diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 78d90e1bc..7a3f7838d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Run these tests against older clusters as well
-        k8s: [v1.25, latest]
+        k8s: [v1.25, v1.29]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
diff --git a/kube-core/src/object.rs b/kube-core/src/object.rs
index 6494da899..2e51b3f64 100644
--- a/kube-core/src/object.rs
+++ b/kube-core/src/object.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ where
     /// ListMeta - only really used for its `resourceVersion`
     ///
     /// See [ListMeta](k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1::ListMeta)
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub metadata: ListMeta,
 
     /// The items we are actually interested in. In practice; `T := Resource<T,U>`.