diff --git a/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml
index c0f91bb16..be1e76b22 100644
--- a/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
   - ../../default
 images:
   - name: cr.k8ssandra.io/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator
-    newTag: latest
+    newTag: v1.19.0