diff --git a/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-commands-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-commands-tests.yml
index ac6a27d43..6ae32275a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-commands-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-commands-tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Start minikube cluster
       uses: che-incubator/setup-minikube-action@next
       with:
-        minikube-version: v1.23.2
+        minikube-version: v1.29.0
     - name: Install NodeJS
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Start minikube cluster
       uses: che-incubator/setup-minikube-action@next
       with:
-        minikube-version: v1.23.2
+        minikube-version: v1.29.0
     - name: Install chectl from the stable channel
       run: bash <(curl -sL  https://www.eclipse.org/che/chectl/) --channel=stable
     - name: Install NodeJS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-release-test.yml b/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-release-test.yml
index 50598ec34..0bb2405f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-release-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/minikube-chectl-release-test.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Start minikube cluster
       uses: che-incubator/setup-minikube-action@next
       with:
-        minikube-version: v1.23.2
+        minikube-version: v1.29.0
     - name: Install NodeJS
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
diff --git a/src/tasks/che-tasks.ts b/src/tasks/che-tasks.ts
index 766152f60..97357d8fe 100644
--- a/src/tasks/che-tasks.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/che-tasks.ts
@@ -59,13 +59,22 @@ export namespace CheTasks {
       title: 'Wait all pods deleted',
       task: async (_ctx: any, _task: any) => {
         const flags = CheCtlContext.getFlags()
+        const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
+        const cheCluster = await kubeHelper.getCheCluster(flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG])
 
         const tasks = newListr()
-        tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.CHE_SERVER, EclipseChe.CHE_SERVER_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
-        tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.DASHBOARD, EclipseChe.DASHBOARD_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
-        tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
-        tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
         tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.GATEWAY, EclipseChe.GATEWAY_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+        tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.DASHBOARD, EclipseChe.DASHBOARD_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+        tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.CHE_SERVER, EclipseChe.CHE_SERVER_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+
+        if (!cheCluster?.spec?.components?.devfileRegistry?.disableInternalRegistry) {
+          tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+        }
+
+        if (!cheCluster?.spec?.components?.pluginRegistry?.disableInternalRegistry) {
+          tasks.add(PodTasks.getPodDeletedTask(EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY_SELECTOR, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+        }
+
         return tasks
       },
     }
@@ -76,13 +85,21 @@ export namespace CheTasks {
       title: `Scale ${EclipseChe.PRODUCT_NAME} down`,
       task: async (_ctx: any, _task: any) => {
         const flags = CheCtlContext.getFlags()
+        const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
+        const cheCluster = await kubeHelper.getCheCluster(flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG])
 
         const tasks = newListr()
         tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.GATEWAY, EclipseChe.GATEWAY_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 0, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
         tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.DASHBOARD, EclipseChe.DASHBOARD_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 0, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
         tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.CHE_SERVER, EclipseChe.CHE_SERVER_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 0, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
-        tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 0, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
-        tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 0, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+        if (!cheCluster?.spec?.components?.pluginRegistry?.disableInternalRegistry) {
+          tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.PLUGIN_REGISTRY_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 0, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+        }
+
+        if (!cheCluster?.spec?.components?.devfileRegistry?.disableInternalRegistry) {
+          tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 0, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
+        }
+
         return tasks
       },
     }
@@ -94,9 +111,9 @@ export namespace CheTasks {
       task: async (_ctx: any, _task: any) => {
         const flags = CheCtlContext.getFlags()
         const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
+        const cheCluster = await kubeHelper.getCheCluster(flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG])
 
         const tasks = newListr()
-        const cheCluster = await kubeHelper.getCheCluster(flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG])
         if (cheCluster) {
           if (!cheCluster.spec?.components?.devfileRegistry?.disableInternalRegistry) {
             tasks.add(PodTasks.getScaleDeploymentTask(EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY, EclipseChe.DEVFILE_REGISTRY_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, 1, flags[CHE_NAMESPACE_FLAG]))
diff --git a/src/tasks/pod-tasks.ts b/src/tasks/pod-tasks.ts
index 3062db990..de5058b1f 100644
--- a/src/tasks/pod-tasks.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/pod-tasks.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
  */
 
-import { ux } from '@oclif/core'
+import {ux} from '@oclif/core'
 import * as Listr from 'listr'
 import {KubeClient} from '../api/kube-client'
 import {KubeHelperContext} from '../context'
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ export namespace PodTasks {
   }
 
