diff --git a/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go b/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go
index f37a90b59..b6ce4ffd5 100644
--- a/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go
+++ b/cmd/keeper/cmd/keeper.go
@@ -579,9 +579,10 @@ func (p *PostgresKeeper) updateKeeperInfo() error {
 			Min: min,
 		},
 
+		PostgresState: p.getLastPGState(),
+
 		NeverMaster:             p.neverMaster,
 		NeverSynchronousReplica: p.neverSynchronousReplica,
-		PostgresState:           p.getLastPGState(),
 	}
 
 	// The time to live is just to automatically remove old entries, it's
diff --git a/cmd/sentinel/cmd/sentinel.go b/cmd/sentinel/cmd/sentinel.go
index f39e95a3f..1b3c2f29a 100644
--- a/cmd/sentinel/cmd/sentinel.go
+++ b/cmd/sentinel/cmd/sentinel.go
@@ -229,13 +229,13 @@ func (s *Sentinel) updateKeepersStatus(cd *cluster.ClusterData, keepersInfo clus
 		}
 	}
 
-	//  Keepers support several command line arguments that should be populated in the
-	//  KeeperSpec by the sentinel. This allows us to make decisions about how to arrange
-	//  the cluster that take into consideration the configuration of each keeper.
+	// Keepers support several command line arguments that should be populated in the
+	// KeeperStatus by the sentinel. This allows us to make decisions about how to arrange
+	// the cluster that take into consideration the configuration of each keeper.
 	for keeperUID, k := range cd.Keepers {
 		if ki, ok := keepersInfo[keeperUID]; ok {
-			k.Spec.NeverMaster = ki.NeverMaster
-			k.Spec.NeverSynchronousReplica = ki.NeverSynchronousReplica
+			k.Status.NeverMaster = ki.NeverMaster
+			k.Status.NeverSynchronousReplica = ki.NeverSynchronousReplica
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func (s *Sentinel) findBestStandbys(cd *cluster.ClusterData, masterDB *cluster.D
 func (s *Sentinel) findBestNewMasters(cd *cluster.ClusterData, masterDB *cluster.DB) []*cluster.DB {
 	bestNewMasters := []*cluster.DB{}
 	for _, db := range s.findBestStandbys(cd, masterDB) {
-		if k, ok := cd.Keepers[db.Spec.KeeperUID]; ok && k.Spec.NeverMaster {
+		if k, ok := cd.Keepers[db.Spec.KeeperUID]; ok && k.Status.NeverMaster {
 			log.Infow("ignoring keeper since it cannot be master (--never-master)", "db", db.UID, "keeper", db.Spec.KeeperUID)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ func (s *Sentinel) updateCluster(cd *cluster.ClusterData, pis cluster.ProxiesInf
 
 							// ignore standbys that cannot be synchronous standbys
 							if db, ok := newcd.DBs[bestStandby.UID]; ok {
-								if keeper, ok := newcd.Keepers[db.Spec.KeeperUID]; ok && keeper.Spec.NeverSynchronousReplica {
+								if keeper, ok := newcd.Keepers[db.Spec.KeeperUID]; ok && keeper.Status.NeverSynchronousReplica {
 									log.Infow("cannot choose standby as synchronous (--never-synchronous-replica)", "db", db.UID, "keeper", keeper.UID)
 									continue
 								}
diff --git a/internal/cluster/cluster.go b/internal/cluster/cluster.go
index 25c355d84..6fa2ed5ee 100644
--- a/internal/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/internal/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -549,10 +549,7 @@ func NewCluster(uid string, cs *ClusterSpec) *Cluster {
 	return c
 }
 
-type KeeperSpec struct {
-	NeverMaster             bool `json:"neverMaster,omitempty"`
-	NeverSynchronousReplica bool `json:"neverSynchronousReplica,omitempty"`
-}
+type KeeperSpec struct{}
 
 type KeeperStatus struct {
 	Healthy         bool      `json:"healthy,omitempty"`
@@ -563,6 +560,9 @@ type KeeperStatus struct {
 	PostgresBinaryVersion PostgresBinaryVersion `json:"postgresBinaryVersion,omitempty"`
 
 	ForceFail bool `json:"forceFail,omitempty"`
+
+	NeverMaster             bool `json:"neverMaster,omitempty"`
+	NeverSynchronousReplica bool `json:"neverSynchronousReplica,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type Keeper struct {