diff --git a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go
index 5301f13abc..cbb48e5778 100644
--- a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go
+++ b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ func cvoBootstrapScript(clusterID string) string {
 
 	payloadDir := volumeMounts.Path(cvoContainerBootstrap().Name, cvoVolumePayload().Name)
 	cv := &configv1.ClusterVersion{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "ClusterVersion",
+			APIVersion: "config.openshift.io/v1",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: "version",
 		},