diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a46fa0a4..38c323f16 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
 - Moved crds to a shared chart and import them as a dependency
-- replaced `crd.*` properties to `crds.*` as they now belong to a subchart
+- replaced `crd.enabled` property to `crds.plain`. Instead of disabling CRDs it selects if CRDs should be rendered from template or as plain CRDs
 
 ## 0.34.8
 
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.lock b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.lock
index 17c4c6d12..3b437d6e6 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.lock
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: victoria-metrics-common
   repository: https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts
-  version: 0.0.10
+  version: 0.0.11
 - name: crds
   repository: ""
   version: 0.0.*
-digest: sha256:86d9756bb19f2d2eb21e119f201b25b6c00f443b0ac2aa6f4d51fb71453d159a
-generated: "2024-09-11T09:25:01.502701+03:00"
+digest: sha256:69e95492bf4124e524b99335c1bc02dc4b10b96105f3d5362a042d4985aab3cf
+generated: "2024-09-12T12:47:05.668035+03:00"
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.yaml
index 3f2413416..1d365d8c5 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ dependencies:
     repository: https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts
   - name: crds
     version: "0.0.*"
-    condition: crds.enabled
+    condition: crds.plain
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/charts/crds/Chart.lock b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/charts/crds/Chart.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04f8fc189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/charts/crds/Chart.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dependencies:
+- name: victoria-metrics-common
+  repository: https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts
+  version: 0.0.11
+digest: sha256:d91f2afa5ae37158f11b1c6601cf8265b08dad62ec4eefd36064b32946e215a6
+generated: "2024-09-12T11:55:35.84919+03:00"
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/crd.yaml b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/crd.yaml
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..1ff428922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+charts/crds/crds/crd.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
index d11498db9..4c8a9c85c 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ $Release.Service | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
 {{/*
 Create unified annotations for vm-operator components
 */}}
-{{- define "vm-operator.annotations" -}}
+{{- define "vm-operator.crds.annotations" -}}
 {{- $Release :=(.helm).Release | default .Release -}}
 helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
 meta.helm.sh/release-namespace: {{ include "vm.namespace" . }}
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/templates/crd.yaml b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/templates/crd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d14beecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/templates/crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{- /* do not update crds here, please update in /victoria-metrics-operator/crd.yaml */ -}}
+{{- /* this is used to add "helm.sh/resource-policy: keep" annotation for each crd */ -}}
+{{- /* see this pull request https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/helm-charts/pull/771 for details */ -}}
+{{- if not .Values.crds.plain }}
+  {{- $files := .Files }}
+  {{- $crds := $files.Get "crd.yaml" | splitList "---" }}
+  {{- $labels := (include "vm-operator.labels" .) | fromYaml -}}
+  {{- $annotations := (include "vm-operator.crds.annotations" .) | fromYaml -}}
+  {{- $extra := dict "metadata" (dict "annotations" $annotations "labels" $labels) -}}
+  {{- range $crds }}
+    {{- $crd := . | fromYaml }}
+    {{- toYaml (merge $crd $extra) }}
+    {{- print "\n---\n" }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/values.yaml b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/values.yaml
index 4f6700e06..0a8796d19 100644
--- a/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/values.yaml
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ image:
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 crds:
-  # -- enables CRD creation and management.
-  # -- with this option, if you remove this chart, all crd resources will be deleted with it.
-  enabled: true
+  # -- check if plain or templated CRDs should be created.
+  # with this option set to `false`, all CRDs will be rendered from templates.
+  # with this option set to `true`, all CRDs are immutable and require manual upgrade.
+  plain: false
   cleanup:
     # -- Tells helm to clean up all the vm resources under this release's namespace when uninstalling
     enabled: false