diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
index 85e74bc8d3..82b2310ca0 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 namespace: postgres-operator
 
-commonLabels:
-  # Note: this label differs from the label set in postgres-operator-examples
-  postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/control-plane: postgres-operator
+labels:
+- includeSelectors: true
+  pairs:
+    # Note: this label differs from the label set in postgres-operator-examples
+    postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/control-plane: postgres-operator
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../crd
 - ../rbac/cluster
 - ../manager
diff --git a/config/dev/kustomization.yaml b/config/dev/kustomization.yaml
index d837c90677..2794e5fb69 100644
--- a/config/dev/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/dev/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../default
 
 patches:
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 5c5f0b84cb..dfce22e6c5 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 resources:
 - manager.yaml
diff --git a/config/namespace/kustomization.yaml b/config/namespace/kustomization.yaml
index bf20f4df68..e06cce134a 100644
--- a/config/namespace/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/namespace/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 resources:
 - namespace.yaml
diff --git a/config/rbac/cluster/kustomization.yaml b/config/rbac/cluster/kustomization.yaml
index 664fcac061..82cfb0841b 100644
--- a/config/rbac/cluster/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/cluster/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 resources:
 - service_account.yaml
 - role.yaml
diff --git a/config/rbac/namespace/kustomization.yaml b/config/rbac/namespace/kustomization.yaml
index 664fcac061..82cfb0841b 100644
--- a/config/rbac/namespace/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/namespace/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 resources:
 - service_account.yaml
 - role.yaml
diff --git a/config/singlenamespace/kustomization.yaml b/config/singlenamespace/kustomization.yaml
index a8ca44ba6a..a6dc8de538 100644
--- a/config/singlenamespace/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/singlenamespace/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 namespace: postgres-operator
 
-commonLabels:
-  postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/control-plane: postgres-operator
+labels:
+- includeSelectors: true
+  pairs:
+    postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/control-plane: postgres-operator
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../crd
 - ../rbac/namespace
 - ../manager
 
-patches:
-- path: manager-target.yaml
-
 images:
 - name: postgres-operator
   newName: registry.developers.crunchydata.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator
   newTag: latest
+
+patches:
+- path: manager-target.yaml
diff --git a/examples/pgadmin/kustomization.yaml b/examples/pgadmin/kustomization.yaml
index 2e16c17f76..600eb8b82d 100644
--- a/examples/pgadmin/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/examples/pgadmin/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 namespace: postgres-operator
 
 resources:
diff --git a/examples/postgrescluster/kustomization.yaml b/examples/postgrescluster/kustomization.yaml
index 240a6e2067..7035765b87 100644
--- a/examples/postgrescluster/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/examples/postgrescluster/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
 namespace: postgres-operator
 
 resources: