diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ecf54f7c..29bbb47e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ test:
 	GO111MODULE=on go test ./...
 
 e2e: docker # build operator image to be tested
-	cd e2e; make tools e2etest clean
+	cd e2e; make e2etest
diff --git a/docs/developer.md b/docs/developer.md
index 6e0fc33c8..59fbe09a2 100644
--- a/docs/developer.md
+++ b/docs/developer.md
@@ -237,9 +237,11 @@ kubectl logs acid-minimal-cluster-0
 
 ## End-to-end tests
 
-The operator provides reference end-to-end tests (e2e) (as Docker image) to
-ensure various infrastructure parts work smoothly together. Each e2e execution
-tests a Postgres Operator image built from the current git branch. The test
+The operator provides reference end-to-end (e2e) tests to
+ensure various infrastructure parts work smoothly together. The test code is available at `e2e/tests`.
+The special `registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator-e2e-tests-runner` image is used to run the tests. The container mounts the local `e2e/tests` directory at runtime, so whatever you modify in your local copy of the tests will be executed by a test runner. By maintaining a separate test runner image we avoid the need to re-build the e2e test image on every build. 
+
+Each e2e execution tests a Postgres Operator image built from the current git branch. The test
 runner creates a new local K8s cluster using [kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/),
 utilizes provided manifest examples, and runs e2e tests contained in the `tests`
 folder. The K8s API client in the container connects to the `kind` cluster via
diff --git a/e2e/Dockerfile b/e2e/Dockerfile
index a250ea9cb..70e6f0a84 100644
--- a/e2e/Dockerfile
+++ b/e2e/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-# An image to perform the actual test. Do not forget to copy all necessary test
-# files here.
-FROM ubuntu:18.04
+# An image to run e2e tests.
+# The image does not include the tests; all necessary files are bind-mounted when a container starts.
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
 LABEL maintainer="Team ACID @ Zalando <team-acid@zalando.de>"
 
-COPY manifests ./manifests
-COPY exec.sh ./exec.sh
-COPY requirements.txt tests ./
+ENV TERM xterm-256color
+
+COPY requirements.txt ./
+COPY scm-source.json ./
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
@@ -14,13 +15,10 @@ RUN apt-get update \
            python3-pip \
            curl \
     && pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt \
-    && curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.14.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl \
+    && curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.18.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl \
     && chmod +x ./kubectl \
     && mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-ARG VERSION=dev
-RUN sed -i "s/__version__ = .*/__version__ = '${VERSION}'/" ./__init__.py
-
-CMD ["python3", "-m", "unittest", "discover", "--start-directory", ".", "-v"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "-m", "unittest", "discover", "--start-directory", ".", "-v"]
diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index 16e3f2f99..05ea6a3d6 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: clean copy docker push tools test
 
-BINARY ?= postgres-operator-e2e-tests
+BINARY ?= postgres-operator-e2e-tests-runner
 BUILD_FLAGS ?= -v
 CGO_ENABLED ?= 0
 ifeq ($(RACE),1)
@@ -34,15 +34,20 @@ copy: clean
 	mkdir manifests
 	cp ../manifests -r .
 
-docker: copy
-	docker build --build-arg "VERSION=$(VERSION)" -t "$(IMAGE):$(TAG)" .
+docker: scm-source.json
+	docker build -t "$(IMAGE):$(TAG)" .
+
+scm-source.json: ../.git
+	echo '{\n "url": "git:$(GITURL)",\n "revision": "$(GITHEAD)",\n "author": "$(USER)",\n "status": "$(GITSTATUS)"\n}' > scm-source.json
 
 push: docker
 	docker push "$(IMAGE):$(TAG)"
 
-tools: docker
+tools:
 	# install pinned version of 'kind'
-	GO111MODULE=on go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.8.1
+	# go get must run outside of a dir with a (module-based) Go project !
+	# otherwise go get updates project's dependencies and/or behaves differently
+	cd "/tmp" && GO111MODULE=on go get sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.8.1
 
-e2etest:
-	./run.sh
+e2etest: tools copy clean
+	./run.sh main
diff --git a/e2e/kind-cluster-postgres-operator-e2e-tests.yaml b/e2e/kind-cluster-postgres-operator-e2e-tests.yaml
index a59746fd3..752e993cd 100644
--- a/e2e/kind-cluster-postgres-operator-e2e-tests.yaml
+++ b/e2e/kind-cluster-postgres-operator-e2e-tests.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kind: Cluster
-apiVersion: kind.sigs.k8s.io/v1alpha3
+apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
 nodes:
 - role: control-plane
 - role: worker
diff --git a/e2e/run.sh b/e2e/run.sh
index 9d7e2eba7..74d842879 100755
--- a/e2e/run.sh
+++ b/e2e/run.sh
@@ -6,29 +6,29 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-cd $(dirname "$0");
-
 readonly cluster_name="postgres-operator-e2e-tests"
 readonly kubeconfig_path="/tmp/kind-config-${cluster_name}"
+readonly spilo_image="registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-12:1.6-p5"
+
+echo "Clustername: ${cluster_name}"
+echo "Kubeconfig path: ${kubeconfig_path}"
 
