diff --git a/k8s/crds.yaml b/k8s/crds.yaml
index 44e1bebd65..c738f6e002 100644
--- a/k8s/crds.yaml
+++ b/k8s/crds.yaml
@@ -1217,7 +1217,6 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.7.0
-  creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     longhorn-manager: ""
   name: engines.longhorn.io
@@ -1230,6 +1229,7 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - lhe
     singular: engine
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
@@ -1568,7 +1568,6 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.7.0
-  creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     longhorn-manager: ""
   name: instancemanagers.longhorn.io
@@ -1581,6 +1580,7 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - lhim
     singular: instancemanager
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
@@ -2327,7 +2327,6 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.7.0
-  creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     longhorn-manager: ""
   name: replicas.longhorn.io
@@ -2340,6 +2339,7 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - lhr
     singular: replica
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
@@ -2551,7 +2551,6 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.7.0
-  creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     longhorn-manager: ""
   name: settings.longhorn.io
@@ -2564,6 +2563,7 @@ spec:
     shortNames:
     - lhs
     singular: setting
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
   - additionalPrinterColumns:
diff --git a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/engine.yaml b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/engine.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34665be642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/engine.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is one of seven CRDs that were originally apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1. If Longhorn and Kubernetes are upgraded
+# in a particular order from Longhorn v1.0.2- to the latest, preserveUnknownFields may remain true, even though the
+# default (and intended value) is false.
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/discussions/4198
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/issues/7887
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: engines.longhorn.io
+spec:
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
diff --git a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/engineimage.yaml b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/engineimage.yaml
index 47f1607192..aded3f53ad 100644
--- a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/engineimage.yaml
+++ b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/engineimage.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# This is one of seven CRDs that were originally apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1. If Longhorn and Kubernetes are upgraded
+# in a particular order from Longhorn v1.0.2- to the latest, preserveUnknownFields may remain true, even though the
+# default (and intended value) is false.
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/discussions/4198
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/issues/7887
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/instancemanager.yaml b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/instancemanager.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7a157980f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/instancemanager.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is one of seven CRDs that were originally apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1. If Longhorn and Kubernetes are upgraded
+# in a particular order from Longhorn v1.0.2- to the latest, preserveUnknownFields may remain true, even though the
+# default (and intended value) is false.
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/discussions/4198
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/issues/7887
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: instancemanagers.longhorn.io
+spec:
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
diff --git a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/node.yaml b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/node.yaml
index 60c0566788..bc0420f01c 100644
--- a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/node.yaml
+++ b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/node.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# This is one of seven CRDs that were originally apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1. If Longhorn and Kubernetes are upgraded
+# in a particular order from Longhorn v1.0.2- to the latest, preserveUnknownFields may remain true, even though the
+# default (and intended value) is false.
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/discussions/4198
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/issues/7887
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
diff --git a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/replica.yaml b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/replica.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8527418064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/replica.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is one of seven CRDs that were originally apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1. If Longhorn and Kubernetes are upgraded
+# in a particular order from Longhorn v1.0.2- to the latest, preserveUnknownFields may remain true, even though the
+# default (and intended value) is false.
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/discussions/4198
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/issues/7887
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: replicas.longhorn.io
+spec:
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
diff --git a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/setting.yaml b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/setting.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a48ea76a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/setting.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is one of seven CRDs that were originally apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1. If Longhorn and Kubernetes are upgraded
+# in a particular order from Longhorn v1.0.2- to the latest, preserveUnknownFields may remain true, even though the
+# default (and intended value) is false.
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/discussions/4198
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/issues/7887
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: settings.longhorn.io
+spec:
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
diff --git a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/volume.yaml b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/volume.yaml
index 32dbbdd704..abb67172b1 100644
--- a/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/volume.yaml
+++ b/k8s/patches/crd/preserveUnknownFields/volume.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# This is one of seven CRDs that were originally apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1. If Longhorn and Kubernetes are upgraded
+# in a particular order from Longhorn v1.0.2- to the latest, preserveUnknownFields may remain true, even though the
+# default (and intended value) is false.
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/discussions/4198
+# https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn/issues/7887
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata: