diff --git a/.tools_versions.yaml b/.tools_versions.yaml
index 40c9b478d8..218342c6f4 100644
--- a/.tools_versions.yaml
+++ b/.tools_versions.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ skaffold: "2.16.1"
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime
 setup-envtest: "0.21.0"
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=elastic/crd-ref-docs
-crd-ref-docs: "0.2.0"
+crd-ref-docs: "0.3.0"
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=mikefarah/yq
 yq: "4.47.2"
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=jstemmer/go-junit-report