diff --git a/config/crd/kustomization.yaml b/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
index 9d4b7d7..63d63f8 100644
--- a/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ resources:
 - bases/lus.cray.hpe.com_lustrefilesystems.yaml
 #+kubebuilder:scaffold:crdkustomizeresource
 
-patchesStrategicMerge:
+patches:
 # [WEBHOOK] To enable webhook, uncomment all the sections with [WEBHOOK] prefix.
 # patches here are for enabling the conversion webhook for each CRD
-- patches/webhook_in_lustrefilesystems.yaml
+- path: patches/webhook_in_lustrefilesystems.yaml
 #+kubebuilder:scaffold:crdkustomizewebhookpatch
 
 # [CERTMANAGER] To enable cert-manager, uncomment all the sections with [CERTMANAGER] prefix.
 # patches here are for enabling the CA injection for each CRD
-- patches/cainjection_in_lustrefilesystems.yaml
+- path: patches/cainjection_in_lustrefilesystems.yaml
 #+kubebuilder:scaffold:crdkustomizecainjectionpatch
 
 # the following config is for teaching kustomize how to do kustomization for CRDs.
diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
index 80a2663..ffe305d 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ resources:
 # [PROMETHEUS] To enable prometheus monitor, uncomment all sections with 'PROMETHEUS'.
 #- ../prometheus
 
-patchesStrategicMerge:
+patches:
 # Protect the /metrics endpoint by putting it behind auth.
 # If you want your controller-manager to expose the /metrics
 # endpoint w/o any authn/z, please comment the following line.
-- manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
+- path: manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
 
 # Mount the controller config file for loading manager configurations
 # through a ComponentConfig type
-#- manager_config_patch.yaml
+#- path: manager_config_patch.yaml
 
 # [WEBHOOK] To enable webhook, uncomment all the sections with [WEBHOOK] prefix including the one in
 # crd/kustomization.yaml
-- manager_webhook_patch.yaml
+- path: manager_webhook_patch.yaml
 
 # [CERTMANAGER] To enable cert-manager, uncomment all sections with 'CERTMANAGER'.
 # Uncomment 'CERTMANAGER' sections in crd/kustomization.yaml to enable the CA injection in the admission webhooks.
 # 'CERTMANAGER' needs to be enabled to use ca injection
-- webhookcainjection_patch.yaml
+- path: webhookcainjection_patch.yaml
 
 # [CERTMANAGER] To enable cert-manager, uncomment all sections with 'CERTMANAGER' prefix.
 # Uncomment the following replacements to add the cert-manager CA injection annotations
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index aa14a39..8e638b0 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ configMapGenerator:
   - controller_manager_config.yaml
   name: manager-config
 
-#patchesStrategicMerge:
-#- manager_imagepullsecret_patch.yaml
+#patches:
+#- path: manager_imagepullsecret_patch.yaml
 
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization