diff --git a/charts/theia.cloud-base/templates/operator-role.yaml b/charts/theia.cloud-base/templates/operator-role.yaml
index 1e7dd57..76ff68f 100644
--- a/charts/theia.cloud-base/templates/operator-role.yaml
+++ b/charts/theia.cloud-base/templates/operator-role.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ rules:
       - services
       - configmaps
       - deployments
+      - secrets
     verbs: ["list", "create", "watch", "get", "patch", "delete"]
 
 {{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/theia.cloud/crds/session-spec-resource.yaml b/charts/theia.cloud/crds/session-spec-resource.yaml
index 31a36e7..f69f696 100644
--- a/charts/theia.cloud/crds/session-spec-resource.yaml
+++ b/charts/theia.cloud/crds/session-spec-resource.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,58 @@ spec:
     singular: session
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
-    - name : v4beta
+    - name : v5beta
       served: true
       storage: true
+      schema:
+        openAPIV3Schema:
+          type: object
+          properties:
+            spec:
+              type: object
+              properties:
+                name:
+                  type: string
+                workspace:
+                  type: string
+                appDefinition: # cached from workspace
+                  type: string
+                user: # cached from workspace
+                  type: string
+                url:
+                  type: string
+                error:
+                  type: string
+                sessionSecret:
+                  type: string
+                lastActivity:
+                  type: integer
+                envVars:
+                  type: object
+                  additionalProperties:
+                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
+                envVarsFromConfigMaps:
+                  type: array
+                  items:
+                    type: string
+                envVarsFromSecrets:
+                  type: array
+                  items:
+                    type: string
+                initOperations:
+                  type: array
+                  items:
+                    type: object
+                    properties:
+                      id:
+                        type: string
+                      arguments:
+                        type: array
+                        items:
+                          type: string
+    - name : v4beta
+      served: true
+      storage: false
       schema:
         openAPIV3Schema:
           type: object