diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10157ff..43290eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION ?= 0.30.0
+VERSION ?= 0.31.0
 
 CHANNELS ?= alpha
 BUNDLE_CHANNELS := --channels=$(CHANNELS)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ $(LOCALBIN):
 
 .PHONY: kind
 KIND = ./bin/kind
-KIND_VERSION ?= 0.30.0
+KIND_VERSION ?= 0.31.0
 kind: ## Download kind locally if necessary.
 ifeq (,$(wildcard $(KIND)))
 ifeq (,$(shell which kind 2>/dev/null))
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/k8s.mariadb.com_mariadbs.yaml b/bundle/manifests/k8s.mariadb.com_mariadbs.yaml
index 3c7d727..1b92f9c 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/k8s.mariadb.com_mariadbs.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/k8s.mariadb.com_mariadbs.yaml
@@ -7156,6 +7156,11 @@ spec:
                                 description: Labels to be added to children resources.
                                 type: object
                             type: object
+                          podAffinity:
+                            description: PodAffinity indicates whether the recovery
+                              Jobs should run in the same Node as the MariaDB Pods.
+                              It defaults to true.
+                            type: boolean
                           resources:
                             description: Resouces describes the compute resource requirements.
                             properties:
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index cc8ad6c..e931fd4 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -524,14 +524,14 @@ metadata:
       ]
     capabilities: Deep Insights
     categories: Database
-    containerImage: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.30.0
-    createdAt: "2024-08-29T15:10:12Z"
+    containerImage: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.31.0
+    createdAt: "2024-09-13T15:44:21Z"
     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
     support: mariadb-operator
-  name: mariadb-operator.v0.30.0
+  name: mariadb-operator.v0.31.0
   namespace: placeholder
 spec:
   apiservicedefinitions: {}
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ spec:
               - args:
                 - --leader-elect
                 - --leader-election-id=helm-operator
-                image: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.30.0
+                image: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.31.0
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz
@@ -866,4 +866,4 @@ spec:
   provider:
     name: mariadb-operator
     url: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator
-  version: 0.30.0
+  version: 0.31.0
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 18c512a..c56864e 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: 0.30.0
+  newTag: 0.31.0
diff --git a/config/manifests/bases/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/bases/mariadb-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index c498e86..697c335 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:0.30.0
+    containerImage: ghcr.io/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator-helm:0.31.0
     description: Run and operate MariaDB in a cloud native way
     repository: https://github.com/mariadb-operator/mariadb-operator
     support: mariadb-operator
diff --git a/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml b/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml
index 985e88a..46fc49b 100644
--- a/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/crds/crds.yaml
@@ -11724,6 +11724,11 @@ spec:
                                 description: Labels to be added to children resources.
                                 type: object
                             type: object
+                          podAffinity:
+                            description: PodAffinity indicates whether the recovery
+                              Jobs should run in the same Node as the MariaDB Pods.
+                              It defaults to true.
+                            type: boolean
                           resources:
                             description: Resouces describes the compute resource requirements.
                             properties: