diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/gateway-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index 488eead15..942d492b1 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.4.0
+
+### Changes
+
+- Bump the operator's default version to 1.4.0 and `kong/kubernetes-configuration` CRDs to 0.0.41.
+  [#1161](https://github.com/Kong/charts/pull/1161)
+
 ## 0.3.0
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.lock b/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.lock
index 50532b714..ca86582c8 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.lock
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ dependencies:
   version: 1.1.0
 - name: kubernetes-configuration-crds
   repository: ""
-  version: 0.0.38
-digest: sha256:bb2e90569c330baac439854178279982b4e0558771ca5da7fe38c8a4d281cf5f
-generated: "2024-10-30T20:35:30.928038+01:00"
+  version: 0.0.41
+digest: sha256:7833a0a6b9d736a0227f77212df4ad2eec572b367da2c8d1fece5eb617d45a95
+generated: "2024-11-07T10:09:06.705774+01:00"
diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.yaml
index 2f73a084c..48a30d6ea 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ maintainers:
 name: gateway-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/Kong/charts/tree/main/charts/gateway-operator
-version: 0.3.1
-appVersion: "1.3"
+version: 0.4.0
+appVersion: "1.4"
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/prerelease: "false"
 
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ dependencies:
     version: 1.1.0
     condition: gwapi-experimental-crds.enabled
   - name: kubernetes-configuration-crds
-    version: 0.0.38
+    version: 0.0.41
     condition: kubernetes-configuration-crds.enabled
diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/Chart.yaml b/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/Chart.yaml
index 1eb9cced6..d8b99d9d7 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: kubernetes-configuration-crds
-version: 0.0.38
-appVersion: "0.0.38"
+version: 0.0.41
+appVersion: "0.0.41"
 description: A Helm chart for Kong's Kubernetes Configuration CRDs
diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/crds/kubernetes-configuration-crds.yaml b/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/crds/kubernetes-configuration-crds.yaml
index d37002024..c0284115f 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/crds/kubernetes-configuration-crds.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/charts/kubernetes-configuration-crds/crds/kubernetes-configuration-crds.yaml
@@ -7015,8 +7015,8 @@ spec:
           rule: '!has(oldSelf.spec.controlPlaneRef) || has(self.spec.controlPlaneRef)'
         - message: spec.controlPlaneRef is immutable when an entity is already Programmed
           rule: '(!has(self.status) || !self.status.conditions.exists(c, c.type ==
-            ''Programmed'' && c.status == ''True'')) ? true : oldSelf.spec.controlPlaneRef
-            == self.spec.controlPlaneRef'
+            ''Programmed'' && c.status == ''True'') || !has(self.spec.controlPlaneRef))
+            ? true : oldSelf.spec.controlPlaneRef == self.spec.controlPlaneRef'
     served: true
     storage: true
     subresources:
diff --git a/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml b/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml
index 6b23147d2..8c5ff2f31 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 image:
   repository: docker.io/kong/gateway-operator
-  tag: 1.3
+  tag: 1.4
 
 kubeRBACProxy:
   # Additional pod containers in the controller.