diff --git a/api/v2/helmrelease_types.go b/api/v2/helmrelease_types.go
index 8dbb966a6..7445335cc 100644
--- a/api/v2/helmrelease_types.go
+++ b/api/v2/helmrelease_types.go
@@ -1437,6 +1437,7 @@ const (
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description=""
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].status",description=""
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].message",description=""
+// +kubebuilder:metadata:annotations="kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/substitute=disabled"
 
 // HelmRelease is the Schema for the helmreleases API
 type HelmRelease struct {
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml b/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml
index f48170a60..5ae44deb8 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmreleases.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.21.0
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/substitute: disabled
   name: helmreleases.helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io
 spec:
   group: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io