diff --git a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
index b10e7d490..66f58a9a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reviewdog.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,73 @@ jobs:
           make generate VERSION=main
           git diff --exit-code
 
+  deploy-cr-release-versions:
+    name: deploy/cr.yaml vs e2e-tests/release_versions
+    if: ${{ contains(github.base_ref, 'release-') }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+      - uses: mikefarah/yq@v4
+      - name: Verify deploy/cr.yaml images match release_versions
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+          source e2e-tests/release_versions
+
+          registry="${REGISTRY_NAME:-docker.io}"
+          pg_ver=$(yq -r '.spec.postgresVersion' deploy/cr.yaml)
+          if [ -z "$pg_ver" ] || [ "$pg_ver" = "null" ]; then
+            echo "::error::spec.postgresVersion not found in deploy/cr.yaml"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          postgres_var="IMAGE_POSTGRESQL${pg_ver}"
+          pgbouncer_var="IMAGE_PGBOUNCER${pg_ver}"
+          backrest_var="IMAGE_BACKREST${pg_ver}"
+          for var in "$postgres_var" "$pgbouncer_var" "$backrest_var"; do
+            if [ -z "${!var:-}" ]; then
+              echo "::error::${var} is not defined in e2e-tests/release_versions"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          done
+
+          expected_postgres="${registry}/${!postgres_var}"
+          expected_pgbouncer="${registry}/${!pgbouncer_var}"
+          expected_backrest="${registry}/${!backrest_var}"
+          expected_pmm="${registry}/${IMAGE_PMM3_CLIENT}"
+          expected_cr_version="${IMAGE_OPERATOR##*:}"
+
+          spec_image=$(yq -r '.spec.image' deploy/cr.yaml)
+          pgbouncer_image=$(yq -r '.spec.proxy.pgBouncer.image' deploy/cr.yaml)
+          backrest_image=$(yq -r '.spec.backups.pgbackrest.image' deploy/cr.yaml)
+          pmm_image=$(yq -r '.spec.pmm.image' deploy/cr.yaml)
+          cr_version=$(yq -r '.spec.crVersion' deploy/cr.yaml)
+
+          failed=0
+          check() {
+            local name="$1" actual="$2" expected="$3"
+            if [ -z "$actual" ] || [ "$actual" = "null" ]; then
+              echo "::error::${name}: missing in deploy/cr.yaml"
+              failed=1
+              return
+            fi
+            if [ "$actual" != "$expected" ]; then
+              echo "::error::${name}: deploy/cr.yaml has '${actual}', e2e-tests/release_versions expects '${expected}'"
+              failed=1
+            fi
+          }
+
+          check "spec.image (IMAGE_POSTGRESQL${pg_ver})" "$spec_image" "$expected_postgres"
+          check "spec.proxy.pgBouncer.image (IMAGE_PGBOUNCER${pg_ver})" "$pgbouncer_image" "$expected_pgbouncer"
+          check "spec.backups.pgbackrest.image (IMAGE_BACKREST${pg_ver})" "$backrest_image" "$expected_backrest"
+          check "spec.pmm.image (IMAGE_PMM3_CLIENT)" "$pmm_image" "$expected_pmm"
+          check "spec.crVersion (IMAGE_OPERATOR tag)" "$cr_version" "$expected_cr_version"
+
+          if [ "$failed" -ne 0 ]; then
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "deploy/cr.yaml images match e2e-tests/release_versions."
+
   e2e-release-versions-images:
     name: e2e-tests release_versions image availability
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest