diff --git a/apis/quay/v1/quayregistry_types.go b/apis/quay/v1/quayregistry_types.go
index 11e3b69f8..6cd1f7563 100644
--- a/apis/quay/v1/quayregistry_types.go
+++ b/apis/quay/v1/quayregistry_types.go
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func NeedsBundleSecret(quay *QuayRegistry) bool {
 // being Managed AND containing a custom user config provided through the config bundle
 // secret.
 func ComponentSupportsConfigWhenManaged(cmp Component) bool {
-	return cmp.Kind == ComponentRoute || cmp.Kind == ComponentMirror || cmp.Kind == ComponentRedis
+	return cmp.Kind == ComponentRoute || cmp.Kind == ComponentMirror || cmp.Kind == ComponentRedis || cmp.Kind == ComponentCache
 }
 
 func EnsureComponents(components []Component) []Component {
diff --git a/controllers/quay/quayregistry_controller_test.go b/controllers/quay/quayregistry_controller_test.go
index 2f7fdb60f..8b83bb252 100644
--- a/controllers/quay/quayregistry_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/quay/quayregistry_controller_test.go
@@ -1067,8 +1067,9 @@ func Test_hasNecessaryConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			quay: quayWithUnmanagedComponents(v1.ComponentCache),
 		},
 		{
+			// managed cache supports user config: operator overwrites infra fields anyway
 			name:   "managed cache and redis but with provided config",
-			experr: true,
+			experr: false,
 			cfg: map[string][]byte{
 				"config.yaml": []byte("DATA_MODEL_CACHE_CONFIG:\n  engine: redis\n  redis_config:\n    host: somehost\n    port: 12345\n  repository_blob_cache_ttl: 120s\n  catalog_page_cache_ttl: 120s\n  active_repo_tags_cache_ttl: 120s\n  value_size_limit: 5MiB\n")},
 			quay: quayWithUnmanagedComponents(),