diff --git a/operator/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/operator/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index d68a66a255237..95239a7a1e655 100644
--- a/operator/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/operator/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: quay.io/openshift-logging/loki-operator
-  newTag: 0.1.0
+  newTag: 6.0.0
diff --git a/operator/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml b/operator/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml
index 29c420ed2f43a..f400c02fc6a30 100644
--- a/operator/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/operator/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ configMapGenerator:
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: quay.io/openshift-logging/loki-operator
-  newTag: 0.1.0
+  newTag: 6.0.0
 
 patches:
 - path: auth_proxy_service_annotations_patch.yaml