diff --git a/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go b/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go
index 716ca44..e7685b1 100644
--- a/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go
+++ b/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ all: build
 
 .PHONY: manifests
 manifests: controller-gen ## Generate WebhookConfiguration, ClusterRole and CustomResourceDefinition objects.
-	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(CRD_OPTIONS) rbac:roleName=manager-role webhook paths="./..." output:crd:artifacts:config=config/crd/bases
+	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(CRD_OPTIONS) rbac:roleName=manager-role webhook paths="./apis/..." paths="./controllers/..." paths="./internal/..." output:crd:artifacts:config=config/crd/bases
 
 .PHONY: generate
 generate: controller-gen ## Generate code containing DeepCopy, DeepCopyInto, and DeepCopyObject method implementations.
-	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
+	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./apis/..."
 
 .PHONY: fmt
 fmt: ## Run go fmt against code.