diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b1e39e..7f1ce24 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION ?= 0.17.0
+VERSION ?= 0.18.0
 
 CHANNELS ?= alpha
 BUNDLE_CHANNELS := --channels=$(CHANNELS)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ $(LOCALBIN):
 
 .PHONY: kind
 KIND = ./bin/kind
-KIND_VERSION ?= 0.17.0
+KIND_VERSION ?= 0.18.0
 kind: ## Download kind locally if necessary.
 ifeq (,$(wildcard $(KIND)))
 ifeq (,$(shell which kind 2>/dev/null))
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 7d21435..2985eae 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ metadata:
       ]
     capabilities: Deep Insights
     categories: Database
-    containerImage: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.17.0
+    containerImage: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.18.0
     description: Run and operate MariaDB in a cloud native way
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.26.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: helm.sdk.operatorframework.io/v1
     repository: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator
-  name: mariadb-operator.v0.17.0
+  name: mariadb-operator.v0.18.0
   namespace: placeholder
 spec:
   apiservicedefinitions: {}
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ spec:
                   - args:
                       - --leader-elect
                       - --leader-election-id=helm-operator
-                    image: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.17.0
+                    image: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.18.0
                     livenessProbe:
                       httpGet:
                         path: /healthz
@@ -589,4 +589,4 @@ spec:
   provider:
     name: mariadb-operator
     url: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator
-  version: 0.17.0
+  version: 0.18.0
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/mariadb.mmontes.io_backups.yaml b/bundle/manifests/mariadb.mmontes.io_backups.yaml
index 57939aa..33e87bb 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/mariadb.mmontes.io_backups.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/mariadb.mmontes.io_backups.yaml
@@ -877,6 +877,10 @@ spec:
                         type: array
                     type: object
                 type: object
+              args:
+                items:
+                  type: string
+                type: array
               backoffLimit:
                 default: 5
                 format: int32
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 0cb7744..efeddd0 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm
-  newTag: 0.17.0
+  newTag: 0.18.0
diff --git a/config/manifests/bases/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/bases/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index a5f0851..ca05085 100644
--- a/config/manifests/bases/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/bases/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     alm-examples: '[]'
     capabilities: Deep Insights
     categories: Database
-    containerImage: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.17.0
+    containerImage: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.18.0
     description: Run and operate MariaDB in a cloud native way
     repository: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator
   name: mariadb-operator.v0.0.0
diff --git a/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml b/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml
index 99860a4..5515e62 100644
--- a/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml
@@ -877,6 +877,10 @@ spec:
                         type: array
                     type: object
                 type: object
+              args:
+                items:
+                  type: string
+                type: array
               backoffLimit:
                 default: 5
                 format: int32