CLOUDP-357258 Update default mongot version to 0.55.0 (#571)

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section in CONTRIBUTING.md for more details

Author: fealebenpae

changelog/20251106_feature_mongodbsearch_updated_the_default_mongodbmongodb.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+kind: feature
+date: 2025-11-06
+---
+
+* **MongoDBSearch**: Updated the default `mongodb/mongodb-search` image version to 0.55.0. This is the version MCK uses if `.spec.version` is not specified.

config/manager/manager.yaml

@@ -307,11 +307,11 @@ spec:
               value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server:8.0.0-ubi8"
             - name: RELATED_IMAGE_MONGODB_IMAGE_8_0_0_ubi9
               value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server:8.0.0-ubi9"
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_MDB_SEARCH_IMAGE_0_53_1
-              value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-search:0.53.1"
+            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_MDB_SEARCH_IMAGE_0_55_0
+              value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-search:0.55.0"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_REPO_URL
               value: "quay.io/mongodb"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_NAME
               value: "mongodb-search"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_VERSION
-              value: "0.53.1"
+              value: "0.55.0"

helm_chart/values.yaml

@@ -228,4 +228,4 @@ search:
   repo: quay.io/mongodb
   name: mongodb-search
   # default MongoDB Search version used; can be overridden by setting MongoDBSearch.spec.version field.
-  version: 0.53.1
+  version: 0.55.0

public/mongodb-kubernetes-multi-cluster.yaml

@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ spec:
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_NAME
               value: "mongodb-search"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_VERSION
-              value: "0.53.1"
+              value: "0.55.0"
       volumes:
         - name: kube-config-volume
           secret:

public/mongodb-kubernetes-openshift.yaml

@@ -611,11 +611,11 @@ spec:
               value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server:8.0.0-ubi8"
             - name: RELATED_IMAGE_MONGODB_IMAGE_8_0_0_ubi9
               value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-enterprise-server:8.0.0-ubi9"
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_MDB_SEARCH_IMAGE_0_53_1
-              value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-search:0.53.1"
+            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_MDB_SEARCH_IMAGE_0_55_0
+              value: "quay.io/mongodb/mongodb-search:0.55.0"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_REPO_URL
               value: "quay.io/mongodb"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_NAME
               value: "mongodb-search"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_VERSION
-              value: "0.53.1"
+              value: "0.55.0"

public/mongodb-kubernetes.yaml

@@ -432,4 +432,4 @@ spec:
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_NAME
               value: "mongodb-search"
             - name: MDB_SEARCH_VERSION
-              value: "0.53.1"
+              value: "0.55.0"

release.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "minimumSupportedVersion": "4.6"
   },
   "search": {
-    "version": "0.53.1"
+    "version": "0.55.0"
   },
   "supportedImages": {
     "ops-manager": {