diff --git a/postgres-operator/Chart.yaml b/postgres-operator/Chart.yaml
index 7a7f705..44e8885 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: postgres-operator
-version: 1.10.1
-appVersion: 1.10.1
+version: 1.11.0
+appVersion: 1.11.0
 home: https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
 description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running in Kubernetes
 keywords:
diff --git a/postgres-operator/crds/operatorconfigurations.yaml b/postgres-operator/crds/operatorconfigurations.yaml
index c6d2635..b10be55 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/crds/operatorconfigurations.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/crds/operatorconfigurations.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ spec:
                   type: string
               docker_image:
                 type: string
-                default: "ghcr.io/zalando/spilo-15:3.0-p1"
+                default: "ghcr.io/zalando/spilo-16:3.2-p2"
               enable_crd_registration:
                 type: boolean
                 default: true
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ spec:
                       type: string
                   minimal_major_version:
                     type: string
-                    default: "11"
+                    default: "12"
                   target_major_version:
                     type: string
-                    default: "15"
+                    default: "16"
               kubernetes:
                 type: object
                 properties:
@@ -205,9 +205,15 @@ spec:
                   enable_cross_namespace_secret:
                     type: boolean
                     default: false
+                  enable_finalizers:
+                    type: boolean
+                    default: false
                   enable_init_containers:
                     type: boolean
                     default: true
+                  enable_persistent_volume_claim_deletion:
+                    type: boolean
+                    default: true
                   enable_pod_antiaffinity:
                     type: boolean
                     default: false
@@ -278,6 +284,19 @@ spec:
                   pdb_name_format:
                     type: string
                     default: "postgres-{cluster}-pdb"
+                  persistent_volume_claim_retention_policy:
+                    type: object
+                    properties:
+                      when_deleted:
+                        type: string
+                        enum:
+                          - "delete"
+                          - "retain"
+                      when_scaled:
+                        type: string
+                        enum:
+                          - "delete"
+                          - "retain"
                   pod_antiaffinity_preferred_during_scheduling:
                     type: boolean
                     default: false
@@ -349,19 +368,15 @@ spec:
                   default_cpu_limit:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+m|\d+(\.\d{1,3})?)$'
-                    default: "1"
                   default_cpu_request:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+m|\d+(\.\d{1,3})?)$'
-                    default: "100m"
                   default_memory_limit:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
-                    default: "500Mi"
                   default_memory_request:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
-                    default: "100Mi"
                   max_cpu_request:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+m|\d+(\.\d{1,3})?)$'
@@ -371,11 +386,9 @@ spec:
                   min_cpu_limit:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+m|\d+(\.\d{1,3})?)$'
-                    default: "250m"
                   min_memory_limit:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
-                    default: "250Mi"
               timeouts:
                 type: object
                 properties:
@@ -489,7 +502,7 @@ spec:
                     pattern: '^(\d+m|\d+(\.\d{1,3})?)$'
                   logical_backup_docker_image:
                     type: string
-                    default: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/logical-backup:v1.10.1"
+                    default: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/logical-backup:v1.11.0"
                   logical_backup_google_application_credentials:
                     type: string
                   logical_backup_job_prefix:
@@ -526,6 +539,8 @@ spec:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+|\*)(/\d+)?(\s+(\d+|\*)(/\d+)?){4}$'
                     default: "30 00 * * *"
+                  logical_backup_cronjob_environment_secret:
+                    type: string
               debug:
                 type: object
                 properties:
@@ -637,7 +652,7 @@ spec:
                     default: "pooler"
                   connection_pooler_image:
                     type: string
-                    default: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/pgbouncer:master-27"
+                    default: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/pgbouncer:master-32"
                   connection_pooler_max_db_connections:
                     type: integer
                     default: 60
@@ -654,19 +669,15 @@ spec:
                   connection_pooler_default_cpu_limit:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+m|\d+(\.\d{1,3})?)$'
-                    default: "1"
                   connection_pooler_default_cpu_request:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+m|\d+(\.\d{1,3})?)$'
-                    default: "500m"
                   connection_pooler_default_memory_limit:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
-                    default: "100Mi"
                   connection_pooler_default_memory_request:
                     type: string
                     pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
