diff --git a/COMPONENT_VERSION b/COMPONENT_VERSION
index 6618ab545..28cbf7c0a 100644
--- a/COMPONENT_VERSION
+++ b/COMPONENT_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.17.0
\ No newline at end of file
+5.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/v1/discoveredcluster_types.go b/api/v1/discoveredcluster_types.go
index 21bfea88b..39b4409a8 100644
--- a/api/v1/discoveredcluster_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/discoveredcluster_types.go
@@ -160,13 +160,24 @@ func init() {
 	SchemeBuilder.Register(&DiscoveredCluster{}, &DiscoveredClusterList{})
 }
 
+// timestampsEqual checks if two timestamp pointers are equal (handling nil cases).
+func timestampsEqual(a, b *metav1.Time) bool {
+	if a == nil && b == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	if a == nil || b == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return a.Truncate(time.Second).Equal(b.Truncate(time.Second))
+}
+
 // Equal reports whether the spec of a is equal to b.
 func (a DiscoveredCluster) Equal(b DiscoveredCluster) bool {
 	if a.Spec.APIURL != b.Spec.APIURL ||
-		a.Spec.ActivityTimestamp.Truncate(time.Second) != b.Spec.ActivityTimestamp.Truncate(time.Second) ||
+		!timestampsEqual(a.Spec.ActivityTimestamp, b.Spec.ActivityTimestamp) ||
 		a.Spec.CloudProvider != b.Spec.CloudProvider ||
 		a.Spec.Console != b.Spec.Console ||
-		a.Spec.CreationTimestamp.Truncate(time.Second) != b.Spec.CreationTimestamp.Truncate(time.Second) ||
+		!timestampsEqual(a.Spec.CreationTimestamp, b.Spec.CreationTimestamp) ||
 		a.Spec.Credential != b.Spec.Credential ||
 		a.Spec.DisplayName != b.Spec.DisplayName ||
 		a.Spec.ImportAsManagedCluster != b.Spec.ImportAsManagedCluster ||
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.rhtap b/build/Dockerfile.rhtap
index b45dc6192..c8d05c008 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile.rhtap
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.rhtap
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ LABEL org.label-schema.vendor="Red Hat" \
       io.k8s.description="Operator for managing discovered clusters from OpenShift Cluster Manager" \
       com.redhat.component="multicluster-engine-discovery-operator-container" \
       io.openshift.tags="data,images" \
-      cpe="cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:2.17::el9"
+      cpe="cpe:/a:redhat:multicluster_engine:5.0::el9"
 
 WORKDIR /
 COPY --from=plugin-builder /workspace/manager .