diff --git a/operator/pom.xml b/operator/pom.xml
index 3f0bf101e5..08d5bcdb45 100644
--- a/operator/pom.xml
+++ b/operator/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.1</awaitility.version>
-        <kubernetes-client-java-gen.version>6.11.0</kubernetes-client-java-gen.version>
+        <kubernetes-client-java-gen.version>6.12.1</kubernetes-client-java-gen.version>
         <assertj.core.version>3.25.3</assertj.core.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
         <!-- ATTENTION! The Quarkus version needs to be aligned with the Quarkus Operator SDK -->