-                    default: "100Mi"
               patroni:
                 type: object
                 properties:
diff --git a/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml b/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml
index 6f938cf..fcb278c 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/crds/postgresqls.yaml
@@ -371,12 +371,12 @@ spec:
                   version:
                     type: string
                     enum:
-                      - "10"
                       - "11"
                       - "12"
                       - "13"
                       - "14"
                       - "15"
+                      - "16"
                   parameters:
                     type: object
                     additionalProperties:
@@ -441,6 +441,12 @@ spec:
                         pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
                         # Note: the value specified here must not be zero or be higher
                         # than the corresponding limit.
+                      hugepages-2Mi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
+                      hugepages-1Gi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
                   requests:
                     type: object
                     properties:
@@ -450,6 +456,12 @@ spec:
                       memory:
                         type: string
                         pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
+                      hugepages-2Mi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
+                      hugepages-1Gi:
+                        type: string
+                        pattern: '^(\d+(e\d+)?|\d+(\.\d+)?(e\d+)?[EPTGMK]i?)$'
               schedulerName:
                 type: string
               serviceAnnotations:
@@ -501,6 +513,8 @@ spec:
                       type: integer
                     database:
                       type: string
+                    enableRecovery:
+                      type: boolean
                     filter:
                       type: object
                       additionalProperties:
@@ -518,6 +532,8 @@ spec:
                             type: string
                           payloadColumn:
                             type: string
+                          recoveryEventType:
+                            type: string
               teamId:
                 type: string
               tls:
@@ -596,6 +612,11 @@ spec:
                     - SUPERUSER
                     - nosuperuser
                     - NOSUPERUSER
+              usersIgnoringSecretRotation:
+                type: array
+                nullable: true
+                items:
+                  type: string
               usersWithInPlaceSecretRotation:
                 type: array
                 nullable: true
diff --git a/postgres-operator/index.yaml b/postgres-operator/index.yaml
index 0a489c5..c7bbeee 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/index.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/index.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,31 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 entries:
   postgres-operator:
+  - apiVersion: v2
+    appVersion: 1.11.0
+    created: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.311938906+01:00"
+    description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
+      in Kubernetes
+    digest: f12f5ae9282dd77d37e3bfd0aa47be58ed0b2f02056889d8f1111bdb2b9fe286
+    home: https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
+    keywords:
+    - postgres
+    - operator
+    - cloud-native
+    - patroni
+    - spilo
+    maintainers:
+    - email: opensource@zalando.de
+      name: Zalando
+    name: postgres-operator
+    sources:
+    - https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
+    urls:
+    - postgres-operator-1.11.0.tgz
+    version: 1.11.0
   - apiVersion: v2
     appVersion: 1.10.1
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.96185313+02:00"
+    created: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.3101439+01:00"
     description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
       in Kubernetes
     digest: cc3baa41753da92466223d0b334df27e79c882296577b404a8e9071411fcf19c
@@ -25,7 +47,7 @@ entries:
     version: 1.10.1
   - apiVersion: v2
     appVersion: 1.10.0
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.960303202+02:00"
+    created: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.308561116+01:00"
     description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
       in Kubernetes
     digest: 60fc5c8059dfed175d14e1034b40997d9c59d33ec8ea158c0597f7228ab04b51
@@ -47,7 +69,7 @@ entries:
     version: 1.10.0
   - apiVersion: v2
     appVersion: 1.9.0
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.971662154+02:00"
+    created: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.3194627+01:00"
     description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
       in Kubernetes
     digest: 64df90c898ca591eb3a330328173ffaadfbf9ddd474d8c42ed143edc9e3f4276
@@ -69,7 +91,7 @@ entries:
     version: 1.9.0
   - apiVersion: v2
     appVersion: 1.8.2
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.97011158+02:00"
+    created: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.317846817+01:00"
     description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
       in Kubernetes
     digest: f77ffad2e98b72a621e5527015cf607935d3ed688f10ba4b626435acb9631b5b
@@ -91,7 +113,7 @@ entries:
     version: 1.8.2
   - apiVersion: v2
     appVersion: 1.8.1
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.968682347+02:00"
+    created: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.315242584+01:00"
     description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
       in Kubernetes
     digest: ee0c3bb6ba72fa4289ba3b1c6060e5b312dd023faba2a61b4cb7d9e5e2cc57a5
@@ -113,7 +135,7 @@ entries:
     version: 1.8.1
   - apiVersion: v1
     appVersion: 1.8.0
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.967242444+02:00"
+    created: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.313632778+01:00"
     description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
       in Kubernetes
     digest: 3ae232cf009e09aa2ad11c171484cd2f1b72e63c59735e58fbe2b6eb842f4c86
@@ -133,48 +155,4 @@ entries:
     urls:
     - postgres-operator-1.8.0.tgz
     version: 1.8.0
-  - apiVersion: v1
-    appVersion: 1.7.1
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.965786379+02:00"
-    description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
-      in Kubernetes
-    digest: 7262563bec0b058e669ae6bcff0226e33fa9ece9c41ac46a53274046afe7700c
-    home: https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
-    keywords:
-    - postgres
-    - operator
-    - cloud-native
-    - patroni
-    - spilo
-    maintainers:
-    - email: opensource@zalando.de
-      name: Zalando
-    name: postgres-operator
-    sources:
-    - https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
-    urls:
-    - postgres-operator-1.7.1.tgz
-    version: 1.7.1
-  - apiVersion: v1
-    appVersion: 1.7.0
-    created: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.963469658+02:00"
-    description: Postgres Operator creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running
-      in Kubernetes
-    digest: c3e99fb94305f81484b8b1af18eefb78681f3b5d057d5ad10565e4afb7c65ffe
-    home: https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
-    keywords:
-    - postgres
-    - operator
-    - cloud-native
-    - patroni
-    - spilo
-    maintainers:
-    - email: opensource@zalando.de
-      name: Zalando
-    name: postgres-operator
-    sources:
-    - https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator
-    urls:
-    - postgres-operator-1.7.0.tgz
-    version: 1.7.0
-generated: "2023-09-07T16:26:25.958442963+02:00"
+generated: "2024-03-14T17:11:54.305930529+01:00"
diff --git a/postgres-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl b/postgres-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
index ee3a8dd..0fa4eb8 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/postgres-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ Create a pod service account name.
 {{ default (printf "%s-%v" (include "postgres-operator.fullname" .) "pod") .Values.podServiceAccount.name }}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{/*
+Create a pod priority class name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "postgres-pod.priorityClassName" -}}
+{{ default (printf "%s-%v" (include "postgres-operator.fullname" .) "pod") .Values.podPriorityClassName.name }}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/*
 Create a controller ID.
 */}}
diff --git a/postgres-operator/templates/configmap.yaml b/postgres-operator/templates/configmap.yaml
index 471f1ae..9ea5741 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
 data:
-  {{- if .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
-  pod_priority_class_name: {{ .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
-  {{- end }}
+{{- if or .Values.podPriorityClassName.create .Values.podPriorityClassName.name }}
+  pod_priority_class_name: {{ include "postgres-pod.priorityClassName" . }}
+{{- end }}
   pod_service_account_name: {{ include "postgres-pod.serviceAccountName" . }}
 {{- include "flattenValuesForConfigMap" .Values.configGeneral | indent 2 }}
 {{- include "flattenValuesForConfigMap" .Values.configUsers | indent 2 }}
diff --git a/postgres-operator/templates/operatorconfiguration.yaml b/postgres-operator/templates/operatorconfiguration.yaml
index 6d3b0eb..59243ee 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/templates/operatorconfiguration.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/templates/operatorconfiguration.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ configuration:
   major_version_upgrade:
 {{ toYaml .Values.configMajorVersionUpgrade | indent 4 }}
   kubernetes:
-    {{- if .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
-    pod_priority_class_name: {{ .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
+    {{- if .Values.podPriorityClassName.name }}
+    pod_priority_class_name: {{ .Values.podPriorityClassName.name }}
     {{- end }}
     pod_service_account_name: {{ include "postgres-pod.serviceAccountName" . }}
     oauth_token_secret_name: {{ template "postgres-operator.fullname" . }}
diff --git a/postgres-operator/templates/postgres-pod-priority-class.yaml b/postgres-operator/templates/postgres-pod-priority-class.yaml
index 583639e..de78b50 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/templates/postgres-pod-priority-class.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/templates/postgres-pod-priority-class.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
+{{- if .Values.podPriorityClassName.create }}
 apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
 description: 'Use only for databases controlled by Postgres operator'
 kind: PriorityClass
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ metadata:
     helm.sh/chart: {{ template "postgres-operator.chart" . }}
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-  name: {{ .Values.podPriorityClassName }}
+  name: {{ include "postgres-pod.priorityClassName" . }}
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 preemptionPolicy: PreemptLowerPriority
 globalDefault: false
-value: 1000000
+value: {{ .Values.podPriorityClassName.priority }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/postgres-operator/values.yaml b/postgres-operator/values.yaml
index 4f1d3fa..498efcb 100644
--- a/postgres-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/postgres-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 image:
   registry: registry.opensource.zalan.do
   repository: acid/postgres-operator
-  tag: v1.10.1
+  tag: v1.11.0
   pullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
 
