcadc17b7e605e2945b27eee7631788c1bd2b0643674b"
 
 [[package]]
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@@ -1868,9 +1897,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.17"
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-checksum = "955d28af4278de8121b7ebeb796b6a45735dc01436d898801014aced2773a3d6"
+checksum = "0e819f2bc632f285be6d7cd36e25940d45b2391dd6d9b939e79de557f7014248"
 
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.1.24"
+version = "0.1.26"
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-checksum = "e9aaafd5a2b6e3d657ff009d82fbd630b6bd54dd4eb06f21693925cdf80f9b8b"
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@@ -1909,7 +1938,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "9bd1c54ea06cfd2f6b63219704de0b9b4f72dcc2b8fdef820be6cd799780e91e"
+checksum = "e891af845473308773346dc847b2c23ee78fe442e0472ac50e22a18a93d3ae5a"
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- "serde",
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "c8e3592472072e6e22e0a54d5904d9febf8508f65fb8552499a1abc7d1078c3a"
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "243902eda00fad750862fc144cea25caca5e20d615af0a81bee94ca738f1df1f"
+checksum = "7e85ad2009c50b58e87caa8cd6dac16bdf511bbfb7af6c33df902396aa480fa5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
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-checksum = "6ff5456707a1de34e7e37f2a6fd3d3f808c318259cbd01ab6377795054b483d8"
+checksum = "d726bfaff4b320266d395898905d0eba0345aae23b54aee3a737e260fd46db03"
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@@ -2123,7 +2151,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.78.0#8b0172ded942499845ebf647ef1b17ccfc7bdbb3"
+version = "0.80.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.80.0#6fbe32300b60f95e0baa2ab0ff2daf961b06531c"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2154,7 +2182,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "futures 0.3.30",
+ "futures 0.3.31",
  "indexmap",
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
@@ -2170,6 +2198,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_yaml",
  "snafu 0.8.5",
  "stackable-operator-derive",
+ "stackable-shared",
  "strum",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -2182,12 +2211,24 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
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-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.78.0#8b0172ded942499845ebf647ef1b17ccfc7bdbb3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.80.0#6fbe32300b60f95e0baa2ab0ff2daf961b06531c"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "stackable-shared"
+version = "0.0.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=stackable-operator-0.80.0#6fbe32300b60f95e0baa2ab0ff2daf961b06531c"
+dependencies = [
+ "kube",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_yaml",
+ "snafu 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2214,7 +2255,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "built",
  "clap",
- "futures 0.3.30",
+ "futures 0.3.31",
  "product-config",
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  "serde",
@@ -2254,7 +2295,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2276,33 +2317,39 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "2.0.79"
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-checksum = "89132cd0bf050864e1d38dc3bbc07a0eb8e7530af26344d3d2bbbef83499f590"
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 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
  "unicode-ident",
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+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
+
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.64"
+version = "1.0.65"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d50af8abc119fb8bb6dbabcfa89656f46f84aa0ac7688088608076ad2b459a84"
+checksum = "5d11abd9594d9b38965ef50805c5e469ca9cc6f197f883f717e0269a3057b3d5"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.64"
+version = "1.0.65"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08904e7672f5eb876eaaf87e0ce17857500934f4981c4a0ab2b4aa98baac7fc3"
+checksum = "ae71770322cbd277e69d762a16c444af02aa0575ac0d174f0b9562d3b37f8602"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.40.0"
+version = "1.41.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2b070231665d27ad9ec9b8df639893f46727666c6767db40317fbe920a5d998"
+checksum = "145f3413504347a2be84393cc8a7d2fb4d863b375909ea59f2158261aa258bbb"
 dependencies = [
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  "bytes",
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2467,14 +2514,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.13"
+version = "0.5.1"
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-checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+checksum = "2873938d487c3cfb9aed7546dc9f2711d867c9f90c46b889989a2cb84eba6b4f"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
@@ -2484,16 +2531,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
+checksum = "8437150ab6bbc8c5f0f519e3d5ed4aa883a83dd4cdd3d1b21f9482936046cb97"
 dependencies = [
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+ "base64 0.22.1",
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  "bytes",
  "http",
  "http-body",
- "http-body-util",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tower-layer",
@@ -2545,7 +2591,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2564,7 +2610,7 @@ version = "0.2.5"
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 dependencies = [
- "futures 0.3.30",
+ "futures 0.3.31",
  "futures-task",
  "pin-project",
  "tracing",
@@ -2650,9 +2696,9 @@ checksum = "2896d95c02a80c6d6a5d6e953d479f5ddf2dfdb6a244441010e373ac0fb88971"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.3.15"
+version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08f95100a766bf4f8f28f90d77e0a5461bbdb219042e7679bebe79004fed8d75"
+checksum = "5ab17db44d7388991a428b2ee655ce0c212e862eff1768a455c58f9aad6e7893"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
@@ -2740,9 +2786,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.93"
+version = "0.2.95"
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-checksum = "a82edfc16a6c469f5f44dc7b571814045d60404b55a0ee849f9bcfa2e63dd9b5"
+checksum = "128d1e363af62632b8eb57219c8fd7877144af57558fb2ef0368d0087bddeb2e"
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@@ -2751,24 +2797,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.93"
+version = "0.2.95"
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-checksum = "9de396da306523044d3302746f1208fa71d7532227f15e347e2d93e4145dd77b"
+checksum = "cb6dd4d3ca0ddffd1dd1c9c04f94b868c37ff5fac97c30b97cff2d74fce3a358"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
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+ "syn 2.0.82",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.93"
+version = "0.2.95"
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-checksum = "585c4c91a46b072c92e908d99cb1dcdf95c5218eeb6f3bf1efa991ee7a68cccf"
+checksum = "e79384be7f8f5a9dd5d7167216f022090cf1f9ec128e6e6a482a2cb5c5422c56"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -2776,22 +2822,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.93"
+version = "0.2.95"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "afc340c74d9005395cf9dd098506f7f44e38f2b4a21c6aaacf9a105ea5e1e836"
+checksum = "26c6ab57572f7a24a4985830b120de1594465e5d500f24afe89e16b4e833ef68"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
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  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.93"
+version = "0.2.95"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c62a0a307cb4a311d3a07867860911ca130c3494e8c2719593806c08bc5d0484"
+checksum = "65fc09f10666a9f147042251e0dda9c18f166ff7de300607007e96bdebc1068d"
 
