diff --git a/controllers/topology/internal/extensions/patches/engine_test.go b/controllers/topology/internal/extensions/patches/engine_test.go
index 1e12a1609431..80fd3d76b023 100644
--- a/controllers/topology/internal/extensions/patches/engine_test.go
+++ b/controllers/topology/internal/extensions/patches/engine_test.go
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ func TestApply(t *testing.T) {
 			g.Expect(Apply(context.Background(), blueprint, desired)).To(Succeed())
 
 			// Compare the patched desired objects with the expected desired objects.
+			// TODO(sbueringer): drop IgnoreAutogeneratedMetadata once https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/pull/5565 is merged
 			g.Expect(desired.Cluster).To(EqualObject(expectedCluster, IgnoreAutogeneratedMetadata))
 			g.Expect(desired.InfrastructureCluster).To(EqualObject(expectedInfrastructureCluster))
 			g.Expect(desired.ControlPlane.Object).To(EqualObject(expectedControlPlane))