 function pull_images(){
-
   operator_tag=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty)
   if [[ -z $(docker images -q registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator:${operator_tag}) ]]
   then
     docker pull registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator:latest
   fi
-  if [[ -z $(docker images -q registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator-e2e-tests:${operator_tag}) ]]
-  then
-    docker pull registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator-e2e-tests:latest
-  fi
 
   operator_image=$(docker images --filter=reference="registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator" --format "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}" | head -1)
-  e2e_test_image=$(docker images --filter=reference="registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator-e2e-tests" --format "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}" | head -1)
+
+  # this image does not contain the tests; a container mounts them from a local "./tests" dir at start time
+  e2e_test_runner_image="registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator-e2e-tests-runner:latest"
+  docker pull ${e2e_test_runner_image}
 }
 
 function start_kind(){
-
+  echo "Starting kind for e2e tests"
   # avoid interference with previous test runs
   if [[ $(kind get clusters | grep "^${cluster_name}*") != "" ]]
   then
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ function start_kind(){
   export KUBECONFIG="${kubeconfig_path}"
   kind create cluster --name ${cluster_name} --config kind-cluster-postgres-operator-e2e-tests.yaml
   kind load docker-image "${operator_image}" --name ${cluster_name}
-  kind load docker-image "${e2e_test_image}" --name ${cluster_name}
+  docker pull "${spilo_image}"
+  kind load docker-image "${spilo_image}" --name ${cluster_name}
 }
 
 function set_kind_api_server_ip(){
+  echo "Setting up kind API server ip"
   # use the actual kubeconfig to connect to the 'kind' API server
   # but update the IP address of the API server to the one from the Docker 'bridge' network
   readonly local kind_api_server_port=6443 # well-known in the 'kind' codebase
@@ -50,10 +52,21 @@ function set_kind_api_server_ip(){
 }
 
 function run_tests(){
-  docker run --rm --network kind --mount type=bind,source="$(readlink -f ${kubeconfig_path})",target=/root/.kube/config -e OPERATOR_IMAGE="${operator_image}" "${e2e_test_image}"
+  echo "Running tests..."
+
+  # tests modify files in ./manifests, so we mount a copy of this directory done by the e2e Makefile
+
+  docker run --rm --network=host -e "TERM=xterm-256color" \
+  --mount type=bind,source="$(readlink -f ${kubeconfig_path})",target=/root/.kube/config \
+  --mount type=bind,source="$(readlink -f manifests)",target=/manifests \
+  --mount type=bind,source="$(readlink -f tests)",target=/tests \
+  --mount type=bind,source="$(readlink -f exec.sh)",target=/exec.sh \
+  -e OPERATOR_IMAGE="${operator_image}" "${e2e_test_runner_image}"
+  
 }
 
 function clean_up(){
+  echo "Executing cleanup"
   unset KUBECONFIG
   kind delete cluster --name ${cluster_name}
   rm -rf ${kubeconfig_path}
@@ -63,11 +76,11 @@ function main(){
 
   trap "clean_up" QUIT TERM EXIT
 
-  pull_images
-  start_kind
-  set_kind_api_server_ip
+  time pull_images
+  time start_kind
+  time set_kind_api_server_ip
   run_tests
   exit 0
 }
 
-main "$@"
+"$@"
diff --git a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
index ce2d392e1..550d3ced8 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         In the case of test failure the cluster will stay to enable manual examination;
         next invocation of "make test" will re-create it.
         '''
+        print("Test Setup being executed")
 
         # set a single K8s wrapper for all tests
         k8s = cls.k8s = K8s()
@@ -216,7 +217,8 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         k8s = self.k8s
         # update infrastructure roles description
         secret_name = "postgresql-infrastructure-roles"
-        roles = "secretname: postgresql-infrastructure-roles-new, userkey: user, rolekey: memberof, passwordkey: password, defaultrolevalue: robot_zmon"
+        roles = "secretname: postgresql-infrastructure-roles-new, \
+            userkey: user, rolekey: memberof, passwordkey: password, defaultrolevalue: robot_zmon"
         patch_infrastructure_roles = {
             "data": {
                 "infrastructure_roles_secret_name": secret_name,
@@ -313,7 +315,8 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             image0 = k8s.get_effective_pod_image(pod0)
             image1 = k8s.get_effective_pod_image(pod1)
 
-            assert_msg = "Disabling lazy upgrade failed: pods still have different images {} and {}".format(image0, image1)
+            assert_msg = "Disabling lazy upgrade failed: pods still have different \
+                images {} and {}".format(image0, image1)
             self.assertEqual(image0, image1, assert_msg)
 
         except timeout_decorator.TimeoutError:
@@ -710,11 +713,11 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             time.sleep(10)
 
