diff --git a/deploy/eck-operator/charts/eck-operator-crds/templates/all-crds.yaml b/deploy/eck-operator/charts/eck-operator-crds/templates/all-crds.yaml
index 57d9545bd8..33ba573cd0 100644
--- a/deploy/eck-operator/charts/eck-operator-crds/templates/all-crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/eck-operator/charts/eck-operator-crds/templates/all-crds.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -1146,6 +1147,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -2389,6 +2391,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -2876,6 +2879,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -3484,6 +3488,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -3840,6 +3845,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -6598,6 +6604,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -7775,6 +7782,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -9098,6 +9106,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
@@ -10338,6 +10347,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.15.0
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
diff --git a/hack/manifest-gen/crd_patches/v1/kustomization.yaml b/hack/manifest-gen/crd_patches/v1/kustomization.yaml
index 80eb216486..d20458215e 100644
--- a/hack/manifest-gen/crd_patches/v1/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/hack/manifest-gen/crd_patches/v1/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ commonLabels:
   app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: '{{ .Release.Service }}'
   app.kubernetes.io/name: '{{ include "eck-operator-crds.name" . }}'
   app.kubernetes.io/instance: '{{ .Release.Name }}'
+commonAnnotations:
+  helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
 resources:
   - all-crds.yaml