diff --git a/pkg/templates/managed-serviceaccount/crds/authentication.open-cluster-management.io_managedserviceaccounts.yaml b/pkg/templates/managed-serviceaccount/crds/authentication.open-cluster-management.io_managedserviceaccounts.yaml
index db05ce44f..c5721dbc6 100644
--- a/pkg/templates/managed-serviceaccount/crds/authentication.open-cluster-management.io_managedserviceaccounts.yaml
+++ b/pkg/templates/managed-serviceaccount/crds/authentication.open-cluster-management.io_managedserviceaccounts.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ spec:
     singular: managedserviceaccount
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
-  - name: v1alpha1
+  - deprecated: true
+    deprecationWarning: authentication.open-cluster-management.io/v1alpha1 ManagedServiceAccount
+      is deprecated; use authentication.open-cluster-management.io/v1beta1 ManagedServiceAccount;
+      version v1alpha1 will be removed in the next release
+    name: v1alpha1
     schema:
       openAPIV3Schema:
         description: ManagedServiceAccount is the Schema for the managedserviceaccounts
@@ -167,7 +171,7 @@ spec:
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true
-    storage: true
+    storage: false
     subresources:
       status: {}
   - name: v1beta1
@@ -321,7 +325,7 @@ spec:
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true
-    storage: false
+    storage: true
     subresources:
       status: {}
 status: