diff --git a/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index cf383f0a47..9edf011170 100644
--- a/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/bootstrapper-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>bootstrapper</artifactId>
diff --git a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
index 873173cd92..be70ab9a2e 100644
--- a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
+++ b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>caffeine-bounded-cache-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/micrometer-support/pom.xml b/micrometer-support/pom.xml
index 8437197c5a..ae3c4d0be1 100644
--- a/micrometer-support/pom.xml
+++ b/micrometer-support/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>micrometer-support</artifactId>
diff --git a/migration/pom.xml b/migration/pom.xml
index aa4f62a5e4..47c7fe36b0 100644
--- a/migration/pom.xml
+++ b/migration/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>migration</artifactId>
diff --git a/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml b/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
index 4627e79210..7068fb4987 100644
--- a/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-bom/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>operator-framework-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Operator SDK - Bill of Materials</name>
   <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
index 8fb28c8d73..2356433ca9 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/ConfigurationService.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/ConfigurationService.java
index 6ed9b7ff64..4b1fb4320e 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.pool.DefaultInformerPool;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.pool.InformerPool;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -476,4 +478,8 @@ default boolean useSSAToPatchPrimaryResource() {
   default boolean cloneSecondaryResourcesWhenGettingFromCache() {
     return false;
   }
+
+  default InformerPool informerPool() {
+    return new DefaultInformerPool(getKubernetesClient(),this);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerManager.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerManager.java
index 6632ce631e..7aa5081293 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerManager.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerManager.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.pool.InformerPool;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ class InformerManager<R extends HasMetadata, C extends Informable<R>>
   private final ResourceEventHandler<R> eventHandler;
   private final Map<String, Function<R, List<String>>> indexers = new HashMap<>();
   private ControllerConfiguration<R> controllerConfiguration;
+  private InformerPool informerPool;
 
   InformerManager(
       MixedOperation<R, KubernetesResourceList<R>, Resource<R>> client,
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ class InformerManager<R extends HasMetadata, C extends Informable<R>>
 
   void setControllerConfiguration(ControllerConfiguration<R> controllerConfiguration) {
     this.controllerConfiguration = controllerConfiguration;
+    this.controllerConfiguration.getConfigurationService().informerPool();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -149,7 +152,6 @@ private InformerWrapper<R> createEventSource(
       ResourceEventHandler<R> eventHandler,
       String namespaceIdentifier) {
     final var informerConfig = configuration.getInformerConfig();
-
     if (informerConfig.getFieldSelector() != null
         && !informerConfig.getFieldSelector().getFields().isEmpty()) {
       for (var f : informerConfig.getFieldSelector().getFields()) {
@@ -167,9 +169,7 @@ private InformerWrapper<R> createEventSource(
             .orElse(filteredBySelectorClient)
             .runnableInformer(0);
     Optional.ofNullable(informerConfig.getItemStore()).ifPresent(informer::itemStore);
-    var source =
-        new InformerWrapper<>(
-            informer, controllerConfiguration.getConfigurationService(), namespaceIdentifier);
+    var source = new InformerWrapper<>(informer, namespaceIdentifier);
     source.addEventHandler(eventHandler);
     sources.put(namespaceIdentifier, source);
     return source;
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerWrapper.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerWrapper.java
index 2f57f879b8..29290f6c13 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerWrapper.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/InformerWrapper.java
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -28,15 +25,11 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.GenericKubernetesResource;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ExceptionHandler;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ResourceEventHandler;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.SharedIndexInformer;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.cache.Cache;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.OperatorException;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.ReconcilerUtilsInternal;
-import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.ConfigurationService;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.health.InformerHealthIndicator;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.health.Status;
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.LifecycleAware;
@@ -51,99 +44,16 @@ class InformerWrapper<T extends HasMetadata>
   private final SharedIndexInformer<T> informer;
   private final Cache<T> cache;
   private final String namespaceIdentifier;
-  private final ConfigurationService configurationService;
 
-  public InformerWrapper(
