diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 075e87a7..b8c6c456 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.3
 	knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241010131451-05b2fb30cb4d
-	knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241003213123-6dce5ef96d7c
+	knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241010181608-36698ccd6a79
 	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241010131207-e0f65ceabc68
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8d327742..3697c124 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1294,8 +1294,8 @@ knative.dev/caching v0.0.0-20240923134629-abecea6b8cbe h1:Ay4WnT6wJ4TnO/OrXfFPlm
 knative.dev/caching v0.0.0-20240923134629-abecea6b8cbe/go.mod h1:6XpJds6qbOPSMyGbj7yaDZNQ3CfByAvi8H4gWk1w+sw=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241010131451-05b2fb30cb4d h1:aCfX7kwkvgGxXXGbso5tLqdwQmzBkJ9d+EIRwksKTvk=
 knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241010131451-05b2fb30cb4d/go.mod h1:R0ritgYtjLDO9527h5vb5X6gfvt5LCrJ55BNbVDsWiY=
-knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241003213123-6dce5ef96d7c h1:xMmPL4WYZrP1LHDLNbS7wf6u8A4EH6Pp0UE/W9rj1LU=
-knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241003213123-6dce5ef96d7c/go.mod h1:LFsHBfoWxlMdHRRKAuLURtCQTRjNN0ImB9MlwU7G6+A=
+knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241010181608-36698ccd6a79 h1:R56sqHmHy7h0MpCTc6gQNg3ibFkBweOdvoP+p9zbbVs=
+knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241010181608-36698ccd6a79/go.mod h1:LFsHBfoWxlMdHRRKAuLURtCQTRjNN0ImB9MlwU7G6+A=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241010131207-e0f65ceabc68 h1:bsVHXShoLA9+ScLVRgVbd07psRVx9RM5RqXZUaOnXes=
 knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20241010131207-e0f65ceabc68/go.mod h1:mnrs8wCm1DQlXptE6ylKCAKJeCeP3lRTJbu38jW6JAs=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
diff --git a/vendor/knative.dev/operator/pkg/apis/operator/base/common.go b/vendor/knative.dev/operator/pkg/apis/operator/base/common.go
index 2b04645c..249cc842 100644
--- a/vendor/knative.dev/operator/pkg/apis/operator/base/common.go
+++ b/vendor/knative.dev/operator/pkg/apis/operator/base/common.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ type KComponentSpec interface {
 	// GetAdditionalManifests gets the list of additional manifests, which should be installed
 	GetAdditionalManifests() []Manifest
 
+	// GetNamespaceConfiguration gets the labels and annotations for the namespace
+	GetNamespaceConfiguration() *NamespaceConfiguration
+
 	// GetHighAvailability returns means to set the number of desired replicas
 	GetHighAvailability() *HighAvailability
 
@@ -142,6 +145,10 @@ type CommonSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	DeploymentOverride []WorkloadOverride `json:"deployments,omitempty"`
 
+	// NamespaceConfiguration overrides namespace configurations such as labels and annotations.
+	// +optional
+	NamespaceConfiguration *NamespaceConfiguration `json:"namespace,omitempty"`
+
 	// Workloads overrides workloads configurations such as resources and replicas.
 	// +optional
 	Workloads []WorkloadOverride `json:"workloads,omitempty"`
@@ -191,6 +198,11 @@ func (c *CommonSpec) GetVersion() string {
 	return c.Version
 }
 
+// GetNamespaceConfiguration implements KComponentSpec.
+func (c *CommonSpec) GetNamespaceConfiguration() *NamespaceConfiguration {
+	return c.NamespaceConfiguration
+}
+
 // GetManifests implements KComponentSpec.
 func (c *CommonSpec) GetManifests() []Manifest {
 	return c.Manifests
@@ -247,6 +259,17 @@ type Registry struct {
 	ImagePullSecrets []corev1.LocalObjectReference `json:"imagePullSecrets,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// NamespaceConfiguration defines the configurations of namespaces to override.
+type NamespaceConfiguration struct {
+	// Labels overrides labels for the namespace and its template.
+	// +optional
+	Labels map[string]string `json:"labels,omitempty"`
+
+	// Annotations overrides labels for the namespace and its template.
+	// +optional
+	Annotations map[string]string `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // WorkloadOverride defines the configurations of deployments to override.
 type WorkloadOverride struct {
 	// Name is the name of the deployment to override.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 7146f87b..6a684652 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ k8s.io/utils/trace
 # knative.dev/hack v0.0.0-20241010131451-05b2fb30cb4d
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 knative.dev/hack
-# knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241003213123-6dce5ef96d7c
+# knative.dev/operator v0.42.1-0.20241010181608-36698ccd6a79
 ## explicit; go 1.22.0
 knative.dev/operator/pkg/apis/operator
 knative.dev/operator/pkg/apis/operator/base