diff --git a/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go b/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go
index 6f4b31358..28652afb7 100644
--- a/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go
@@ -799,6 +799,10 @@ func (r *MultiClusterEngineReconciler) ensureInternalHubComponent(
 	component string) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 
 	componentCR := &backplanev1.InternalHubComponent{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: backplanev1.GroupVersion.String(),
+			Kind:       "InternalHubComponent",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      component,
 			Namespace: backplaneConfig.Namespace,