diff --git a/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index f797a7d56f..b82bcc11f4 100644
--- a/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>bootstrapper</artifactId>
diff --git a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
index fb5e2c98a1..a63c5889fe 100644
--- a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
+++ b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/micrometer-support/pom.xml b/micrometer-support/pom.xml
index 3e640e3e7f..6f6669999a 100644
--- a/micrometer-support/pom.xml
+++ b/micrometer-support/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml b/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
index e54776b161..75ead60afa 100644
--- a/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>operator-framework-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Operator SDK - Bill of Materials</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
index b4afcf0d33..dc054d587a 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NamespaceDeletionRoleBindingReconciler.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NamespaceDeletionRoleBindingReconciler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eda579d80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NamespaceDeletionRoleBindingReconciler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.support;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.rbac.RoleBinding;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.*;
+
+// todo handle also ClusterRole bindings only if has permission
+@ControllerConfiguration
+public class NamespaceDeletionRoleBindingReconciler
+    implements Reconciler<RoleBinding>, Cleaner<RoleBinding> {
+
+  @Override
+  public UpdateControl<RoleBinding> reconcile(RoleBinding resource, Context<RoleBinding> context)
+      throws Exception {
+
+    return UpdateControl.noUpdate();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public DeleteControl cleanup(RoleBinding resource, Context<RoleBinding> context) {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NamespaceDeletionRoleReconciler.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NamespaceDeletionRoleReconciler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ef4344d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NamespaceDeletionRoleReconciler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.support;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.rbac.Role;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.informer.InformerConfiguration;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.*;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.ResourceID;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.EventSource;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.SecondaryToPrimaryMapper;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.InformerEventSource;
+
+// todo label selector needs to added explicitly
+@ControllerConfiguration(onAddFilter = NonMarkedForDeletionAddFilter.class,
+    onUpdateFilter = NonMarkedForDeletionUpdateFilter.class)
+public class NamespaceDeletionRoleReconciler
+    implements Reconciler<Role>, Cleaner<Role>, EventSourceInitializer<Role> {
+
+  public static final String TARGET_RESOURCES_IN_NAMESPACE_TO_ROLE_INDEX =
+      "target-resources-in-namespace";
+  public static final String RESOURCE_NAMESPACE_INDEX = "resource-namespace-index";
+
+  final List<Class<? extends HasMetadata>> resourceClasses;
+  final Set<String> resourcePlurals;
+  final Map<Class<? extends HasMetadata>, String> classToPlural;
+  final Map<String, Class<? extends HasMetadata>> pluralToClass;
+
+  public NamespaceDeletionRoleReconciler(List<Class<? extends HasMetadata>> resourceClasses) {
+    this.resourceClasses = resourceClasses;
+    this.classToPlural =
+        resourceClasses.stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(c -> c, HasMetadata::getPlural));
+    this.pluralToClass =
+        resourceClasses.stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(HasMetadata::getPlural, c -> c));
+    this.resourcePlurals =
+        resourceClasses.stream().map(HasMetadata::getPlural).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public UpdateControl<Role> reconcile(Role resource, Context<Role> context) throws Exception {
+    return UpdateControl.noUpdate();
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  @Override
+  public DeleteControl cleanup(Role resource, Context<Role> context) {
+    AtomicBoolean watchedResourceExistsInNamespace = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    resource.getRules().forEach(rule -> {
+      rule.getResources().forEach(r -> {
+        if (resourcePlurals.contains(r)) {
+          InformerEventSource<HasMetadata, Role> es =
+              (InformerEventSource<HasMetadata, Role>) context.eventSourceRetriever()
+                  .getResourceEventSourceFor(pluralToClass.get(r));
+          var resources =
+              es.byIndex(RESOURCE_NAMESPACE_INDEX, resource.getMetadata().getNamespace());
+          if (!resources.isEmpty()) {
+            watchedResourceExistsInNamespace.set(true);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    if (watchedResourceExistsInNamespace.get()) {
+      return DeleteControl.noFinalizerRemoval();
+    } else {
+      return DeleteControl.defaultDelete();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
+  @Override
+  public Map<String, EventSource> prepareEventSources(EventSourceContext<Role> context) {
+    var allPlurals = classToPlural.values();
+    context.getPrimaryCache().addIndexer(TARGET_RESOURCES_IN_NAMESPACE_TO_ROLE_INDEX, r -> {
+      // resource-plural+namespace -> role (in that namespace)
+      List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+      r.getRules().forEach(rule -> rule.getResources().forEach(resource -> {
+        if (allPlurals.contains(resource)) {
+          result.add(keyFor(r.getMetadata().getNamespace(), resource));
