diff --git a/operators/rabbitmq-system/messaging-topology/kustomization.yaml b/operators/rabbitmq-system/messaging-topology/kustomization.yaml
index 269cb8f67..1b64e7e62 100644
--- a/operators/rabbitmq-system/messaging-topology/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/operators/rabbitmq-system/messaging-topology/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-  - https://github.com/rabbitmq/messaging-topology-operator/releases/download/v1.17.4/messaging-topology-operator-with-certmanager.yaml
+  - https://github.com/rabbitmq/messaging-topology-operator/releases/download/v1.18.2/messaging-topology-operator-with-certmanager.yaml
 # this needs to be here to remove the namespace from the above
 # because the messaging-topology-operator defines the same namespace and it would conflict
 patches: