diff --git a/Documentation/operator.md b/Documentation/operator.md
index 0019a03..61b2cf7 100644
--- a/Documentation/operator.md
+++ b/Documentation/operator.md
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 
 This step compiles the Java source code into `.class` bytecode files in a newly
 generated `operator/target` folder. A `gerrit-operator` image is also created
-locally.
+locally. Moreover, the CRD helm chart is updated with the latest CRDs as part of
+this build step.
 
 ## Versioning
 
@@ -186,8 +187,10 @@
 #### gerrit-operator-crds
 
 This chart installs the CRDs (k8s API extensions) to your k8s cluster. No chart
-values need to be modified. The CRDs installed are: GerritCluster, Gerrit,
-GitGarbageCollection, Receiver.
+values need to be modified. The build initiated by the `mvn install` command
+from the [Publish](#publish) section includes a step that updates the CRDs in
+this helm chart to reflect any changes made to them in the operator source code.
+The CRDs installed are: GerritCluster, Gerrit, GitGarbageCollection, Receiver.
 
 You do not need to manually `helm install` this chart; this chart is installed
 as a dependency of the second `gerrit-operator` helm chart as described in the
diff --git a/operator/pom.xml b/operator/pom.xml
index 6ec73ba..e73fcf2 100644
--- a/operator/pom.xml
+++ b/operator/pom.xml
@@ -284,6 +284,30 @@
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.3.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-crds</id>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>copy-resources</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>../helm-charts/gerrit-operator-crds/templates</outputDirectory>
+							<resources>
+								<resource>
+									<directory>target/classes/META-INF/fabric8</directory>
+									<includes>
+										<include>*-v1.yml</include>
+									</includes>
+								</resource>
+							</resources>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.10.0</version>