diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b09403cab..ed0a7afaa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ADMIN_CONSOLE_IMAGE_OVERRIDE =
 ADMIN_CONSOLE_MIGRATIONS_IMAGE_OVERRIDE =
 EMBEDDED_OPERATOR_CHART_URL = oci://registry.replicated.com/library
 EMBEDDED_OPERATOR_CHART_NAME = embedded-cluster-operator
-EMBEDDED_OPERATOR_CHART_VERSION = 0.20.0
+EMBEDDED_OPERATOR_CHART_VERSION = 0.21.0
 OPENEBS_CHART_URL = https://openebs.github.io/charts
 OPENEBS_CHART_NAME = openebs/openebs
 OPENEBS_CHART_VERSION = 3.10.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a4fe967a4..74ff9a8bc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/k0sproject/dig v0.2.0
 	github.com/k0sproject/k0sctl v0.17.4
 	github.com/k0sproject/rig v0.17.4
-	github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-operator v0.20.0
+	github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-operator v0.21.0
 	github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20230724164735-f83482cc9cfe
 	github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot v0.79.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jellydator/validation v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-shellwords v1.0.12 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ohler55/ojg v1.21.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7eaf2a6f5..2eab7e1aa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ github.com/muhlemmer/gu v0.3.1/go.mod h1:YHtHR+gxM+bKEIIs7Hmi9sPT3ZDUvTN/i88wQpZ
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 h1:C3w9PqII01/Oq1c1nUAm88MOHcQC9l5mIlSMApZMrHA=
 github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8mK8HuQTcFwEeznm/DIxMOiR9yIdICNftLE1DvQ=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
+github.com/ohler55/ojg v1.21.0 h1:niqSS6yl3PQZJrqh7pKs/zinl4HebGe8urXEfpvlpYY=
+github.com/ohler55/ojg v1.21.0/go.mod h1:gQhDVpQLqrmnd2eqGAvJtn+NfKoYJbe/A4Sj3/Vro4o=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 h1:EGfNDEx6MqHz8B3uNV6QAib1UR2Lm97sHi3ocA6ESJ4=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.14.0 h1:vSmGj2Z5YPb9JwCWT6z6ihcUvDhuXLc3sJiqd3jMKAY=
@@ -310,6 +312,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
 github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-operator v0.20.0 h1:s9tlPeeOn6faj76bmW5PuMndj/uvUhrS/07iaGqIC0Q=
 github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-operator v0.20.0/go.mod h1:qkCOGMKxiCzSkqM+3IWACbAB/32G0V67HYreJ5iaa30=
+github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-operator v0.21.0 h1:8op84Vuoh3ZQ2rcin0iFFlTQcR+e0sPh94e68b7I8gc=
+github.com/replicatedhq/embedded-cluster-operator v0.21.0/go.mod h1:uqF+I0D7RY3/q8LHgGfEjhH/ks1vvtBZ7bUA30vtPII=
 github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20230724164735-f83482cc9cfe h1:3AJInd06UxzqHmgy8+24CPsT2tYSE0zToJZyuX9q+MA=
 github.com/replicatedhq/kotskinds v0.0.0-20230724164735-f83482cc9cfe/go.mod h1:QjhIUu3+OmHZ09u09j3FCoTt8F3BYtQglS+OLmftu9I=
 github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot v0.79.1 h1:BBsYA53w+vq0DJe2CrlqBdQESzgWWsqCGRBJ4aTzzZ0=