diff --git a/deploy/images.csv b/deploy/images.csv
index 13b848c172..41516516ac 100644
--- a/deploy/images.csv
+++ b/deploy/images.csv
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ KUBEVIRT_HANDLER_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/virt-handler,KUBEVIRT_VERSION,95138a19a3
 KUBEVIRT_VIRTIO_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/virtio-container-disk,KUBEVIRT_VERSION,77c448875247bf4dbeaa0b9b1b720c0f30bb8177628061c592ce7a68863a96c2
 KUBEVIRT_LIBGUESTFS_TOOLS_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/libguestfs-tools,KUBEVIRT_VERSION,5b02b557b41fed00fad2bde1526c068e883c9ca56a48c087242a6f18e374d0dc
 CNA_OPERATOR_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/cluster-network-addons-operator,NETWORK_ADDONS_VERSION,9143971b03c720d038897315e66fe9c33dc1d5b7c1c5946b379569996f10bd0e
-SSP_OPERATOR_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator,SSP_VERSION,989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850
+SSP_OPERATOR_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator,SSP_VERSION,37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8
 CDI_OPERATOR_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-operator,CDI_VERSION,7267a88659edbc6774fd636870320382e2074d64337ae04e8df7f1cf4b666f43
 CDI_CONTROLLER_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-controller,CDI_VERSION,18630eef2fed91f93046100d3b77d5eb7d85db0a896ad7c329f086ac84e9ba31
 CDI_APISERVER_IMAGE,quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-apiserver,CDI_VERSION,4f3b07a25639c029c2347374587e86620f656c7bc948f4a0f1d583d4b5e15cf9
diff --git a/deploy/images.env b/deploy/images.env
index a35e0aca38..b0f758805c 100755
--- a/deploy/images.env
+++ b/deploy/images.env
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ KUBEVIRT_HANDLER_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/virt-handler@sha256:95138a19a335e5f0b293
 KUBEVIRT_VIRTIO_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/virtio-container-disk@sha256:77c448875247bf4dbeaa0b9b1b720c0f30bb8177628061c592ce7a68863a96c2
 KUBEVIRT_LIBGUESTFS_TOOLS_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/libguestfs-tools@sha256:5b02b557b41fed00fad2bde1526c068e883c9ca56a48c087242a6f18e374d0dc
 CNA_OPERATOR_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/cluster-network-addons-operator@sha256:9143971b03c720d038897315e66fe9c33dc1d5b7c1c5946b379569996f10bd0e
-SSP_OPERATOR_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850
+SSP_OPERATOR_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8
 CDI_OPERATOR_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-operator@sha256:7267a88659edbc6774fd636870320382e2074d64337ae04e8df7f1cf4b666f43
 CDI_CONTROLLER_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-controller@sha256:18630eef2fed91f93046100d3b77d5eb7d85db0a896ad7c329f086ac84e9ba31
 CDI_APISERVER_IMAGE=quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-apiserver@sha256:4f3b07a25639c029c2347374587e86620f656c7bc948f4a0f1d583d4b5e15cf9
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/virt-handler@sha256:95138a19a335e5f
 DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/virtio-container-disk@sha256:77c448875247bf4dbeaa0b9b1b720c0f30bb8177628061c592ce7a68863a96c2"
 DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/libguestfs-tools@sha256:5b02b557b41fed00fad2bde1526c068e883c9ca56a48c087242a6f18e374d0dc"
 DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/cluster-network-addons-operator@sha256:9143971b03c720d038897315e66fe9c33dc1d5b7c1c5946b379569996f10bd0e"
-DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850"
+DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8"
 DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-operator@sha256:7267a88659edbc6774fd636870320382e2074d64337ae04e8df7f1cf4b666f43"
 DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-controller@sha256:18630eef2fed91f93046100d3b77d5eb7d85db0a896ad7c329f086ac84e9ba31"
 DIGEST_LIST="${DIGEST_LIST},quay.io/kubevirt/cdi-apiserver@sha256:4f3b07a25639c029c2347374587e86620f656c7bc948f4a0f1d583d4b5e15cf9"
diff --git a/deploy/index-image/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/deploy/index-image/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 38af0995ba..3567f77be6 100644
