diff --git a/infra/feast-operator/config/component_metadata.yaml b/infra/feast-operator/config/component_metadata.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4c7621f471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/feast-operator/config/component_metadata.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This file is required to configure Feast release information for ODH/RHOAI Operator
+releases:
+  - name: Feast
+    version: 0.45.0
+    repoUrl: https://github.com/feast-dev/feast
diff --git a/infra/scripts/release/files_to_bump.txt b/infra/scripts/release/files_to_bump.txt
index 0ee09ea2c1f..7cb9dd1e8e4 100644
--- a/infra/scripts/release/files_to_bump.txt
+++ b/infra/scripts/release/files_to_bump.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ infra/feast-helm-operator/Makefile 6
 infra/feast-helm-operator/config/manager/kustomization.yaml 8
 infra/feast-operator/Makefile 6
 infra/feast-operator/config/manager/kustomization.yaml 8
+infra/feast-operator/config/component_metadata.yaml 4
 infra/feast-operator/config/overlays/odh/params.env 1 2
 infra/feast-operator/api/feastversion/version.go 20
 java/pom.xml 38