diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d1dcc818f..6a29c4859 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FILES = $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go')
 
-RELEASE_VERSION ?= v1.0.0-rc4
+RELEASE_VERSION ?= v1.0.0-rc5
 RELEASE_FULLCOMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 
 FLAGS = -X 'github.com/percona/everest/pkg/version.Version=$(RELEASE_VERSION)' \
diff --git a/deploy/quickstart-k8s.yaml b/deploy/quickstart-k8s.yaml
index d4994ade8..c4adafd48 100644
--- a/deploy/quickstart-k8s.yaml
+++ b/deploy/quickstart-k8s.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ spec:
           secretName: everest-jwt
       containers:
         - name: everest
-          image: perconalab/everest:1.0.0-rc4
+          image: perconalab/everest:1.0.0-rc5
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
           readinessProbe:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fa01c59f0..96bf2f70d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/oapi-codegen/runtime v1.1.1
 	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.23.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager v0.27.0
-	github.com/percona/everest-operator v1.0.0-rc4
+	github.com/percona/everest-operator v1.0.0-rc5
 	github.com/rodaine/table v1.2.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.18.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 76f47de56..7ab3d7f4d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -573,8 +573,8 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/9
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.7.0/go.mod h1:vwGMzjaWMwyfHwgIBhI2YUM4fB6nL6lVAvS1LBMMhTE=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.0 h1:FnwAJ4oYMvbT/34k9zzHuZNrhlz48GB3/s6at6/MHO4=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:tJU2Z3ZkXwnxa4DPO899bsyIoywizdUvyaeZurnPPDc=
-github.com/percona/everest-operator v1.0.0-rc4 h1:ccKkZyXuPylZ6Uo3jFcxSY/HiRb6Zr1LxA98dLCR1mQ=
-github.com/percona/everest-operator v1.0.0-rc4/go.mod h1:26Ardqn/+YgAX5zot3w3OO+hibBUwyVXgdvL8M/K/OE=
+github.com/percona/everest-operator v1.0.0-rc5 h1:8nW7vIR+wFcj9suVgsAkNM0OqidrRqEFafP+c8p/rVU=
+github.com/percona/everest-operator v1.0.0-rc5/go.mod h1:26Ardqn/+YgAX5zot3w3OO+hibBUwyVXgdvL8M/K/OE=
 github.com/percona/percona-backup-mongodb v1.8.1-0.20230920143330-3b1c2e263901 h1:BDgsZRCjEuxl2/z4yWBqB0s8d20shuIDks7/RVdZiLs=
 github.com/percona/percona-backup-mongodb v1.8.1-0.20230920143330-3b1c2e263901/go.mod h1:fZRCMpUqkWlLVdRKqqaj001LoVP2eo6F0ZhoMPeXDng=
 github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator v0.0.0-20231220140959-ad5eef722609 h1:+UOK4gcHrRgqjo4smgfwT7/0apF6PhAJdQIdAV4ub/M=