diff --git a/bindata/cert-manager-deployment/cert-manager-namespace.yaml b/bindata/cert-manager-deployment/cert-manager-namespace.yaml
index 26e94d330..0a774195b 100644
--- a/bindata/cert-manager-deployment/cert-manager-namespace.yaml
+++ b/bindata/cert-manager-deployment/cert-manager-namespace.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
-  annotations:
+  labels:
     openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
   name: cert-manager
diff --git a/pkg/operator/assets/bindata.go b/pkg/operator/assets/bindata.go
index 62d49cc43..a3116431a 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/assets/bindata.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/assets/bindata.go
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ func certManagerDeploymentCertManagerCertManagerControllerCertificatesigningrequ
 var _certManagerDeploymentCertManagerNamespaceYaml = []byte(`apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
-  annotations:
+  labels:
     openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
   name: cert-manager
 `)