diff --git a/base/cloudnative-pg-operator/kustomization.yaml b/base/cloudnative-pg-operator/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e249ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/cloudnative-pg-operator/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+resources:
+  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/release-1.18/releases/cnpg-1.18.1.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/base/kustomization.yaml b/base/kustomization.yaml
index e1b23a2..638a0c8 100644
--- a/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ bases:
   - ./redis
   - ./minio
   - ./nginx
+  - ./cloudnative-pg-operator