-      SharedIndexInformer<T> informer,
-      ConfigurationService configurationService,
-      String namespaceIdentifier) {
+  public InformerWrapper(SharedIndexInformer<T> informer, String namespaceIdentifier) {
     this.informer = informer;
     this.namespaceIdentifier = namespaceIdentifier;
     this.cache = (Cache<T>) informer.getStore();
-    this.configurationService = configurationService;
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void start() throws OperatorException {
-    try {
-
-      // register stopped handler if we have one defined
-      configurationService
-          .getInformerStoppedHandler()
-          .ifPresent(
-              ish -> {
-                final var stopped = informer.stopped();
-                if (stopped != null) {
-                  stopped.handle(
-                      (res, ex) -> {
-                        ish.onStop(informer, ex);
-                        return null;
-                      });
-                } else {
-                  final var apiTypeClass = informer.getApiTypeClass();
-                  final var fullResourceName = HasMetadata.getFullResourceName(apiTypeClass);
-                  final var version = HasMetadata.getVersion(apiTypeClass);
-                  throw new IllegalStateException(
-                      "Cannot retrieve 'stopped' callback to listen to informer stopping for"
-                          + " informer for "
-                          + fullResourceName
-                          + "/"
-                          + version);
-                }
-              });
-      if (!configurationService.stopOnInformerErrorDuringStartup()) {
-        informer.exceptionHandler((b, t) -> !ExceptionHandler.isDeserializationException(t));
-      }
-      // change thread name for easier debugging
-      final var thread = Thread.currentThread();
-      final var name = thread.getName();
-      try {
-        thread.setName(informerInfo() + " " + thread.getId());
-        final var resourceName = informer.getApiTypeClass().getSimpleName();
-        log.debug(
-            "Starting informer for namespace: {} resource: {}", namespaceIdentifier, resourceName);
-        var start = informer.start();
-        // note that in case we don't put here timeout and stopOnInformerErrorDuringStartup is
-        // false, and there is a rbac issue the get never returns; therefore operator never really
-        // starts
-        log.trace(
-            "Waiting informer to start namespace: {} resource: {}",
-            namespaceIdentifier,
-            resourceName);
-        start
-            .toCompletableFuture()
-            .get(configurationService.cacheSyncTimeout().toMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
-        log.debug(
-            "Started informer for namespace: {} resource: {}", namespaceIdentifier, resourceName);
-      } catch (TimeoutException | ExecutionException e) {
-        if (configurationService.stopOnInformerErrorDuringStartup()) {
-          log.error("Informer startup error. Operator will be stopped. Informer: {}", informer, e);
-          throw new OperatorException(e);
-        } else {
-          log.warn("Informer startup error. Will periodically retry. Informer: {}", informer, e);
-        }
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        thread.interrupt();
-        throw new IllegalStateException(e);
-      } finally {
-        // restore original name
-        thread.setName(name);
-      }
-
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      ReconcilerUtilsInternal.handleKubernetesClientException(
-          e, HasMetadata.getFullResourceName(informer.getApiTypeClass()));
-      throw new OperatorException(
-          "Couldn't start informer for " + versionedFullResourceName() + " resources", e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private String versionedFullResourceName() {
-    final var apiTypeClass = informer.getApiTypeClass();
-    if (apiTypeClass.isAssignableFrom(GenericKubernetesResource.class)) {
-      return GenericKubernetesResource.class.getSimpleName();
-    }
-    return ReconcilerUtilsInternal.getResourceTypeNameWithVersion(apiTypeClass);
+  public void start() {
+    // no-op: informer initialization is handled by InformerPool
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -201,7 +111,7 @@ public String toString() {
   }
 
   private String informerInfo() {
-    return "InformerWrapper [" + versionedFullResourceName() + "]";
+    return "InformerWrapper [" + informer.getApiTypeClass().getSimpleName() + "]";
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/DefaultInformerPool.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/DefaultInformerPool.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..799d89ffb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/DefaultInformerPool.java
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Java Operator SDK Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.pool;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.FilterWatchListDeletable;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.ExceptionHandler;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.SharedIndexInformer;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.OperatorException;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.ReconcilerUtilsInternal;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.ConfigurationService;
+
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Constants.WATCH_ALL_NAMESPACES;
+
+public class DefaultInformerPool implements InformerPool {
+
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultInformerPool.class);
+
+  private final KubernetesClient client;
+  private final ConfigurationService configurationService;
