diff --git a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/client/KeycloakClientReconciler.java b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/client/KeycloakClientReconciler.java
index 178645ecaf6102783e7c93662a9c0c8ecf474824..9b3289bd64b0df64a03464937224ff355dbb814c 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/client/KeycloakClientReconciler.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/client/KeycloakClientReconciler.java
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ public class KeycloakClientReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgCloudKeycloakClie
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOG.error(resource.getMetadata().getName() + " could not reconcile in namespace " + resource.getMetadata().getNamespace(), e);
 			resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakClientStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.ERROR).message(e.getMessage()).build());
-			return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
+			return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
 		}
 	}
 
 	private UpdateControl<OzgCloudKeycloakClient> buildStatusOk(OzgCloudKeycloakClient resource) {
 		resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakClientStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.OK).message(null).build());
-		return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource);
+		return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource);
 	}
 
 	private UpdateControl<OzgCloudKeycloakClient> buildStatusInProgress(OzgCloudKeycloakClient resource, String errorMessage) {
 		LOG.info("{} could not yet reconcile in namespace {}: {}", resource.getMetadata().getName(), resource.getMetadata().getNamespace(),
 				errorMessage);
 		resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakClientStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.IN_PROGRESS).message(errorMessage).build());
-		return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
+		return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/group/KeycloakGroupReconciler.java b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/group/KeycloakGroupReconciler.java
index c7ad20e19de8670ddd0094be35650e24730278f1..ac0cb71be160c8321bd275744b7be04b2e9d6e8a 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/group/KeycloakGroupReconciler.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/group/KeycloakGroupReconciler.java
@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ public class KeycloakGroupReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgCloudKeycloakGroup
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOG.warn(resource.getMetadata().getName() + " could not reconcile in namespace " + resource.getMetadata().getNamespace(), e);
 			resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakGroupStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.ERROR).message(e.getMessage()).build());
-			return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
+			return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
 		}
 	}
 
 	private UpdateControl<OzgCloudKeycloakGroup> buildStatusOk(OzgCloudKeycloakGroup resource) {
 		resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakGroupStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.OK).message(null).build());
-		return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource);
+		return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource);
 	}
 
 	private UpdateControl<OzgCloudKeycloakGroup> buildStatusInProgress(OzgCloudKeycloakGroup resource, String errorMessage) {
 		LOG.warn("{} could not yet reconcile group in namespace {}: {}", resource.getMetadata().getName(), resource.getMetadata().getNamespace(),
 				errorMessage);
 		resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakGroupStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.IN_PROGRESS).message(errorMessage).build());
-		return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
+		return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/realm/KeycloakRealmReconciler.java b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/realm/KeycloakRealmReconciler.java
index 3f2e8fefffbf1018db4c41271640e841410a0c0a..7bcd5e0b1f0b82f936cb3cf0920c0db963dec850 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/realm/KeycloakRealmReconciler.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/realm/KeycloakRealmReconciler.java
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ public class KeycloakRealmReconciler implements Reconciler<OzgCloudKeycloakRealm
 			service.createOrUpdateRealm(resource.getSpec(), realmName);
 
 			resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakRealmStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.OK).message(null).build());
-			return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource);
+			return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource);
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			LOG.warn(resource.getMetadata().getName() + " could not reconcile in namespace " + resource.getMetadata().getNamespace(), e);
 			resource.setStatus(OzgCloudKeycloakRealmStatus.builder().status(OzgCloudCustomResourceStatus.ERROR).message(e.getMessage()).build());
-			return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
+			return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(Config.RECONCILER_RETRY_SECONDS);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/UserUpdateControlBuilder.java b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/UserUpdateControlBuilder.java
index 9ca47e07146ffbe768d923604a2b89199831c8f5..e1b0e85e79d5744e465904bec94b9b8759ab4233 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/UserUpdateControlBuilder.java
+++ b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/operator/keycloak/user/UserUpdateControlBuilder.java
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ class UserUpdateControlBuilder {
 
 	private UpdateControl<OzgCloudKeycloakUser> buildUpdateControl() {
 		if (reschedule) {
-			return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(scheduleDuration);
+			return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource).rescheduleAfter(scheduleDuration);
 		}
-		return UpdateControl.updateStatus(resource);
+		return UpdateControl.patchStatus(resource);
 	}
 }