 # Optionally specify an array of imagePullSecrets.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ configGeneral:
   # etcd connection string for Patroni. Empty uses K8s-native DCS.
   etcd_host: ""
   # Spilo docker image
-  docker_image: ghcr.io/zalando/spilo-15:3.0-p1
+  docker_image: ghcr.io/zalando/spilo-16:3.2-p2
 
   # key name for annotation to ignore globally configured instance limits
   # ignore_instance_limits_annotation_key: ""
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ configMajorVersionUpgrade:
   # - acid
 
   # minimal Postgres major version that will not automatically be upgraded
-  minimal_major_version: "11"
+  minimal_major_version: "12"
   # target Postgres major version when upgrading clusters automatically
-  target_major_version: "15"
+  target_major_version: "16"
 
 configKubernetes:
   # list of additional capabilities for postgres container
@@ -123,8 +123,14 @@ configKubernetes:
 
   # allow user secrets in other namespaces than the Postgres cluster
   enable_cross_namespace_secret: false
+  # use finalizers to ensure all managed resources are deleted prior to the postgresql CR
+  # this avoids stale resources in case the operator misses a delete event or is not running
+  # during deletion
+  enable_finalizers: false
   # enables initContainers to run actions before Spilo is started
   enable_init_containers: true
+  # toggles if operator should delete PVCs on cluster deletion
+  enable_persistent_volume_claim_deletion: true
   # toggles pod anti affinity on the Postgres pods
   enable_pod_antiaffinity: false
   # toggles PDB to set to MinAvailabe 0 or 1
@@ -165,6 +171,10 @@ configKubernetes:
 
   # defines the template for PDB (Pod Disruption Budget) names
   pdb_name_format: "postgres-{cluster}-pdb"
+  # specify the PVC retention policy when scaling down and/or deleting
+  persistent_volume_claim_retention_policy:
+    when_deleted: "retain"
+    when_scaled: "retain"
   # switches pod anti affinity type to `preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution`
   pod_antiaffinity_preferred_during_scheduling: false
   # override topology key for pod anti affinity
@@ -348,7 +358,7 @@ configLogicalBackup:
   # logical_backup_memory_request: ""
 
   # image for pods of the logical backup job (example runs pg_dumpall)
-  logical_backup_docker_image: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/logical-backup:v1.10.1"
+  logical_backup_docker_image: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/logical-backup:v1.11.0"
   # path of google cloud service account json file
   # logical_backup_google_application_credentials: ""
 
@@ -372,6 +382,8 @@ configLogicalBackup:
   logical_backup_s3_retention_time: ""
   # backup schedule in the cron format
   logical_backup_schedule: "30 00 * * *"
+  # secret to be used as reference for env variables in cronjob
+  logical_backup_cronjob_environment_secret: ""
 
 # automate creation of human users with teams API service
 configTeamsApi:
@@ -416,7 +428,7 @@ configConnectionPooler:
   # db user for pooler to use
   connection_pooler_user: "pooler"
   # docker image
-  connection_pooler_image: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/pgbouncer:master-27"
+  connection_pooler_image: "registry.opensource.zalan.do/acid/pgbouncer:master-32"
   # max db connections the pooler should hold
   connection_pooler_max_db_connections: 60
   # default pooling mode
@@ -458,7 +470,14 @@ podServiceAccount:
 priorityClassName: ""
 
 # priority class for database pods
-podPriorityClassName: ""
+podPriorityClassName:
+  # If create is false with no name set, no podPriorityClassName is specified.
+  # Hence, the pod priorityClass is the one with globalDefault set. 
+  # If there is no PriorityClass with globalDefault set, the priority of Pods with no priorityClassName is zero.
+  create: true
+  # If not set a name is generated using the fullname template and "-pod" suffix
+  name: ""
+  priority: 1000000
 
 resources:
   limits: