diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
index fe5e3bf3e4dd..e45d1cb5c33c 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1/types.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type VerticalPodAutoscalerList struct {
 
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +kubebuilder:storageversion
 // +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=vpa
 
 // VerticalPodAutoscaler is the configuration for a vertical pod
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ type VerticalPodAutoscalerCondition struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:noStatus
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
+// +kubebuilder:storageversion
 // +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=vpacheckpoint
 
 // VerticalPodAutoscalerCheckpoint is the checkpoint of the internal state of VPA that
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1beta2/types.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1beta2/types.go
index 46d86329e431..1b1d0e90c622 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ type VerticalPodAutoscalerList struct {
 // +genclient
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 // +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=vpa
-// +kubebuilder:storageversion
 
 // VerticalPodAutoscaler is the configuration for a vertical pod
 // autoscaler, which automatically manages pod resources based on historical and
@@ -267,7 +266,6 @@ type VerticalPodAutoscalerCondition struct {
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:noStatus
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
-// +kubebuilder:storageversion
 // +kubebuilder:resource:shortName=vpacheckpoint
 
 // VerticalPodAutoscalerCheckpoint is the checkpoint of the internal state of VPA that