diff --git a/config/crd/bases/workload.nephio.org_nfdeployments.yaml b/config/crd/bases/workload.nephio.org_nfdeployments.yaml
index 2da829983..4e46374f5 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/workload.nephio.org_nfdeployments.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/workload.nephio.org_nfdeployments.yaml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ spec:
                   type: object
                 type: array
               parametersRefs:
-                description: ParametersRefs defines addiitonal KRM parmeter references
+                description: ParametersRefs defines addiitonal KRM parameter references
                   the nf depends upon
                 items:
                   properties:
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ spec:
                     name:
                       description: Name of the target resource
                       type: string
+                  required:
+                  - apiVersion
+                  - kind
                   type: object
                 type: array
               provider:
diff --git a/nf_deployments/v1alpha1/nf_deployment_types.go b/nf_deployments/v1alpha1/nf_deployment_types.go
index ee86821ba..7d46dd24d 100644
--- a/nf_deployments/v1alpha1/nf_deployment_types.go
+++ b/nf_deployments/v1alpha1/nf_deployment_types.go
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ type NFDeploymentSpec struct {
 
 type ObjectReference struct {
 	// APIVersion of the target resources
-	APIVersion string `yaml:"apiVersion,omitempty" json:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
+	APIVersion string `yaml:"apiVersion" json:"apiVersion"`
 
 	// Kind of the target resources
-	Kind string `yaml:"kind,omitempty" json:"kind,omitempty"`
+	Kind string `yaml:"kind" json:"kind"`
 
 	// Name of the target resource
 	// +optional
-	Name *string `yaml:"name" json:"name"`
+	Name *string `yaml:"name,omitempty" json:"name,omitempty"`
 
 	// Note: Namespace is not allowed; the namespace
 	// must match the namespace of the PackageVariantSet resource