diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8999a3..7f32934 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <parent>
     <groupId>io.radanalytics</groupId>
     <artifactId>operator-parent-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.11</version>
+    <version>0.3.23</version>
 </parent>
 <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 <groupId>io.acme</groupId>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <abstract-operator.version>0.5.2</abstract-operator.version>
+    <abstract-operator.version>0.6.10</abstract-operator.version>
 </properties>
 
 <dependencies>
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@
 </dependencies>
 <build>
     <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -52,6 +48,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jsonschema2pojo</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsonschema2pojo-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        </plugin>
     </plugins>
 </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/operator/ExampleOperator.java b/src/main/java/io/operator/ExampleOperator.java
index a7481e8..f6a79ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/operator/ExampleOperator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/operator/ExampleOperator.java
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
 package io.operator;
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResourceList;
+import javax.inject.Singleton;
+
 import io.radanalytics.operator.common.AbstractOperator;
 import io.radanalytics.operator.common.Operator;
 import io.radanalytics.types.Example;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+@Singleton
 @Operator(forKind = Example.class, prefix = "io.acme")
 public class ExampleOperator extends AbstractOperator<Example> {
-
+    
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractOperator.class.getName());
-
+    
     public ExampleOperator() {
     }
-
+    
     protected void onAdd(Example example) {
         log.info("new example has been created: {}", example);
         // todo: implement the logic
         // KubernetesResourceList list = ???
         // client.resourceList(list).createOrReplace();
     }
-
+    
     protected void onDelete(Example example) {
         log.info("existing example has been deleted: {}", example);
     }
-
+    
     protected void onModify(Example example) {
         log.info("existing example has been modified: {}", example);
     }