diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92688df7..f182ba0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4682ae6287fcf752ecaabbfcc7b6f9b72aa33933dc23a554d853aea8eea8635"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "built"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -341,6 +350,15 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e496a50fda8aacccc86d7529e2c1e0892dbd0f898a6b5645b5561b89c3210efa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a17b76ff3a4162b0b27f354a0c87015ddad39d35f9c0c36607a3bdd175dde1f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.8"
@@ -360,6 +378,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.14.4"
@@ -441,12 +469,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "doc-comment"
 version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dockerfile-parser"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75799314f5fa405629a365a1f97d80f81edd17f22a0fc9c8ddb3ad191ad8dc08"
+dependencies = [
+ "enquote",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+ "regex",
+ "snafu 0.6.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -468,6 +520,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "enquote"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06c36cb11dbde389f4096111698d8b567c0720e3452fd5ac3e6b4e47e1939932"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -601,6 +662,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.10"
@@ -1296,6 +1367,51 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b2a4787296e9989611394c33f193f676704af1686e70b8f8033ab5ba9a35a94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pest"
+version = "2.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae9cee2a55a544be8b89dc6848072af97a20f2422603c10865be2a42b580fff5"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "thiserror",
+ "ucd-trie",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_derive"
+version = "2.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81d78524685f5ef2a3b3bd1cafbc9fcabb036253d9b1463e726a91cd16e2dfc2"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_generator",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_generator"
+version = "2.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68bd1206e71118b5356dae5ddc61c8b11e28b09ef6a31acbd15ea48a28e0c227"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_meta",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.37",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_meta"
+version = "2.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c747191d4ad9e4a4ab9c8798f1e82a39affe7ef9648390b7e5548d18e099de6"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "pest",
+ "sha2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -1351,8 +1467,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "product-config"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git?tag=0.5.0#439869d9e6a72fb6d912f6e494649a2f74f41d25"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git?tag=0.6.0#ad2c3ea6a291e415d978eb4271fb309e75861ef0"
 dependencies = [
  "fancy-regex",
  "java-properties",
@@ -1361,7 +1477,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
- "thiserror",
+ "snafu 0.7.5",
  "xml-rs",
 ]
 
@@ -1743,6 +1859,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsafe-libyaml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "793db75ad2bcafc3ffa7c68b215fee268f537982cd901d132f89c6343f3a3dc8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -1776,6 +1903,16 @@ version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "942b4a808e05215192e39f4ab80813e599068285906cc91aa64f923db842bd5a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "snafu"
+version = "0.6.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eab12d3c261b2308b0d80c26fffb58d17eba81a4be97890101f416b478c79ca7"
+dependencies = [
+ "doc-comment",
+ "snafu-derive 0.6.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "snafu"
 version = "0.7.5"
@@ -1783,7 +1920,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e4de37ad025c587a29e8f3f5605c00f70b98715ef90b9061a815b9e59e9042d6"
 dependencies = [
  "doc-comment",
- "snafu-derive",
+ "snafu-derive 0.7.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "snafu-derive"
+version = "0.6.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1508efa03c362e23817f96cde18abed596a25219a8b2c66e8db33c03543d315b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1833,7 +1981,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
- "snafu",
+ "snafu 0.7.5",
  "stackable-operator",
  "strum",
  "tracing",
@@ -1844,10 +1992,11 @@ name = "stackable-kafka-operator"
 version = "0.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.28",
+ "product-config",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
- "snafu",
+ "snafu 0.7.5",
  "stackable-kafka-crd",
  "stackable-operator",
  "strum",
@@ -1870,13 +2019,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator"
-version = "0.55.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=0.55.0#bfbc23d3819f815413cb4135e0835acd76aecf97"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=0.56.0#1acaac4dacf302cc068b4294c8a1d4c2928977c0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "const_format",
  "derivative",
+ "dockerfile-parser",
  "either",
  "futures 0.3.28",
  "json-patch",
@@ -1892,7 +2042,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
- "snafu",
+ "snafu 0.7.5",
  "stackable-operator-derive",
  "strum",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1904,8 +2054,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-operator-derive"
-version = "0.55.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=0.55.0#bfbc23d3819f815413cb4135e0835acd76aecf97"
+version = "0.56.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git?tag=0.56.0#1acaac4dacf302cc068b4294c8a1d4c2928977c0"
 dependencies = [
  "darling 0.20.3",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2284,6 +2434,18 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3528ecfd12c466c6f163363caf2d02a71161dd5e1cc6ae7b34207ea2d42d81ed"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ucd-trie"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed646292ffc8188ef8ea4d1e0e0150fb15a5c2e12ad9b8fc191ae7a8a7f3c4b9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.13"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ba93f8c..b01cd9fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 snafu = "0.7"
-stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "0.55.0" }
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git", tag = "0.56.0" }
+product-config = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git", tag = "0.6.0" }
 strum = { version = "0.25", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.29", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/rust/operator/Cargo.toml b/rust/operator/Cargo.toml
index 0ef1d5aa..d555522b 100644
--- a/rust/operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ futures.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 stackable-operator.workspace = true
+product-config.workspace = true
 strum.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/operator/src/kafka_controller.rs b/rust/operator/src/kafka_controller.rs
index 1ec489a6..3b9f5d73 100644
--- a/rust/operator/src/kafka_controller.rs
+++ b/rust/operator/src/kafka_controller.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,23 @@
 //! Ensures that `Pod`s are configured and running for each [`KafkaCluster`]
-use crate::operations::pdb::add_pdbs;
-use crate::product_logging::{
-    extend_role_group_config_map, resolve_vector_aggregator_address, MAX_KAFKA_LOG_FILES_SIZE,
-    STACKABLE_LOG_DIR,
-};
-use crate::{
-    discovery::{self, build_discovery_configmaps},
-    pod_svc_controller,
-    product_logging::LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE,
-    utils::{self, build_recommended_labels},
-    ControllerConfig,
+use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
+    collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap},
+    sync::Arc,
 };
 
