diff --git a/api/v1/groupversion_info.go b/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
index 5c3fd94..916aa3a 100644
--- a/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
+++ b/api/v1/groupversion_info.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	// GroupVersion is group version used to register these objects
-	GroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "odf.ibm.com", Version: "v1"}
+	GroupVersion = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "odf.ibm.com", Version: "v1alpha1"}
 
 	// SchemeBuilder is used to add go types to the GroupVersionKind scheme
 	SchemeBuilder = &scheme.Builder{GroupVersion: GroupVersion}
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/ibm-storage-odf-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/ibm-storage-odf-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 013da41..ac72301 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/ibm-storage-odf-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/ibm-storage-odf-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
     alm-examples: |-
       [
         {
-          "apiVersion": "odf.ibm.com/v1",
+          "apiVersion": "odf.ibm.com/v1alpha1",
           "kind": "FlashSystemCluster",
           "metadata": {
             "name": "flashsystemcluster-sample",
diff --git a/config/samples/odf_v1_flashsystemcluster.yaml b/config/samples/odf_v1_flashsystemcluster.yaml
index f0c2649..a6ad54d 100644
--- a/config/samples/odf_v1_flashsystemcluster.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/odf_v1_flashsystemcluster.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: odf.ibm.com/v1
+apiVersion: odf.ibm.com/v1alpha1
 kind: FlashSystemCluster
 metadata:
   name: flashsystemcluster-sample