diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0e186348..4b89f6737 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - (Bugfix) Prevent unexpected rotation in case of SecurityContext change
 - (Bugfix) Ensure PDB is created
 - (Bugfix) Fix Schema Apply Checksum
+- (Bugfix) Use MD5 instead of SHA256 for CRD Checksums
 
 ## [1.2.40](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.40) (2024-04-10)
 - (Feature) Add Core fields to the Scheduler Container Spec
diff --git a/pkg/crd/crds/crds.go b/pkg/crd/crds/crds.go
index e401280a6..ea7519ced 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/crds/crds.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/crds/crds.go
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ func (d DefinitionData) schemaDefinitionLoader() util.Loader[crdSchemas] {
 
 func (d DefinitionData) Checksum() (definition, schema string) {
 	if len(d.definition) > 0 {
-		definition = util.SHA256(d.definition)
+		definition = util.MD5(d.definition)
 	}
 	if len(d.schemaDefinition) > 0 {
-		schema = util.SHA256(d.schemaDefinition)
+		schema = util.MD5(d.schemaDefinition)
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/checksum.go b/pkg/util/checksum.go
index 27a692c6c..907516926 100644
--- a/pkg/util/checksum.go
+++ b/pkg/util/checksum.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package util
 
 import (
+	"crypto/md5"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
 
@@ -35,6 +36,14 @@ func SHA256(data []byte) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%0x", sha256.Sum256(data))
 }
 
+func MD5FromString(data string) string {
+	return MD5([]byte(data))
+}
+
+func MD5(data []byte) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%0x", md5.Sum(data))
+}
+
 func SHA256FromJSON[T interface{}](a T) (string, error) {
 	d, err := json.Marshal(a)
 	if err != nil {