diff --git a/config/manifests/bases/openstack-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/bases/openstack-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 0d8ae4b2a4..ca98482c6a 100644
--- a/config/manifests/bases/openstack-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/bases/openstack-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ spec:
           Resource
         displayName: Template
         path: openstackclient.template
+      - description: List of environment variables to set in the container.
+        displayName: Env
+        path: openstackclient.template.env
       - description: Ovn - Overrides to use when creating the OVN Services
         displayName: Ovn
         path: ovn
diff --git a/config/operator/deployment/kustomization.yaml b/config/operator/deployment/kustomization.yaml
index c0f1e3f507..732f637fae 100644
--- a/config/operator/deployment/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/operator/deployment/kustomization.yaml
@@ -27,3 +27,9 @@ patches:
     kind: Deployment
     name: openstack-operator-controller-init
     namespace: system
+- patch: '[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/0", "value":
+    {"name": "OPENSTACK_RELEASE_VERSION", "value": "0.6.0-1775627212"}}]'
+  target:
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: openstack-operator-controller-init
+    namespace: system