diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4ee68c5b..ca320bccb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   Retrieves Eclipse Che self-signed certificate
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/cacert/export.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/cacert/export.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/cacert/export.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/cacert/export.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl commands`
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   Open Eclipse Che dashboard
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/dashboard/open.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/dashboard/open.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/dashboard/open.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/dashboard/open.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl help [COMMANDS]`
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   Enable local debug of Eclipse Che server
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/debug.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/debug.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/debug.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/debug.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl server:delete`
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   delete any Eclipse Che related resource
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/delete.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/delete.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/delete.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/delete.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl server:deploy`
 
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   Deploy Eclipse Che server
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/deploy.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/deploy.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/deploy.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/deploy.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl server:logs`
 
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   Collect Eclipse Che logs
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/logs.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/logs.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/logs.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/logs.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl server:start`
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   Start Eclipse Che server
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/start.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/start.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/start.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/start.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl server:status`
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   Status Eclipse Che server
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/status.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/status.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/status.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/status.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl server:stop`
 
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   stop Eclipse Che server
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/stop.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/stop.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/stop.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/stop.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl server:update`
 
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ EXAMPLES
     $ chectl server:update --olm-channel stable --catalog-source-yaml PATH_TO_CATALOG_SOURCE_YAML
 ```
 
-_See code: [src/commands/server/update.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v0.0.2/src/commands/server/update.ts)_
+_See code: [src/commands/server/update.ts](https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/blob/v7.81.0/src/commands/server/update.ts)_
 
 ## `chectl update [CHANNEL]`
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80af33506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.81.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24fdcd619..9451e9888 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "chectl",
   "description": "Eclipse Che CLI",
-  "version": "0.0.2",
+  "version": "7.81.0",
   "author": "Mario Loriedo @l0rd",
   "bin": {
     "chectl": "./bin/run"
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     "cli-ux": "^6.0.9",
     "command-exists": "^1.2.9",
     "countries-and-timezones": "^3.4.1",
-    "devworkspace-operator": "https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#main",
-    "eclipse-che-operator": "https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#main",
+    "devworkspace-operator": "https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#v0.25.0",
+    "eclipse-che-operator": "https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#7.81.0",
     "execa": "^5.1.1",
     "fancy-test": "^2.0.25",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
diff --git a/src/tasks/installers/eclipse-che/eclipse-che-tasks.ts b/src/tasks/installers/eclipse-che/eclipse-che-tasks.ts
index 0e22dcc04..a244e6f3b 100644
--- a/src/tasks/installers/eclipse-che/eclipse-che-tasks.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/installers/eclipse-che/eclipse-che-tasks.ts
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ export namespace EclipseCheTasks {
         ctx[OperatorImageUpgradeContext.NEW_IMAGE_NAME] = newImage
         ctx[OperatorImageUpgradeContext.NEW_IMAGE_TAG] = newTag
 
-        task.title = `${task.title} ${ctx[OperatorImageUpgradeContext.NEW_IMAGE_TAG]} -> ${ctx[OperatorImageUpgradeContext.DEPLOYED_IMAGE_TAG]}`
+        task.title = `${task.title} ${ctx[OperatorImageUpgradeContext.DEPLOYED_IMAGE_TAG]} -> ${ctx[OperatorImageUpgradeContext.NEW_IMAGE_TAG]}`
       },
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts b/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts
index e407eaa02..ce903399c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e-upgrade-version.test.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ describe('Test Che upgrade', () => {
       const binChectl = E2eHelper.getChectlBinaries()
       // scale deployments down to free up some resources
       await helper.runCliCommand('kubectl', ['scale', 'deployment', 'che', '--replicas=0', `-n ${NAMESPACE}`])
-
       await helper.runCliCommand(binChectl, ['server:update', '-y', `-n ${NAMESPACE}`, '--telemetry=off'])
+      await helper.runCliCommand(binChectl, ['server:start', `-n ${NAMESPACE}`, '--telemetry=off'])
       await helper.waitForCheServerImageTag(helper.getNewVersion(), UPDATE_CHE_TIMEOUT_MS)
     })
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c1f792057..00b6459e0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3671,9 +3671,9 @@ detect-newline@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/detect-newline/-/detect-newline-3.1.0.tgz#576f5dfc63ae1a192ff192d8ad3af6308991b651"
   integrity sha512-TLz+x/vEXm/Y7P7wn1EJFNLxYpUD4TgMosxY6fAVJUnJMbupHBOncxyWUG9OpTaH9EBD7uFI5LfEgmMOc54DsA==
 
-"devworkspace-operator@https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#main":
+"devworkspace-operator@https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#v0.25.0":
   version "0.0.0"
-  resolved "https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#21aaf77d61f8801fbfad940b607f2e9e420b49dd"
+  resolved "https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#3c083e4840f2f26c5c8abd95c745d8f09666b586"
 
 dezalgo@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.4"
@@ -3732,9 +3732,9 @@ ecc-jsbn@~0.1.1:
     jsbn "~0.1.0"
     safer-buffer "^2.1.0"
 
-"eclipse-che-operator@https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#main":
+"eclipse-che-operator@https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#7.81.0":
   version "0.0.0"
-  resolved "https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#7c7bd4f796eb083a21cf5ba5f750cde1d69e901a"
+  resolved "https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#2c55556e8c72402276a6ad4013aad39e46db2771"
 
 editorconfig@^0.15.0:
   version "0.15.3"