+use product_config::{
+    types::PropertyNameKind,
+    writer::{to_java_properties_string, PropertiesWriterError},
+    ProductConfigManager,
+};
 use snafu::{OptionExt, ResultExt, Snafu};
-use stackable_kafka_crd::JVM_SECURITY_PROPERTIES_FILE;
 use stackable_kafka_crd::{
     listener::get_kafka_listener_config, security::KafkaTlsSecurity, Container, KafkaCluster,
-    KafkaClusterStatus, KafkaConfig, KafkaRole, APP_NAME, DOCKER_IMAGE_BASE_NAME, KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS,
-    LOG_DIRS_VOLUME_NAME, METRICS_PORT, METRICS_PORT_NAME, OPERATOR_NAME, SERVER_PROPERTIES_FILE,
-    STACKABLE_CONFIG_DIR, STACKABLE_DATA_DIR, STACKABLE_LOG_CONFIG_DIR, STACKABLE_TMP_DIR,
+    KafkaClusterStatus, KafkaConfig, KafkaRole, APP_NAME, DOCKER_IMAGE_BASE_NAME,
+    JVM_SECURITY_PROPERTIES_FILE, KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS, LOG_DIRS_VOLUME_NAME, METRICS_PORT,
+    METRICS_PORT_NAME, OPERATOR_NAME, SERVER_PROPERTIES_FILE, STACKABLE_CONFIG_DIR,
+    STACKABLE_DATA_DIR, STACKABLE_LOG_CONFIG_DIR, STACKABLE_TMP_DIR,
 };
-
 use stackable_operator::{
     builder::{
         resources::ResourceRequirementsBuilder, ConfigMapBuilder, ContainerBuilder,
@@ -51,9 +48,6 @@ use stackable_operator::{
     labels::{role_group_selector_labels, role_selector_labels},
     logging::controller::ReconcilerError,
     memory::{BinaryMultiple, MemoryQuantity},
-    product_config::{
-        types::PropertyNameKind, writer::to_java_properties_string, ProductConfigManager,
-    },
     product_config_utils::{transform_all_roles_to_config, validate_all_roles_and_groups_config},
     product_logging::{
         self,
@@ -69,13 +63,20 @@ use stackable_operator::{
     },
     time::Duration,
 };
-use std::{
-    borrow::Cow,
-    collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap},
-    sync::Arc,
-};
 use strum::{EnumDiscriminants, IntoStaticStr};
 
+use crate::{
+    discovery::{self, build_discovery_configmaps},
+    operations::pdb::add_pdbs,
+    pod_svc_controller,
+    product_logging::{
+        extend_role_group_config_map, resolve_vector_aggregator_address, LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE,
+        MAX_KAFKA_LOG_FILES_SIZE, STACKABLE_LOG_DIR,
+    },
+    utils::{self, build_recommended_labels},
+    ControllerConfig,
+};
+
 pub const KAFKA_CONTROLLER_NAME: &str = "kafkacluster";
 /// Used as runAsUser in the pod security context. This is specified in the kafka image file
 pub const KAFKA_UID: i64 = 1000;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     },
     #[snafu(display("failed to serialize zoo.cfg for {}", rolegroup))]
     SerializeZooCfg {
-        source: stackable_operator::product_config::writer::PropertiesWriterError,
+        source: PropertiesWriterError,
         rolegroup: RoleGroupRef<KafkaCluster>,
     },
     #[snafu(display("object is missing metadata to build owner reference"))]
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ pub enum Error {
         rolegroup
     ))]
     JvmSecurityPoperties {
-        source: stackable_operator::product_config::writer::PropertiesWriterError,
+        source: PropertiesWriterError,
         rolegroup: String,
     },
     #[snafu(display("failed to create PodDisruptionBudget"))]
diff --git a/rust/operator/src/lib.rs b/rust/operator/src/lib.rs
index 72983c5f..d27ebcbf 100644
--- a/rust/operator/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/operator/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-mod discovery;
-mod kafka_controller;
-mod operations;
-mod pod_svc_controller;
-mod product_logging;
-mod utils;
-
-use crate::kafka_controller::KAFKA_CONTROLLER_NAME;
-use crate::pod_svc_controller::POD_SERVICE_CONTROLLER_NAME;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use futures::StreamExt;
+use product_config::ProductConfigManager;
 use stackable_kafka_crd::{KafkaCluster, OPERATOR_NAME};
 use stackable_operator::{
     client::Client,
@@ -20,9 +13,18 @@ use stackable_operator::{
     kube::runtime::{watcher, Controller},
     logging::controller::report_controller_reconciled,
     namespace::WatchNamespace,
-    product_config::ProductConfigManager,
 };
-use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::{
+    kafka_controller::KAFKA_CONTROLLER_NAME, pod_svc_controller::POD_SERVICE_CONTROLLER_NAME,
+};
+
+mod discovery;
+mod kafka_controller;
+mod operations;
+mod pod_svc_controller;
+mod product_logging;
+mod utils;
 
 mod built_info {
     pub const CARGO_PKG_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");