+        }
+      }));
+      return result;
+    });
+
+    return resourceClasses.stream()
+        .map(c -> {
+          var ies =
+              new InformerEventSource<HasMetadata, Role>(InformerConfiguration.from(c, context)
+                  .withSecondaryToPrimaryMapper((SecondaryToPrimaryMapper) resource -> {
+                    HasMetadata rm = (HasMetadata) resource;
+                    var roles = context.getPrimaryCache().byIndex(
+                        TARGET_RESOURCES_IN_NAMESPACE_TO_ROLE_INDEX,
+                        keyFor(rm.getMetadata().getNamespace(), rm.getPlural()));
+                    return roles.stream().map(r -> new ResourceID(r.getMetadata().getName(),
+                        r.getMetadata().getNamespace())).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+                  })
+                  .build(), context);
+          ies.addIndexer(RESOURCE_NAMESPACE_INDEX, r -> List.of(r.getMetadata().getNamespace()));
+          return ies;
+        })
+        .collect(Collectors.toMap(i -> classToPlural.get(i.resourceType()), i -> i));
+  }
+
+  public static String keyFor(String namespace, String resourcePlural) {
+    return resourcePlural + "-" + namespace;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NonMarkedForDeletionAddFilter.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NonMarkedForDeletionAddFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c409e0d803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NonMarkedForDeletionAddFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.support;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.filter.OnAddFilter;
+
+public class NonMarkedForDeletionAddFilter<T extends HasMetadata> implements OnAddFilter<T> {
+  @Override
+  public boolean accept(T resource) {
+    return resource.getMetadata().getDeletionTimestamp() != null;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NonMarkedForDeletionUpdateFilter.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NonMarkedForDeletionUpdateFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bb9cf83ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/support/NonMarkedForDeletionUpdateFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.support;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.filter.OnUpdateFilter;
+
+public class NonMarkedForDeletionUpdateFilter<T extends HasMetadata> implements OnUpdateFilter<T> {
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean accept(T newResource, T oldResource) {
+    return newResource.getMetadata().getDeletionTimestamp() != null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-junit5/pom.xml b/operator-framework-junit5/pom.xml
index a80d03d69e..9366485f25 100644
--- a/operator-framework-junit5/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-junit5/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework/pom.xml b/operator-framework/pom.xml
index ff38d5fc66..430cc508b2 100644
--- a/operator-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/NamespaceDeletionIT.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/NamespaceDeletionIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44d8b372d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/NamespaceDeletionIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInfo;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Namespace;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ObjectMetaBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.rbac.Role;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.rbac.RoleBinding;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.ConfigBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientBuilder;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.KubernetesResourceUtil;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.junit.LocallyRunOperatorExtension;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.namespacedeletion.NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.namespacedeletion.NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
+
+public class NamespaceDeletionIT {
+
+  KubernetesClient adminClient = new KubernetesClientBuilder().build();
+
+  KubernetesClient client = new KubernetesClientBuilder()
+      .withConfig(new ConfigBuilder()
+          .withImpersonateUsername("namespace-deletion-test-user")
+          .build())
+      .build();
+
+  String actualNamespace;
+  Operator operator;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void beforeEach(TestInfo testInfo) {
+    LocallyRunOperatorExtension.applyCrd(NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource.class,
+        adminClient);
+
+    testInfo.getTestMethod().ifPresent(method -> {
+      actualNamespace = KubernetesResourceUtil.sanitizeName(method.getName());
+      adminClient.resource(namespace()).create();
+    });
+
+    applyRBACResources();
+    operator = new Operator(client);
+    operator.register(new NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler(),
+        o -> o.settingNamespaces(actualNamespace));
+    operator.start();
+  }
+
+  @AfterEach
+  void cleanup() {
+    if (operator != null) {
+      operator.stop(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeletingNamespaceWithRolesForOperator() {
+    var res = adminClient.resource(testResource()).create();
+
+    await().untilAsserted(() -> {
+      var actual = adminClient.resource(res).get();
+      assertThat(actual.getMetadata().getFinalizers()).isNotEmpty();
+    });
+
+    adminClient.resource(namespace()).delete();
+
+    await().untilAsserted(() -> {
+      var actual = adminClient.resource(res).get();
+      assertThat(actual).isNull();
+    });
+  }
+
+  NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource testResource() {
+    NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource resource = new NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource();