+
+  private final Map<InformerClassifier, SharedIndexInformer<?>> informers = new HashMap<>();
+  private final Map<SharedIndexInformer<?>, AtomicInteger> counters = new HashMap<>();
+
+  public DefaultInformerPool(KubernetesClient client, ConfigurationService configurationService) {
+    this.client = client;
+    this.configurationService = configurationService;
+  }
+
+  public synchronized SharedIndexInformer<?> getResource(InformerClassifier classifier) {
+    var informer = informers.get(classifier);
+    if (informer == null) {
+      informer = createInformer(client, classifier);
+      initInformer(informer, classifier.namespaceIdentifier());
+      informers.put(classifier, informer);
+      counters.put(informer, new AtomicInteger(1));
+    } else {
+      counters.get(informer).incrementAndGet();
+    }
+    return informer;
+  }
+
+  public synchronized void releaseResource(SharedIndexInformer<?> informer) {
+    var counter = counters.get(informer);
+    if (counter != null && counter.decrementAndGet() <= 0) {
+      informer.stop();
+      counters.remove(informer);
+      informers.values().remove(informer);
+    } else {
+      log.warn("No informer found in the pool.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void initInformer(SharedIndexInformer<?> informer, String namespaceIdentifier) {
+    try {
+      configurationService
+          .getInformerStoppedHandler()
+          .ifPresent(
+              ish -> {
+                final var stopped = informer.stopped();
+                if (stopped != null) {
+                  stopped.handle(
+                      (res, ex) -> {
+                        ish.onStop(informer, ex);
+                        return null;
+                      });
+                } else {
+                  final var apiTypeClass = informer.getApiTypeClass();
+                  final var fullResourceName = HasMetadata.getFullResourceName(apiTypeClass);
+                  final var version = HasMetadata.getVersion(apiTypeClass);
+                  throw new IllegalStateException(
+                      "Cannot retrieve 'stopped' callback to listen to informer stopping for"
+                          + " informer for "
+                          + fullResourceName
+                          + "/"
+                          + version);
+                }
+              });
+      if (!configurationService.stopOnInformerErrorDuringStartup()) {
+        informer.exceptionHandler((b, t) -> !ExceptionHandler.isDeserializationException(t));
+      }
+      // change thread name for easier debugging
+      final var thread = Thread.currentThread();
+      final var name = thread.getName();
+      try {
+        thread.setName(
+            "InformerPool [" + versionedFullResourceName(informer) + "] " + thread.getId());
+        final var resourceName = informer.getApiTypeClass().getSimpleName();
+        log.debug(
+            "Starting informer for namespace: {} resource: {}", namespaceIdentifier, resourceName);
+        var start = informer.start();
+        // note that in case we don't put here timeout and stopOnInformerErrorDuringStartup is
+        // false, and there is a rbac issue the get never returns; therefore operator never really
+        // starts
+        log.trace(
+            "Waiting informer to start namespace: {} resource: {}",
+            namespaceIdentifier,
+            resourceName);
+        start
+            .toCompletableFuture()
+            .get(configurationService.cacheSyncTimeout().toMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        log.debug(
+            "Started informer for namespace: {} resource: {}", namespaceIdentifier, resourceName);
+      } catch (TimeoutException | ExecutionException e) {
+        if (configurationService.stopOnInformerErrorDuringStartup()) {
+          log.error("Informer startup error. Operator will be stopped. Informer: {}", informer, e);
+          throw new OperatorException(e);
+        } else {
+          log.warn("Informer startup error. Will periodically retry. Informer: {}", informer, e);
+        }
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        thread.interrupt();
+        throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+      } finally {
+        // restore original name
+        thread.setName(name);
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      ReconcilerUtilsInternal.handleKubernetesClientException(
+          e, HasMetadata.getFullResourceName(informer.getApiTypeClass()));
+      throw new OperatorException(
+          "Couldn't start informer for " + versionedFullResourceName(informer) + " resources", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private static String versionedFullResourceName(SharedIndexInformer<?> informer) {
+    return ReconcilerUtilsInternal.getResourceTypeNameWithVersion(
+        (Class<? extends HasMetadata>) informer.getApiTypeClass());
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+  static SharedIndexInformer<?> createInformer(
+      KubernetesClient client, InformerClassifier classifier) {
+    FilterWatchListDeletable filteredClient;
+    if (WATCH_ALL_NAMESPACES.equals(classifier.namespaceIdentifier())) {
+      filteredClient =
+          client
+              .resources(classifier.resourceClass())
+              .inAnyNamespace()
+              .withLabelSelector(classifier.labelSelector());
+    } else {
+      filteredClient =
+          client
+              .resources(classifier.resourceClass())
+              .inNamespace(classifier.namespaceIdentifier())
+              .withLabelSelector(classifier.labelSelector());
+    }
+
+    if (classifier.fieldSelector() != null && !classifier.fieldSelector().getFields().isEmpty()) {