--- a/deploy/index-image/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/deploy/index-image/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ spec:
                 - name: NETWORK_ADDONS_VERSION
                   value: v0.65.2
                 - name: SSP_VERSION
-                  value: v0.13.0-rc.3
+                  value: v0.13.0
                 - name: NMO_VERSION
                   value: v0.10.0
                 - name: HPPO_VERSION
@@ -2551,13 +2551,13 @@ spec:
                 env:
                 - name: KVM_INFO_IMAGE
                 - name: VALIDATOR_IMAGE
-                  value: quay.io/kubevirt/kubevirt-template-validator:v0.13.0-rc.3
+                  value: quay.io/kubevirt/kubevirt-template-validator:v0.13.0
                 - name: VIRT_LAUNCHER_IMAGE
                 - name: NODE_LABELLER_IMAGE
                 - name: CPU_PLUGIN_IMAGE
                 - name: OPERATOR_VERSION
-                  value: v0.13.0-rc.3
-                image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850
+                  value: v0.13.0
+                image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz
@@ -3195,7 +3195,7 @@ spec:
     name: ovs-cni-marker
   - image: quay.io/kubevirt/ovs-cni-plugin@sha256:fd766d39f74528f94978b116908e9b86cbdfea30a53493043405c08d9d1e6527
     name: ovs-cni-plugin
-  - image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850
+  - image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8
     name: ssp-operator
   - image: quay.io/kubevirt/virt-api@sha256:b06b273aa75d9cc39e282ea4401e8f2efb342ec553237a39c81f1b550b3b1cc9
     name: virt-api
diff --git a/deploy/olm-catalog/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/deploy/olm-catalog/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 7e4b98d0ad..2dd803288a 100644
--- a/deploy/olm-catalog/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/deploy/olm-catalog/community-kubevirt-hyperconverged/1.7.0/manifests/kubevirt-hyperconverged-operator.v1.7.0.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: OpenShift Optional
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: quay.io/kubevirt/hyperconverged-cluster-operator:1.7.0-unstable
-    createdAt: "2022-01-20 09:58:18"
+    createdAt: "2022-01-28 05:13:12"
     description: A unified operator deploying and controlling KubeVirt and its supporting
       operators with opinionated defaults
     operatorframework.io/initialization-resource: '{"apiVersion":"hco.kubevirt.io/v1beta1","kind":"HyperConverged","metadata":{"annotations":{"deployOVS":"false"},"name":"kubevirt-hyperconverged","namespace":"kubevirt-hyperconverged"},"spec":{}}'
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ spec:
                 - name: NETWORK_ADDONS_VERSION
                   value: v0.65.2
                 - name: SSP_VERSION
-                  value: v0.13.0-rc.3
+                  value: v0.13.0
                 - name: NMO_VERSION
                   value: v0.10.0
                 - name: HPPO_VERSION
@@ -2551,13 +2551,13 @@ spec:
                 env:
                 - name: KVM_INFO_IMAGE
                 - name: VALIDATOR_IMAGE
-                  value: quay.io/kubevirt/kubevirt-template-validator:v0.13.0-rc.3
+                  value: quay.io/kubevirt/kubevirt-template-validator:v0.13.0
                 - name: VIRT_LAUNCHER_IMAGE
                 - name: NODE_LABELLER_IMAGE
                 - name: CPU_PLUGIN_IMAGE
                 - name: OPERATOR_VERSION
-                  value: v0.13.0-rc.3
-                image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850
+                  value: v0.13.0
+                image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz
@@ -3195,7 +3195,7 @@ spec:
     name: ovs-cni-marker
   - image: quay.io/kubevirt/ovs-cni-plugin@sha256:fd766d39f74528f94978b116908e9b86cbdfea30a53493043405c08d9d1e6527
     name: ovs-cni-plugin
-  - image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850
+  - image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8
     name: ssp-operator
   - image: quay.io/kubevirt/virt-api@sha256:b06b273aa75d9cc39e282ea4401e8f2efb342ec553237a39c81f1b550b3b1cc9
     name: virt-api
diff --git a/deploy/operator.yaml b/deploy/operator.yaml
index fa63118370..dcb6184ff6 100644
--- a/deploy/operator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/operator.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ spec:
