diff --git a/apps/base/cephrgw-system/deployment.yaml b/apps/base/cephrgw-system/deployment.yaml
index 2e005fe..93a543f 100644
--- a/apps/base/cephrgw-system/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/cephrgw-system/deployment.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
         runAsNonRoot: true
       containers:
         - name: operator
-          image: git.unkin.net/unkin/cephrgw-operator:v0.3.0
+          image: git.unkin.net/unkin/cephrgw-operator:v0.3.1
           args:
             - --metrics-bind-address=:8080
             - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
diff --git a/apps/base/cephrgw-system/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/cephrgw-system/kustomization.yaml
index 6df7822..388fe1d 100644
--- a/apps/base/cephrgw-system/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/cephrgw-system/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ resources:
   - namespace.yaml
   # CRDs are pulled from the cephrgw-operator repo at the matching tag rather
   # than vendored here, so they never drift from the operator.
-  - https://git.unkin.net/unkin/cephrgw-operator/raw/tag/v0.3.0/config/crd/install.yaml
+  - https://git.unkin.net/unkin/cephrgw-operator/raw/tag/v0.3.1/config/crd/install.yaml
   - rbac.yaml
   - deployment.yaml
   - vaultauth.yaml
diff --git a/apps/base/cephrgw-system/rbac.yaml b/apps/base/cephrgw-system/rbac.yaml
index aad1349..aabefcc 100644
--- a/apps/base/cephrgw-system/rbac.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/cephrgw-system/rbac.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: ["coordination.k8s.io"]
     resources: ["leases"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  # v0.3.1 startup check reads its own CRDs to warn if they are stale/missing.
+  - apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding