diff --git a/Dockerfile.rhel b/Dockerfile.rhel
index df40d2734a..84aa2b4d33 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rhel
+++ b/Dockerfile.rhel
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /tmp/build/cluster-version-operator /tmp/build/cluster-versi
 COPY install /manifests
 COPY vendor/github.com/openshift/api/config/v1/zz_generated.crd-manifests/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_* /manifests/
 COPY vendor/github.com/openshift/api/operator/v1alpha1/zz_generated.crd-manifests/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_* /manifests/
+RUN echo '# include.release.openshift.io/bootstrap-cluster-version-operator: hypershift' >>/manifests/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_01_clusterversions-Default.crd.yaml && \
+  echo '# include.release.openshift.io/bootstrap-cluster-version-operator: hypershift' >>/manifests/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_01_clusteroperators.crd.yaml
 COPY bootstrap /bootstrap
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/cluster-version-operator"]
diff --git a/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_00_namespace.yaml b/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_00_namespace.yaml
index 00346c476f..7ac80f1405 100644
--- a/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_00_namespace.yaml
+++ b/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_00_namespace.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     kubernetes.io/description: The cluster-version operator manages OpenShift updates and reconciles core resources and cluster operators.
     include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
+    include.release.openshift.io/bootstrap-cluster-version-operator: hypershift
     openshift.io/node-selector: ""
     workload.openshift.io/allowed: "management"
   labels:
diff --git a/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_02_roles.yaml b/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_02_roles.yaml
index 9396aa6149..33a6787f35 100644
--- a/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_02_roles.yaml
+++ b/install/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_02_roles.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     kubernetes.io/description: Grant the cluster-version operator permission to perform cluster-admin actions while managing the OpenShift core.
     include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
+    include.release.openshift.io/bootstrap-cluster-version-operator: hypershift
 roleRef:
   kind: ClusterRole
   name: cluster-admin