         - name: NETWORK_ADDONS_VERSION
           value: v0.65.2
         - name: SSP_VERSION
-          value: v0.13.0-rc.3
+          value: v0.13.0
         - name: NMO_VERSION
           value: v0.10.0
         - name: HPPO_VERSION
@@ -434,13 +434,13 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: KVM_INFO_IMAGE
         - name: VALIDATOR_IMAGE
-          value: quay.io/kubevirt/kubevirt-template-validator:v0.13.0-rc.3
+          value: quay.io/kubevirt/kubevirt-template-validator:v0.13.0
         - name: VIRT_LAUNCHER_IMAGE
         - name: NODE_LABELLER_IMAGE
         - name: CPU_PLUGIN_IMAGE
         - name: OPERATOR_VERSION
-          value: v0.13.0-rc.3
-        image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:989c524d294036e0d397d49220378281a04d58fe7dbec2c5af87321d44958850
+          value: v0.13.0
+        image: quay.io/kubevirt/ssp-operator@sha256:37a62ec62eb751f7480dcd8b45082fe83b06fd145f6afcf08072b4aff43856a8
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /healthz
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b4b988c839..66dfc395bd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	kubevirt.io/api v0.49.0
 	kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api v1.43.0
 	kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk v0.2.3
-	kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0-rc.3
+	kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.8.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8a39bf0ac7..d301880a0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2057,8 +2057,8 @@ kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk v0.2.3 h1:auv8LrA7gnLfQREnlGVPwgJp
 kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk v0.2.3/go.mod h1:ZJhLceiY2Gl5CXFGSp5eMGt/sksOiJP0289nAZFCQf0=
 kubevirt.io/qe-tools v0.1.6/go.mod h1:PJyH/YXC4W0AmxfheDmXWMbLNsMSboVGXKpMAwfKzVE=
 kubevirt.io/qe-tools v0.1.7/go.mod h1:O1EynUeGswOi4Embakmv+SsGwr+U3ILHgit9pptK2qk=
-kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0-rc.3 h1:b+EZ9LL0CM12SzK4HkeHLC2VgsB98qIQt1nnX2ImObM=
-kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0-rc.3/go.mod h1:MElMCtTi3scqY0vQyKXC7hn/tOIqvuaC64abpqz89wU=
+kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0 h1:C+XrADZ3QWFG8ASuO5bioBHO83pgqlws3oAaYsTdxlw=
+kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0/go.mod h1:MElMCtTi3scqY0vQyKXC7hn/tOIqvuaC64abpqz89wU=
 rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8=
 rsc.io/letsencrypt v0.0.3/go.mod h1:buyQKZ6IXrRnB7TdkHP0RyEybLx18HHyOSoTyoOLqNY=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1/go.mod h1:n8OzWcQ6Sp37PL01nO98y4iUCRdTGarVfzxY20ICaU4=
diff --git a/hack/config b/hack/config
index d2f12d20f9..4a714a04cc 100644
--- a/hack/config
+++ b/hack/config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 KUBEVIRT_VERSION="v0.49.0"
 CDI_VERSION="v1.43.0"
 NETWORK_ADDONS_VERSION="v0.65.2"
-SSP_VERSION="v0.13.0-rc.3"
+SSP_VERSION="v0.13.0"
 NMO_VERSION="v0.10.0"
 HPPO_VERSION="v0.12.0"
 HPP_VERSION="v0.12.0"
diff --git a/vendor/kubevirt.io/ssp-operator/api/v1beta1/ssp_types.go b/vendor/kubevirt.io/ssp-operator/api/v1beta1/ssp_types.go
index bbf065326d..c5af044ad3 100644
--- a/vendor/kubevirt.io/ssp-operator/api/v1beta1/ssp_types.go
+++ b/vendor/kubevirt.io/ssp-operator/api/v1beta1/ssp_types.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ type DataImportCronTemplate struct {
 }
 
 // AsDataImportCron converts the DataImportCronTemplate to a cdiv1beta1.DataImportCron
-func (t DataImportCronTemplate) AsDataImportCron() cdiv1beta1.DataImportCron {
+func (t *DataImportCronTemplate) AsDataImportCron() cdiv1beta1.DataImportCron {
 	return cdiv1beta1.DataImportCron{
 		ObjectMeta: t.ObjectMeta,
 		Spec:       t.Spec,
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index c10492c5b4..e173dfb87b 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ kubevirt.io/containerized-data-importer-api/pkg/apis/core/v1beta1
 # kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk v0.2.3
 ## explicit; go 1.14
 kubevirt.io/controller-lifecycle-operator-sdk/pkg/sdk/api
-# kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0-rc.3
+# kubevirt.io/ssp-operator v0.13.0
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 kubevirt.io/ssp-operator/api/v1beta1
 # sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.0