diff --git a/apps/base/bind-external/zones.yaml b/apps/base/bind-external/zones.yaml
index 05ece86..d252a60 100644
--- a/apps/base/bind-external/zones.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/bind-external/zones.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,14 @@ spec:
   updateKeyRef: certmanager
   allowTransfer:
     - key certmanager
+  # Published apex NS. acme-ns1 is what the parent delegates to and glues; ns1 is
+  # in-zone, so its address is declared below or a reseed would glue it to the
+  # primary pod IP.
+  nameservers:
+    - acme-ns1.unkin.net.
+    - ns1.acme.unkin.net.
+  records:
+    - name: ns1
+      type: A
+      ttl: 3600
+      values: ["103.216.191.185"]
diff --git a/apps/base/bind-system/deployment.yaml b/apps/base/bind-system/deployment.yaml
index 744c590..435a209 100644
--- a/apps/base/bind-system/deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/bind-system/deployment.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
         runAsNonRoot: true
       containers:
         - name: operator
-          image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/docker-internal/bind-operator:v0.2.7
+          image: artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/docker-internal/bind-operator:v0.3.0
           args:
             - --metrics-bind-address=:8080
             - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
diff --git a/apps/base/bind-system/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/bind-system/kustomization.yaml
index 80509cb..05d78f6 100644
--- a/apps/base/bind-system/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/bind-system/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ resources:
   - namespace.yaml
   # CRDs are pulled from the bind-operator repo at the matching tag rather than
   # vendored here, so they never drift from the operator.
-  - https://git.unkin.net/unkin/bind-operator/raw/tag/v0.2.7/config/crd/install.yaml
+  - https://git.unkin.net/unkin/bind-operator/raw/tag/v0.3.0/config/crd/install.yaml
   - rbac.yaml
   - agent-dns-rbac.yaml
   - deployment.yaml