diff --git a/src/operator/api/v2alpha1/clientintents_types.go b/src/operator/api/v2alpha1/clientintents_types.go
index 7dd8e7f23..1895bf588 100644
--- a/src/operator/api/v2alpha1/clientintents_types.go
+++ b/src/operator/api/v2alpha1/clientintents_types.go
@@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ type AzureTarget struct {
 }
 
 type KubernetesTarget struct {
-	Name string       `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
-	Kind string       `json:"kind,omitempty" yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
+	Name string `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
+	//+optional
+	Kind string `json:"kind,omitempty" yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
+	//+optional
 	HTTP []HTTPTarget `json:"http,omitempty" yaml:"http,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.patched b/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.patched
index fbf5c934f..0b721ac90 100644
--- a/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.patched
+++ b/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.patched
@@ -916,7 +916,6 @@ spec:
                           name:
                             type: string
                         required:
-                          - kind
                           - name
                         type: object
                       service:
diff --git a/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.yaml b/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.yaml
index c4c800c31..5def17193 100644
--- a/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.yaml
+++ b/src/operator/config/crd/k8s.otterize.com_clientintents.yaml
@@ -905,7 +905,6 @@ spec:
                         name:
                           type: string
                       required:
-                      - kind
                       - name
                       type: object
                     service:
diff --git a/src/operator/otterizecrds/clientintents-customresourcedefinition.yaml b/src/operator/otterizecrds/clientintents-customresourcedefinition.yaml
index fbf5c934f..0b721ac90 100644
--- a/src/operator/otterizecrds/clientintents-customresourcedefinition.yaml
+++ b/src/operator/otterizecrds/clientintents-customresourcedefinition.yaml
@@ -916,7 +916,6 @@ spec:
                           name:
                             type: string
                         required:
-                          - kind
                           - name
                         type: object
                       service: