diff --git a/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 9e3c92db..b5cc11f6 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: Monitoring
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: observability-operator:1.1.0
-    createdAt: "2025-03-13T16:50:00Z"
+    createdAt: "2025-03-17T11:01:43Z"
     description: A Go based Kubernetes operator to setup and manage highly available
       Monitoring Stack using Prometheus, Alertmanager and Thanos Querier.
     operatorframework.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ spec:
                         operator: Exists
                     weight: 1
               containers:
-              - image: quay.io/persesdev/perses-operator:v0.1.8
+              - image: quay.io/persesdev/perses-operator:v0.1.9
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz
diff --git a/deploy/perses/perses-operator-deployment.yaml b/deploy/perses/perses-operator-deployment.yaml
index f9e23186..3801d0b2 100644
--- a/deploy/perses/perses-operator-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/perses/perses-operator-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: perses-operator
-        image: quay.io/persesdev/perses-operator:v0.1.8
+        image: quay.io/persesdev/perses-operator:v0.1.9
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
           capabilities:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 46ceaecd..38459050 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20240404200104-96ed2d49b255
 	github.com/perses/perses v0.51.0-beta.0
-	github.com/perses/perses-operator v0.1.8
+	github.com/perses/perses-operator v0.1.9
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.80.1
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.62.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8f48a462..af61529d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ github.com/perses/common v0.27.0 h1:MtqDz/qzkKcj0T1DkTMS2+pJEjw2gw4Bac6n4C2OCNQ=
 github.com/perses/common v0.27.0/go.mod h1:d7uE0LIysDf7bor9/g6exyFEg8nfRqbCxrezBUYXo2I=
 github.com/perses/perses v0.51.0-beta.0 h1:KsHVMZfVSQDHsChedE2sLTxgu8QJDOP0uF0JWD1HXwI=
 github.com/perses/perses v0.51.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:MeZVIMJaGcLRAxrxXCWrZbDb8pmvSIOSsKXKJGS+ofw=
-github.com/perses/perses-operator v0.1.8 h1:5pRa+m5yAGwzPXCJbqfnowgLjenv66sL/hraptQv10c=
-github.com/perses/perses-operator v0.1.8/go.mod h1:7pA2q/0kFpLmc5YPizabOtqQJvTtIbLeWQIc/ipvTbI=
+github.com/perses/perses-operator v0.1.9 h1:EJyG2Mm54md3zQq7G7+tg6AduwWOqxFLOTJ6rjgoCTA=
+github.com/perses/perses-operator v0.1.9/go.mod h1:7pA2q/0kFpLmc5YPizabOtqQJvTtIbLeWQIc/ipvTbI=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c h1:+mdjkGKdHQG3305AYmdv1U2eRNDiU2ErMBj1gwrq8eQ=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c/go.mod h1:7rwL4CYBLnjLxUqIJNnCWiEdr3bn6IUYi15bNlnbCCU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/uiplugin/monitoring.go b/pkg/controllers/uiplugin/monitoring.go
index 245dd956..be991e0b 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/uiplugin/monitoring.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/uiplugin/monitoring.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package uiplugin
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	osv1 "github.com/openshift/api/console/v1"
 	osv1alpha1 "github.com/openshift/api/console/v1alpha1"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	persesv1alpha1 "github.com/perses/perses-operator/api/v1alpha1"
 	persesconfig "github.com/perses/perses/pkg/model/api/config"
+	"github.com/perses/perses/pkg/model/api/v1/common"
 	uiv1alpha1 "github.com/rhobs/observability-operator/pkg/apis/uiplugin/v1alpha1"
 )
 
@@ -288,6 +290,13 @@ func newPerses(namespace string, persesImage string) *persesv1alpha1.Perses {
 							Extension: persesconfig.YAMLExtension,
 						},
 					},
+					Schemas: &persesconfig.Schemas{
+						PanelsPath:      "/etc/perses/cue/schemas/panels",
+						QueriesPath:     "/etc/perses/cue/schemas/queries",
+						DatasourcesPath: "/etc/perses/cue/schemas/datasources",
+						VariablesPath:   "/etc/perses/cue/schemas/variables",
+						Interval:        common.Duration(time.Hour * 6),
+					},
 				},
 			},
 			Image:         persesImage,