             # add annotations to manifest
-            deleteDate = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+            delete_date = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
             pg_patch_delete_annotations = {
                 "metadata": {
                     "annotations": {
-                        "delete-date": deleteDate,
+                        "delete-date": delete_date,
                         "delete-clustername": "acid-minimal-cluster",
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 74f8dc5e1..91267bfad 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200826040757-bc8aaaa29e06 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200828161849-5deb26317202 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8
 	k8s.io/api v0.18.8
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.18.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.18.8
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.18.6
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.18.8
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.18.8
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a7787e0fd..1a59b280a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ github.com/golang/mock v1.1.1/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfb
 github.com/golang/mock v1.2.0/go.mod h1:oTYuIxOrZwtPieC+H1uAHpcLFnEyAGVDL/k47Jfbm0A=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v0.0.0-20161109072736-4bd1920723d7/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1 h1:YF8+flBXS5eO826T4nzqPrxfhQThhXl0YzfuUPu4SBg=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:6nsPYzhq5kReh6QImI3k5qWzO4PEbvbIW2cwSfR/6xs=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0 h1:crn/baboCvb5fXaQ0IJ1SGTsTVrWpDsCWC8EGETZijY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
-github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0 h1:A8PeW59pxE9IoFRqBp37U+mSNaQoZ46F1f0f863XSXw=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0 h1:Hsa8mG0dQ46ij8Sl2AYJDUv1oA9/d6Vk+3LG99Oe02g=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.1.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.0.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1 h1:Gkbcsh/GbpXz7lPftLA3P6TYMwjCLYm83jiFQZF/3gY=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
-github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170729233727-0c5108395e2d h1:7XGaL1e6bYS1yIonGp9761ExpPPV1ui0SAC59Yube9k=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.0.0-20170729233727-0c5108395e2d/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.1.0 h1:rVsPeBmXbYv4If/cumu1AzZPwV58q433hvONV1UEZoI=
 github.com/googleapis/gnostic v0.1.0/go.mod h1:sJBsCZ4ayReDTBIg8b9dl28c5xFWyhBTVRp3pOg5EKY=
@@ -181,7 +178,6 @@ github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.3.0 h1:OS12ieG61fsCg5+qLJ+SsW9NicxNkg3b25OyT2
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.3.0/go.mod h1:9QtRXoHjLGCJ5IBSaohpXITPlowMeeYCZ7fLUTSywik=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
-github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7 h1:KfgG9LzI+pYjr4xvmz/5H4FXjokeP+rlHLhv3iH62Fo=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.7/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.8 h1:QiWkFLKq0T7mpzwOTu6BzNDbfTE8OLrYhVKYMLF46Ok=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.8/go.mod h1:KdQUCv79m/52Kvf8AW2vK1V8akMuk1QjK/uOdHXbAo4=
@@ -272,7 +268,6 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5/go.mod h1:3K3wKZymM7VvHMDS9+Akkh4K60UwM26emMESw8tL
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v0.0.0-20170130214245-9ff6c6923cff/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.1/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 h1:zPAT6CGy6wXeQ7NtTnaTerfKOsV6V6F8agHXFiazDkg=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
@@ -281,7 +276,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1 h1:nOGnQDM7FYENwehXlg/kFVnos3rEvtKTjRvOWSzb6H4=
@@ -375,7 +369,6 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20180412165947-fbb02b2291d2/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
-golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c h1:fqgJT0MGcGpPgpWU7VRdRjuArfcOvC4AoJmILihzhDg=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4 h1:SvFZT6jyqRaOeXpc5h/JSfZenJ2O330aBsf7JfSUXmQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
@@ -393,11 +386,10 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190614205625-5aca471b1d59/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgw
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190617190820-da514acc4774/go.mod h1:/rFqwRUd4F7ZHNgwSSTFct+R/Kf4OFW1sUzUTQQTgfc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190920225731-5eefd052ad72/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200826040757-bc8aaaa29e06 h1:ChBCbOHeLqK+j+znGPlWCcvx/t2PdxmyPBheVZxXbcc=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200826040757-bc8aaaa29e06/go.mod h1:njjCfa9FT2d7l9Bc6FUM5FLjQPp3cFF28FI3qnDFljA=
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+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200828161849-5deb26317202/go.mod h1:njjCfa9FT2d7l9Bc6FUM5FLjQPp3cFF28FI3qnDFljA=
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@@ -475,7 +463,6 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.7/go.mod h1:PHgbrJT
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diff --git a/manifests/configmap.yaml b/manifests/configmap.yaml
index 998e0e45f..fc374c754 100644
--- a/manifests/configmap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/configmap.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ data:
   # connection_pooler_default_cpu_request: "500m"
   # connection_pooler_default_memory_limit: 100Mi
   # connection_pooler_default_memory_request: 100Mi
-  connection_pooler_image: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/pgbouncer:master-9"
+  connection_pooler_image: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/pgbouncer:master-11"
   # connection_pooler_max_db_connections: 60
   # connection_pooler_mode: "transaction"
   # connection_pooler_number_of_instances: 2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ data:
   # default_memory_request: 100Mi
   # delete_annotation_date_key: delete-date
   # delete_annotation_name_key: delete-clustername
-  docker_image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-12:1.6-p3
+  docker_image: registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/spilo-12:1.6-p5
   # downscaler_annotations: "deployment-time,downscaler/*"
   # enable_admin_role_for_users: "true"
   # enable_crd_validation: "true"