diff --git a/charts/pulsar/Chart.yaml b/charts/pulsar/Chart.yaml
index 9d580e59..8d87cf86 100644
--- a/charts/pulsar/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/Chart.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ maintainers:
     email: dev@pulsar.apache.org
 dependencies:
   - name: victoria-metrics-k8s-stack
-    version: 0.38.x
+    version: 0.72.x
     repository: https://victoriametrics.github.io/helm-charts/
     condition: victoria-metrics-k8s-stack.enabled
diff --git a/scripts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/resolve_vm_operator_version.sh b/scripts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/resolve_vm_operator_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ac31680d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/resolve_vm_operator_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+
+# Use this script to resolve the Victoria Metrics Operator application version from the Helm chart and print it to stdout.
+
+if ! command -v yq &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "yq is not installed. Please install yq to run this script." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd)"
+# Run "helm dependency update" in charts/pulsar
+cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../../charts/pulsar"
+helm dependency update 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+tar -zxf charts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack-*.tgz \
+  --to-stdout victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/charts/victoria-metrics-operator/Chart.yaml | yq .appVersion
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/upgrade_vm_operator_crds.sh b/scripts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/upgrade_vm_operator_crds.sh
index 0b70f4fa..8cb5f0ba 100755
--- a/scripts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/upgrade_vm_operator_crds.sh
+++ b/scripts/victoria-metrics-k8s-stack/upgrade_vm_operator_crds.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,10 @@
 #
 
 # This script is used to upgrade the Victoria Metrics Operator CRDs before running "helm upgrade"
-VM_OPERATOR_VERSION="${1:-"0.53.0"}"
-kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts -f "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/releases/download/v${VM_OPERATOR_VERSION}/crd.yaml"
+#
+# Usage: ./upgrade_vm_operator_crds.sh [VM_OPERATOR_VERSION]
+# Use the resolve_vm_operator_version.sh script to get the correct version 
+# of the Victoria Metrics Operator from the Helm chart. If no version is provided, a default version will be used.
+
+VM_OPERATOR_VERSION="${1:-"v0.68.0"}"
+kubectl apply --server-side --force-conflicts -f "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator/releases/download/${VM_OPERATOR_VERSION}/crd.yaml"