diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/informer/InformerEventSourceConfiguration.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/informer/InformerEventSourceConfiguration.java
index 9bd6f84d06..a4ca2f63d4 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/informer/InformerEventSourceConfiguration.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/informer/InformerEventSourceConfiguration.java
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ public void updateFrom(InformerConfiguration<R> informerConfig) {
             .withOnDeleteFilter(informerConfig.getOnDeleteFilter())
             .withGenericFilter(informerConfig.getGenericFilter())
             .withInformerListLimit(informerConfig.getInformerListLimit())
+            .withComparableResourceVersions(informerConfig.isComparableResourceVersions())
             .withFieldSelector(informerConfig.getFieldSelector());
       }
     }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/InformerEventSourceConfigurationTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/InformerEventSourceConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e43b288cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/InformerEventSourceConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Java Operator SDK Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Secret;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.informer.InformerConfiguration;
+import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.informer.InformerEventSourceConfiguration;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+
+class InformerEventSourceConfigurationTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void updateFromKeepsComparableResourceVersions() {
+    // the only caller is KubernetesDependentResource#createEventSource, so dropping it here means
+    // the setting silently has no effect on a dependent resource
+    var builder = InformerEventSourceConfiguration.from(ConfigMap.class, Secret.class);
+
+    builder.updateFrom(
+        InformerConfiguration.builder(ConfigMap.class)
+            .withComparableResourceVersions(false)
+            .build());
+
+    assertFalse(builder.build().getInformerConfig().isComparableResourceVersions());
+  }
+}