diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba5925a3d..4da106421 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ VERSION ?= v0.0.0-dev
 BUNDLE_VERSION ?= $(VERSION:v%=%)
 
 # APPWRAPPER_VERSION defines the default version of the AppWrapper controller
-APPWRAPPER_VERSION ?= v0.27.0
+APPWRAPPER_VERSION ?= v0.30.0
 APPWRAPPER_REPO ?= github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper
 APPWRAPPER_CRD ?= ${APPWRAPPER_REPO}/config/crd?ref=${APPWRAPPER_VERSION}
 
diff --git a/config/crd/appwrapper/kustomization.yaml b/config/crd/appwrapper/kustomization.yaml
index 75e9b5310..b00296f1b 100644
--- a/config/crd/appwrapper/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/appwrapper/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-- github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper/config/crd?ref=v0.27.0
+- github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper/config/crd?ref=v0.30.0
diff --git a/config/crd/crd-appwrapper.yml b/config/crd/crd-appwrapper.yml
index 02fa812aa..af1c506fa 100644
--- a/config/crd/crd-appwrapper.yml
+++ b/config/crd/crd-appwrapper.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ spec:
     kind: AppWrapper
     listKind: AppWrapperList
     plural: appwrappers
+    shortNames:
+      - aw
     singular: appwrapper
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5833ceb62..75453cd48 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2 v2.10.0
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20230823114715-5fdd7511b790
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20221019143426-16aed247da5c
-	github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.0
+	github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.30.0
 	github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-common v0.0.0-20241216183607-222395d38924
 	github.com/ray-project/kuberay/ray-operator v1.2.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f11f3adf1..f38044ed4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.0 h1:WiWw0Hi4rEXuFIEpm8nq1UqJHgVB6YtGcWzRrhRUTyE=
-github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.27.0/go.mod h1:7FpO90DLv0BAq4rwZtXKS9aRRfkR9RvXsj3pgYF0HtQ=
+github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.30.0 h1:tb9LJ/QmC2xyKdM0oVf+WAz9cKIGt3gllDrRgzySgyo=
+github.com/project-codeflare/appwrapper v0.30.0/go.mod h1:7FpO90DLv0BAq4rwZtXKS9aRRfkR9RvXsj3pgYF0HtQ=
 github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-common v0.0.0-20241216183607-222395d38924 h1:jM+gYqn8eGmUoeQLGGYxlJgXZ1gbZgB2UtpKU9z0x9s=
 github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-common v0.0.0-20241216183607-222395d38924/go.mod h1:DPSv5khRiRDFUD43SF8da+MrVQTWmxNhuKJmwSLOyO0=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4 h1:Tgh3Yr67PaOv/uTqloMsCEdeuFTatm5zIq5+qNN23vI=