diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1f191b8db..5d7bf27c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ json-patch = "4.0.0"
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.26.0", default-features = false, features = ["schemars", "v1_34"] }
 # We use rustls instead of openssl for easier portability, e.g. so that we can build stackablectl without the need to vendor (build from source) openssl
 # We use ring instead of aws-lc-rs, as this currently fails to build in "make run-dev"
-# We pin the kube version, as we use a patch for 2.0.1 below
-kube = { version = "=2.0.1", default-features = false, features = ["client", "jsonpatch", "runtime", "derive", "rustls-tls", "ring"] }
+# We pin the kube version, as we use a patch for 2.0.1
+kube = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/kube-rs", branch = "2.0.1-fix-schema-hoisting", version = "=2.0.1", default-features = false, features = ["client", "jsonpatch", "runtime", "derive", "rustls-tls", "ring"] }
 opentelemetry = "0.31.0"
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 opentelemetry-appender-tracing = "0.31.0"
@@ -94,6 +94,3 @@ rsa.opt-level = 3
 [profile.dev.package]
 insta.opt-level = 3
 similar.opt-level = 3
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-kube = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/kube-rs", branch = "2.0.1-fix-schema-hoisting" }
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index a62911593..9d9b65069 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - BREAKING: `ClusterResources` now requires the objects added to implement `DeepMerge`.
   This is very likely a stackable-operator internal change, but technically breaking ([#1118]).
+- Depend on the patched version of kube-rs available at <https://github.com/stackabletech/kube-rs>,
+  ensuring the operators automatically benefit from the fixes ([#1124]).
 
 ### Removed
 
 - BREAKING: `ClusterResources` no longer derives `Eq` ([#1118]).
 
 [#1118]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/1118
+[#1124]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/1124
 
 ## [0.100.3] - 2025-10-31