diff --git a/api/v1beta1/artifactgenerator_types.go b/api/v1beta1/artifactgenerator_types.go
index 5e07369..02e28eb 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/artifactgenerator_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/artifactgenerator_types.go
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ func (in *ArtifactGenerator) HasArtifactInInventory(name, namespace, digest stri
 // +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"
 
 // ArtifactGenerator is the Schema for the artifactgenerators API.
 type ArtifactGenerator struct {
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/source.extensions.fluxcd.io_artifactgenerators.yaml b/config/crd/bases/source.extensions.fluxcd.io_artifactgenerators.yaml
index 1de3f35..9118a79 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/source.extensions.fluxcd.io_artifactgenerators.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/source.extensions.fluxcd.io_artifactgenerators.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.21.0
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/substitute: disabled
   name: artifactgenerators.source.extensions.fluxcd.io
 spec:
   group: source.extensions.fluxcd.io