diff --git a/DEPRECATIONS.md b/DEPRECATIONS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bee634b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DEPRECATIONS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Deprecations
+
+## ChiaSeeder
+
+### bootstrapPeer
+
+Deprecated in: 0.12.5
+Expected to be removed in: 1.0.0
+
+The `bootstrapPeer` API field was deprecated in favor of `bootstrapPeers`. The latter being the preferred way to specify multiple bootstrap peers for a seeder installation, which still allows for specifying a single peer.
+
+Switch to bootstrapPeers by specifying a yaml string list instead of a string:
+
+```yaml
+spec:
+  chia:
+    # bootstrapPeer: "mainnet-node.chia.svc.cluster.local"
+    bootstrapPeers:
+      - "mainnet-node.chia.svc.cluster.local"
+```
diff --git a/api/v1/chiaseeder_types.go b/api/v1/chiaseeder_types.go
index 234179b..0d15c21 100644
--- a/api/v1/chiaseeder_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/chiaseeder_types.go
@@ -29,13 +29,18 @@ type ChiaSeederSpec struct {
 type ChiaSeederSpecChia struct {
 	CommonSpecChia `json:",inline"`
 
-	// BootstrapPeer a peer to bootstrap the seeder's peer database
+	// BootstrapPeer a peer to bootstrap the seeder's peer database.
+	// DEPRECATED: Use BootstrapPeers instead.
 	// +optional
-	BootstrapPeer *string `json:"bootstrapPeer"`
+	BootstrapPeer *string `json:"bootstrapPeer,omitempty"`
+
+	// BootstrapPeers a list of peers to bootstrap the seeder's peer database
+	// +optional
+	BootstrapPeers *[]string `json:"bootstrapPeers,omitempty"`
 
 	// MinimumHeight only consider nodes synced at least to this height
 	// +optional
-	MinimumHeight *uint64 `json:"minimumHeight"`
+	MinimumHeight *uint64 `json:"minimumHeight,omitempty"`
 
 	// DomainName the name of the NS record for your server with a trailing period. (ex. "seeder.example.com.")
 	DomainName string `json:"domainName"`
@@ -48,11 +53,11 @@ type ChiaSeederSpecChia struct {
 
 	// CASecretName is the name of the secret that contains the CA crt and key. Not required for seeders.
 	// +optional
-	CASecretName *string `json:"caSecretName"`
+	CASecretName *string `json:"caSecretName,omitempty"`
 
 	// TTL field on DNS records that controls the length of time that a record is considered valid
 	// +optional
-	TTL *uint32 `json:"ttl"`
+	TTL *uint32 `json:"ttl,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ChiaSeederStatus defines the observed state of ChiaSeeder
diff --git a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 3eeb06f..5243232 100644
--- a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -976,6 +976,15 @@ func (in *ChiaSeederSpecChia) DeepCopyInto(out *ChiaSeederSpecChia) {
 		*out = new(string)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.BootstrapPeers != nil {
+		in, out := &in.BootstrapPeers, &out.BootstrapPeers
+		*out = new([]string)
+		if **in != nil {
+			in, out := *in, *out
+			*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+			copy(*out, *in)
+		}
+	}
 	if in.MinimumHeight != nil {
 		in, out := &in.MinimumHeight, &out.MinimumHeight
 		*out = new(uint64)
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/k8s.chia.net_chiaseeders.yaml b/config/crd/bases/k8s.chia.net_chiaseeders.yaml
index 723d3db..9999b5b 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/k8s.chia.net_chiaseeders.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/k8s.chia.net_chiaseeders.yaml
@@ -1142,9 +1142,16 @@ spec:
                         type: string
                     type: object
                   bootstrapPeer:
-                    description: BootstrapPeer a peer to bootstrap the seeder's peer
-                      database
+                    description: |-
+                      BootstrapPeer a peer to bootstrap the seeder's peer database.
+                      DEPRECATED: Use BootstrapPeers instead.
                     type: string
+                  bootstrapPeers:
+                    description: BootstrapPeers a list of peers to bootstrap the seeder's
+                      peer database
+                    items:
+                      type: string
+                    type: array
                   caSecretName:
                     description: CASecretName is the name of the secret that contains
                       the CA crt and key. Not required for seeders.
diff --git a/docs/chiaseeder.md b/docs/chiaseeder.md
index 9d8b27f..c9458a9 100644
--- a/docs/chiaseeder.md
+++ b/docs/chiaseeder.md
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Some of Chia's configuration can be changed from within the CR.
 spec:
   chia:
     minimumHeight: 240000 # Only consider nodes synced at least to this height
-    bootstrapPeer: "mainnet-node.chia.svc.cluster.local" # Peers used for the initial crawler run to find peers
+    bootstrapPeers: 
+      - "mainnet-node.chia.svc.cluster.local" # Peers used for the initial crawler run to find peers
     ttl: 900 # field on DNS records that controls the length of time that a record is considered valid
 ```
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/chiaseeder/helpers.go b/internal/controller/chiaseeder/helpers.go
index 157e46d..f7ef8d0 100644
--- a/internal/controller/chiaseeder/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/controller/chiaseeder/helpers.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package chiaseeder
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/chia-network/chia-operator/internal/controller/common/kube"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -85,7 +86,12 @@ func getChiaEnv(seeder k8schianetv1.ChiaSeeder, networkData *map[string]string)
 	})
 
 	// seeder_bootstrap_peers env var
-	if seeder.Spec.ChiaConfig.BootstrapPeer != nil {
+	if seeder.Spec.ChiaConfig.BootstrapPeers != nil {
+		env = append(env, corev1.EnvVar{
+			Name:  "seeder_bootstrap_peers",
+			Value: strings.Join(*seeder.Spec.ChiaConfig.BootstrapPeers, ","),
+		})
+	} else if seeder.Spec.ChiaConfig.BootstrapPeer != nil {
 		env = append(env, corev1.EnvVar{
 			Name:  "seeder_bootstrap_peers",
 			Value: *seeder.Spec.ChiaConfig.BootstrapPeer,