diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8ec8f3f5..b0501e1d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - (Bugfix) Change SyncWorker Affinity to Soft
 - (Feature) Add HostAliases for Sync
 - (Bugfix) Always stop Sync if disabled
+- (Bugfix) Fix checksum of accepted spec
 
 ## [1.2.17](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.17) (2022-09-22)
 - (Feature) Add new field to DeploymentReplicationStatus with details on DC2DC sync status=
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/deployment.go b/pkg/deployment/deployment.go
index 92bc24f91..5728c58d4 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/deployment.go
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func (d *Deployment) acceptNewSpec(ctx context.Context, depl *api.ArangoDeployme
 			return false, false, err
 		}
 
-		if v := depl.Status.AcceptedSpecVersion; acceptedChecksum == checksum && (v != nil && *v == acceptedChecksum) {
+		if v := depl.Status.AcceptedSpecVersion; acceptedChecksum == checksum && (v != nil && *v == origChecksum) {
 			return true, false, nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/features/deployment.go b/pkg/deployment/features/deployment.go
index 8cce77ac1..847d04a9d 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/features/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/features/deployment.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var deploymentSpecDefaultsRestore = &feature{
 	version:            "3.6.0",
 	enterpriseRequired: false,
 	enabledByDefault:   true,
-	hidden:             true,
+	hidden:             false,
 }
 
 func DeploymentSpecDefaultsRestore() Feature {