+      for (var f : classifier.fieldSelector().getFields()) {
+        if (f.negated()) {
+          filteredClient =
+              (FilterWatchListDeletable) filteredClient.withoutField(f.path(), f.value());
+        } else {
+          filteredClient = (FilterWatchListDeletable) filteredClient.withField(f.path(), f.value());
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return filteredClient.runnableInformer(0);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/InformerClassifier.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/InformerClassifier.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d823ebd513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/InformerClassifier.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Java Operator SDK Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.pool;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.informer.FieldSelector;
+
+public record InformerClassifier(
+    String labelSelector,
+    String namespaceIdentifier,
+    Class<? extends HasMetadata> resourceClass,
+    FieldSelector fieldSelector) {}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/InformerPool.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/InformerPool.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ca63e324c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/InformerPool.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Java Operator SDK Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.pool;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.SharedIndexInformer;
+
+public interface InformerPool {
+
+  SharedIndexInformer<?> getResource(InformerClassifier classifier);
+
+  void releaseResource(SharedIndexInformer<?> informerEventSource);
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/NoOpInformerPool.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/NoOpInformerPool.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ed050dc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/informer/pool/NoOpInformerPool.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Java Operator SDK Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event.source.informer.pool;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.informers.SharedIndexInformer;
+
+public class NoOpInformerPool implements InformerPool {
+
+  @Override
+  public SharedIndexInformer<?> getResource(InformerClassifier classifier) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void releaseResource(SharedIndexInformer<?> informerEventSource) {}
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml b/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml
index e43c38e534..aa18d5c778 100644
--- a/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-junit/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>operator-framework-junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/operator-framework/pom.xml b/operator-framework/pom.xml
index 90fc061b0f..f94dfa757d 100644
--- a/operator-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>operator-framework</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7fa7964a9b..3059ee2a00 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-  <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Operator SDK for Java</name>
   <description>Java SDK for implementing Kubernetes operators</description>
diff --git a/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml b/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml
index bcda986cd3..33b0227db6 100644
--- a/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/controller-namespace-deletion/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-controller-namespace-deletion</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml b/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
index e1df94fa1e..4f896485d1 100644
--- a/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/leader-election/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-leader-election</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml b/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml
index c67f623e33..0476ea927d 100644
--- a/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/metrics-processing/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-metrics-processing</artifactId>
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@
           <to>
             <image>metrics-processing-operator</image>
           </to>
-          <container>
-            <jvmFlags>
-              <jvmFlag>-Dlog4j.configurationFile=/config/log4j2.xml</jvmFlag>
-            </jvmFlags>
-          </container>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
index ace10a21ad..7f0d9219f4 100644
--- a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-mysql-schema-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/pom.xml b/sample-operators/pom.xml
index 25a745012c..c8a70b2701 100644
--- a/sample-operators/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
index 09ca43036c..0417f337f4 100644
--- a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-tomcat-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
index 67435ef617..3f23c6f8de 100644
--- a/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/webpage/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>sample-operators</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>sample-webpage-operator</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-index-processor/pom.xml b/test-index-processor/pom.xml
index 51e15247ff..2ae7c5f454 100644
--- a/test-index-processor/pom.xml
+++ b/test-index-processor/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-operator-sdk</artifactId>
-    <version>5.3.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>test-index-processor</artifactId>