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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
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+- Reduce CRD size from `1.4MB` to `96KB` by accepting arbitrary YAML input instead of the underlying schema for the following fields ([#548]):
+  - `podOverrides`
+  - `affinity`
+
+[#548]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hbase-operator/pull/548
+
 ## [24.7.0] - 2024-07-24
 
 ### Added