diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f8b00a4d..f2a33898 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1149,8 +1149,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "product-config"
-version = "0.1.0-nightly"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git?branch=main#6cda9b40cde05b48374c775a0e41c38d2ab238bb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git?tag=0.1.0#2c8f66264cceca02d0a7ecb413435041cd7d0ca6"
 dependencies = [
  "java-properties",
  "regex",
@@ -1612,8 +1612,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator"
-version = "0.1.0-nightly"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?branch=main#38283c5df040bf82bf2ddc834e9509be6c52ea65"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=0.1.0#f5d0a3bc783571a9ec6a0947e8dafe99ef675e3d"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "backoff",
@@ -1765,9 +1765,9 @@ checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.10.1"
+version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "92036be488bb6594459f2e03b60e42df6f937fe6ca5c5ffdcb539c6b84dc40f5"
+checksum = "b4efe6fc2395938c8155973d7be49fe8d03a843726e285e100a8a383cc0154ce"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "libc",
diff --git a/crd/Cargo.toml b/crd/Cargo.toml
index 2ecdfe39..9bffe7e7 100644
--- a/crd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crd/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator"
 version = "0.1.0-nightly"
 
 [dependencies]
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", branch = "main" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "0.1.0" }
 
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 kube = { version = "0.58", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index d855632e..4067aee9 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ license-files = [
 [sources]
 unknown-registry = "deny"
 unknown-git = "deny"
+required-git-spec = "tag"
 
 [sources.allow-org]
 github = ["stackabletech"]
diff --git a/operator/Cargo.toml b/operator/Cargo.toml
index 58e476d9..a1207c9b 100644
--- a/operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator"
 version = "0.1.0-nightly"
 
 [dependencies]
-product-config = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git", branch = "main" }
+product-config = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git", tag = "0.1.0" }
 stackable-opa-crd = { path = "../crd" }
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", branch = "main" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "0.1.0" }
 
 async-trait = "0.1"
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index e7a92f7a..91828677 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/stackabletech/opa-operator"
 version = "0.1.0-nightly"
 
 [dependencies]
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", branch = "main" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "0.1.0" }
 stackable-opa-crd = { path = "../crd" }
 stackable-opa-operator = { path = "../operator" }
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 built = { version =  "0.5", features = ["chrono", "git2"] }
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", branch = "main" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "0.1.0" }
 stackable-opa-crd = { path = "../crd" }
 
 [package.metadata.deb]
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index ed107463..c6fbcaf6 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@ mod built_info {
 async fn main() -> Result<(), error::Error> {
     stackable_operator::logging::initialize_logging("OPA_OPERATOR_LOG");
 
-    stackable_operator::utils::print_startup_string(
-        built_info::PKG_DESCRIPTION,
-        built_info::PKG_VERSION,
-        built_info::GIT_VERSION,
-        built_info::TARGET,
-        built_info::BUILT_TIME_UTC,
-        built_info::RUSTC_VERSION,
-    );
-
     // Handle CLI arguments
     let matches = App::new(built_info::PKG_DESCRIPTION)
         .author("Stackable GmbH - info@stackable.de")
@@ -47,6 +38,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), error::Error> {
     ];
     let product_config_path = cli::handle_productconfig_arg(&matches, paths)?;
 
+    stackable_operator::utils::print_startup_string(
+        built_info::PKG_DESCRIPTION,
+        built_info::PKG_VERSION,
+        built_info::GIT_VERSION,
+        built_info::TARGET,
+        built_info::BUILT_TIME_UTC,
+        built_info::RUSTC_VERSION,
+    );
+
     let client = client::create_client(Some("opa.stackable.tech".to_string())).await?;
 
     if let Err(error) = stackable_operator::crd::wait_until_crds_present(