diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72ad617a..71627928 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   StatefulSets created by older operator versions cannot be updated in place: after the
   operator upgrade, delete each metastore StatefulSet so that the operator immediately recreates it with
   the new labels ([#748]).
-- Make operations infallible where dependent on static inputs ([#759]).
+- Make operations infallible where dependent on static inputs ([#759], [#764]).
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#748]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/748
 [#754]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/754
 [#759]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/759
+[#764]: https://github.com/stackabletech/hive-operator/pull/764
 
 ## [26.7.0] - 2026-07-21
 
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller/build/resource/statefulset.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller/build/resource/statefulset.rs
index f82e6094..5ef78b60 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller/build/resource/statefulset.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller/build/resource/statefulset.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_metastore_rolegroup_statefulset(
     let merged_config = &rg.config;
     let hive_opa_config = cluster.cluster_config.hive_opa_config.as_ref();
 
-    let mut container_builder = new_container_builder(&Container::Hive.to_container_name());
+    let mut container_builder = new_container_builder(Container::Hive.name());
 
     // Operator-set env vars first; the user's `envOverrides` are merged on top last and win.
     let mut env = EnvVarSet::new()
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_metastore_rolegroup_statefulset(
     // default, is started first and can provide any dependencies that vector expects
     if let Some(vector_log_config) = &rg.config.logging.vector_container {
         pod_builder.add_container(vector_container(
-            &Container::Vector.to_container_name(),
+            Container::Vector.name(),
             resolved_product_image,
             vector_log_config,
             &resource_names,
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ mod tests {
             .expect("the pod template has a spec")
             .containers
             .into_iter()
-            .find(|container| container.name == Container::Hive.to_container_name().to_string())
+            .find(|container| container.name == Container::Hive.name().to_string())
             .expect("the hive container exists")
             .env
             .expect("the hive container has env vars")
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
index f89ee893..19ba251a 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
@@ -293,11 +293,18 @@ pub enum Container {
     Vector,
 }
 
+// Typed container names. They must match the strum `Display` (kebab-case) of the variants above,
+// which is pinned by a unit test.
+constant!(HIVE_CONTAINER_NAME: ContainerName = "hive");
+constant!(VECTOR_CONTAINER_NAME: ContainerName = "vector");
+
 impl Container {
-    /// The type-safe container name for this variant (matching its kebab-case serialization).
-    pub fn to_container_name(&self) -> ContainerName {
-        ContainerName::from_str(&self.to_string())
-            .expect("a Container variant name is a valid container name")
+    /// The typed container name of this variant.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &'static ContainerName {
+        match self {
+            Container::Hive => &HIVE_CONTAINER_NAME,
+            Container::Vector => &VECTOR_CONTAINER_NAME,
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -396,6 +403,7 @@ pub struct HiveClusterStatus {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use stackable_operator::versioned::test_utils::RoundtripTestData;
+    use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 
     use super::*;
 
@@ -408,6 +416,17 @@ mod tests {
         let _ = *STACKABLE_CONFIG_MOUNT_DIR_NAME;
         let _ = *STACKABLE_LOG_DIR_NAME;
         let _ = *STACKABLE_LOG_CONFIG_MOUNT_DIR_NAME;
+        let _ = *HIVE_CONTAINER_NAME;
+        let _ = *VECTOR_CONTAINER_NAME;
+    }
+
+    /// The typed container names returned by `name` must agree with the strum `Display`
+    /// of `Container`, which the logging configuration still uses as the per-container key.
+    #[test]
+    fn container_names_match_display() {
+        for container in Container::iter() {
+            assert_eq!(container.name().to_string(), container.to_string());
+        }
     }
 
     impl RoundtripTestData for v1alpha1::HiveClusterSpec {