 [[package]]
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@@ -2949,7 +2995,7 @@ checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.79",
+ "syn 2.0.82",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 081f83e7..e31e10d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ built = { version = "0.7", features = ["chrono", "git2"] }
 clap = "4.5"
 futures = { version = "0.3", features = ["compat"] }
 product-config = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git", tag = "0.7.0" }
-rstest = "0.22"
+rstest = "0.23"
 semver = "1.0"
 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-0.78.0" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "stackable-operator-0.80.0" }
 strum = { version = "0.26", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.39", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/values.yaml
index 3b6bdb16..7ed08dd7 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/spark-k8s-operator/values.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,7 @@ nodeSelector: {}
 tolerations: []
 
 affinity: {}
+
+# When running on a non-default Kubernetes cluster domain, the cluster domain can be configured here.
+# See the https://docs.stackable.tech/home/stable/guides/kubernetes-cluster-domain guide for details.
+# kubernetesClusterDomain: my-cluster.local
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
index c8d61a7f..91405dc1 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/main.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             product_config,
             watch_namespace,
             tracing_target,
+            cluster_info_opts,
         }) => {
             stackable_operator::logging::initialize_logging(
                 "SPARK_K8S_OPERATOR_LOG",
@@ -71,8 +72,11 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 built_info::RUSTC_VERSION,
             );
 
-            let client =
-                stackable_operator::client::create_client(Some(OPERATOR_NAME.to_string())).await?;
+            let client = stackable_operator::client::initialize_operator(
+                Some(OPERATOR_NAME.to_string()),
+                &cluster_info_opts,
+            )
+            .await?;
 
             let ctx = Ctx {
                 client: client.clone(),