+    resource.setMetadata(new ObjectMetaBuilder()
+        .withName("test1")
+        .withNamespace(actualNamespace)
+        .build());
+    return resource;
+  }
+
+  private Namespace namespace() {
+    return namespace(actualNamespace);
+  }
+
+  private Namespace namespace(String name) {
+    Namespace n = new Namespace();
+    n.setMetadata(new ObjectMetaBuilder()
+        .withName(name)
+        .withName(actualNamespace)
+        .build());
+    return n;
+  }
+
+  private void applyRBACResources() {
+    var role = ReconcilerUtils
+        .loadYaml(Role.class, NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler.class, "role.yaml");
+    role.getMetadata().setNamespace(actualNamespace);
+    adminClient.resource(role).create();
+
+    var roleBinding = ReconcilerUtils
+        .loadYaml(RoleBinding.class, NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler.class, "role-binding.yaml");
+    roleBinding.getMetadata().setNamespace(actualNamespace);
+    adminClient.resource(roleBinding).create();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06a0758b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.namespacedeletion;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Namespaced;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.CustomResource;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Group;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.ShortNames;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.model.annotation.Version;
+
+@Group("sample.javaoperatorsdk")
+@Version("v1")
+@ShortNames("ndt")
+public class NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource
+    extends CustomResource<Void, Void>
+    implements Namespaced {
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1682321b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.sample.namespacedeletion;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.*;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.support.TestExecutionInfoProvider;
+
+@ControllerConfiguration
+public class NamespaceDeletionTestReconciler
+    implements Reconciler<NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource>, TestExecutionInfoProvider,
+    Cleaner<NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource> {
+
+  public static final int CLEANER_WAIT_PERIOD = 300;
+  private final AtomicInteger numberOfExecutions = new AtomicInteger(0);
+
+  @Override
+  public UpdateControl<NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource> reconcile(
+      NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource resource,
+      Context<NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource> context) {
+    numberOfExecutions.addAndGet(1);
+    return UpdateControl.noUpdate();
+  }
+
+  public int getNumberOfExecutions() {
+    return numberOfExecutions.get();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public DeleteControl cleanup(NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource resource,
+      Context<NamespaceDeletionTestCustomResource> context) {
+    try {
+      Thread.sleep(CLEANER_WAIT_PERIOD);
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+    }
+    return DeleteControl.defaultDelete();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/resources/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/role-binding.yaml b/operator-framework/src/test/resources/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/role-binding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78ae143932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/resources/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/role-binding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+# This cluster role binding allows anyone in the "manager" group to read secrets in any namespace.
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: namespace-deletion
+subjects:
+  - kind: User
+    name: namespace-deletion-test-user
+    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+roleRef:
+  kind: Role
+  name: namespace-deletion-test
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/resources/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/role.yaml b/operator-framework/src/test/resources/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/role.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de6a9dd036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/resources/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/namespacedeletion/role.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  # "namespace" omitted since ClusterRoles are not namespaced
+  name: namespace-deletion-test
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [ "sample.javaoperatorsdk" ]
+    resources: [ "namespacedeletiontestcustomresources" ]
+    verbs: [ "get", "watch", "list", "post", "update", "patch", "delete" ]
+
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ca4f9684f..c389c01c2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Operator SDK for Java</name>
     <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml b/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
index af8589be61..ea18538d30 100644
--- a/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sample-leader-election</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
index c69c388299..7dba03f3d9 100644
--- a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sample-mysql-schema-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/pom.xml b/sample-operators/pom.xml
index f7b1b4dfcb..56c7834d03 100644
--- a/sample-operators/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
index ffb17e2cda..89e243ba0a 100644
--- a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sample-tomcat-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
index 8cbac1f178..e0becee1a5 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-        <version>4.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>sample-webpage-operator</artifactId>