   /**
-  * Checks if there is any reason for a given pod state and returns message if so.
-  */
+   * Checks if there is any reason for a given pod state and returns message if so.
+   */
   async function getContainerFailState(namespace: string, selector: string, state: string): Promise<FailState | undefined> {
     const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
     const waitingState = await kubeHelper.getPodWaitingState(namespace, selector, state)
@@ -278,38 +278,38 @@ export namespace PodTasks {
   /**
    * Returns extended timeout error message explaining a failure.
    */
-   async function getTimeOutErrorMessage(namespace: string, selector: string): Promise<string> {
-     const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
-     const pods = await kubeHelper.getPodListByLabel(namespace, selector)
-     if (!pods.length) {
-       throw new Error(`Timeout: there are no pods in the namespace: ${namespace}, selector: ${selector}. Check ${EclipseChe.PRODUCT_NAME} logs for details. Consider increasing error recheck timeout with --k8spoderrorrechecktimeout flag.`)
-     }
-
-     let errorMessage = 'Timeout:'
-     for (const pod of pods) {
-       errorMessage += `\nPod: ${pod.metadata!.name}`
-       if (pod.status) {
-         if (pod.status.containerStatuses) {
-           errorMessage += `\n\t\tstatus: ${JSON.stringify(pod.status.containerStatuses, undefined, '  ')}`
-         }
-
-         if (pod.status.conditions) {
-           errorMessage += `\n\t\tconditions: ${JSON.stringify(pod.status.conditions, undefined, '  ')}`
-         }
-       } else {
-         errorMessage += ', status not found.'
-       }
-     }
-
-     return errorMessage
-   }
-
-   async function getCheClusterFailState(namespace: string): Promise<FailState | undefined> {
-     const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
-     const cheCluster = await kubeHelper.getCheCluster(namespace)
-     if (cheCluster?.status?.reason && cheCluster?.status?.message) {
-       return cheCluster.status
-     }
-   }
+  async function getTimeOutErrorMessage(namespace: string, selector: string): Promise<string> {
+    const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
+    const pods = await kubeHelper.getPodListByLabel(namespace, selector)
+    if (!pods.length) {
+      throw new Error(`Timeout: there are no pods in the namespace: ${namespace}, selector: ${selector}. Check ${EclipseChe.PRODUCT_NAME} logs for details. Consider increasing error recheck timeout with --k8spoderrorrechecktimeout flag.`)
+    }
+
+    let errorMessage = 'Timeout:'
+    for (const pod of pods) {
+      errorMessage += `\nPod: ${pod.metadata!.name}`
+      if (pod.status) {
+        if (pod.status.containerStatuses) {
+          errorMessage += `\n\t\tstatus: ${JSON.stringify(pod.status.containerStatuses, undefined, '  ')}`
+        }
+
+        if (pod.status.conditions) {
+          errorMessage += `\n\t\tconditions: ${JSON.stringify(pod.status.conditions, undefined, '  ')}`
+        }
+      } else {
+        errorMessage += ', status not found.'
+      }
+    }
+
+    return errorMessage
+  }
+
+  async function getCheClusterFailState(namespace: string): Promise<FailState | undefined> {
+    const kubeHelper = KubeClient.getInstance()
+    const cheCluster = await kubeHelper.getCheCluster(namespace)
+    if (cheCluster?.status?.reason && cheCluster?.status?.message) {
+      return cheCluster.status
+    }
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 86db56ed5..55fff0017 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3673,7 +3673,7 @@ detect-newline@^3.0.0:
 
 "devworkspace-operator@https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#main":
   version "0.0.0"
-  resolved "https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#8f3eafb9f91be8cdc0bc5c6df76e36900f5b000e"
+  resolved "https://github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator#54561af09cf51e78e5e1295fb9f78b542138a0b9"
 
 dezalgo@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.4"
@@ -3734,7 +3734,7 @@ ecc-jsbn@~0.1.1:
 
 "eclipse-che-operator@https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#main":
   version "0.0.0"
-  resolved "https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#1ae01423c15e14cb9aff32c65bc2c71686a99ca5"
+  resolved "https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-operator#76b21ea63282e75c664913f0ed47f708870fdcc2"
 
 editorconfig@^0.15.0:
   version "0.15.3"