diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 09b8139f..bdaca573 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= ${ACC}.dkr.ecr.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/monzo/egress-operator:manager-$(shell git rev-parse --short head)
 # Produce CRDs that work back to Kubernetes 1.11 (no version conversion)
-CRD_OPTIONS ?= "crd:trivialVersions=true"
+CRD_OPTIONS ?= "crd:trivialVersions=false"
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))