diff --git a/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml b/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
index 04bb41900..dab035c54 100644
--- a/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/postgresql.crd.yaml
@@ -152,18 +152,26 @@ spec:
                   makes sense to expose. E.g. pool size (min/max boundaries), max client
                   connections etc.
                 properties:
-                  imagePullSecrets:
-                    type: array
-                    nullable: true
-                    items:
-                      type: object
-                      required:
-                        - name
-                      properties:
-                        name:
-                          type: string
                   dockerImage:
                     type: string
+                  imagePullSecrets:
+                    items:
+                      description: |-
+                        LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the
+                        referenced object inside the same namespace.
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          default: ""
+                          description: |-
+                            Name of the referent.
+                            This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is
+                            allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are
+                            almost certainly wrong.
+                            More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
+                          type: string
+                      type: object
+                      x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                    type: array
                   maxDBConnections:
                     format: int32
                     type: integer
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql.crd.yaml b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql.crd.yaml
index 39811824e..dab035c54 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql.crd.yaml
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql.crd.yaml
@@ -154,6 +154,24 @@ spec:
                 properties:
                   dockerImage:
                     type: string
+                  imagePullSecrets:
+                    items:
+                      description: |-
+                        LocalObjectReference contains enough information to let you locate the
+                        referenced object inside the same namespace.
+                      properties:
+                        name:
+                          default: ""
+                          description: |-
+                            Name of the referent.
+                            This field is effectively required, but due to backwards compatibility is
+                            allowed to be empty. Instances of this type with an empty value here are
+                            almost certainly wrong.
+                            More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names/#names
+                          type: string
+                      type: object
+                      x-kubernetes-map-type: atomic
+                    type: array
                   maxDBConnections:
                     format: int32
                     type: integer
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 159a87f35..634afbf51 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ func (in *ConnectionPooler) DeepCopyInto(out *ConnectionPooler) {
 		*out = new(int32)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.ImagePullSecrets != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ImagePullSecrets, &out.ImagePullSecrets
+		*out = make([]corev1.LocalObjectReference, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
 	if in.Resources != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Resources, &out.Resources
 		*out = new(Resources)