diff --git a/api/v1beta1/stepclusterissuer_types.go b/api/v1beta1/stepclusterissuer_types.go
index d59f78e77a77ace0314027bad3923adb19587d6a..4529ee761d229af24444d5ed5334fb51e30a8234 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/stepclusterissuer_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/stepclusterissuer_types.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ type StepClusterIssuerStatus struct {
 }
 
 // +kubebuilder:object:root=true
+// +kubebuilder:resource:scope=Cluster
 
 // StepClusterIssuer is the Schema for the stepclusterissuers API
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/certmanager.step.sm_stepclusterissuers.yaml b/config/crd/bases/certmanager.step.sm_stepclusterissuers.yaml
index 1c592d6f061f0ef234b5ca21d7564110ab46f5eb..a17322553e1e431684719cb6ee3a7bbba01ad44b 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/certmanager.step.sm_stepclusterissuers.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/certmanager.step.sm_stepclusterissuers.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
     listKind: StepClusterIssuerList
     plural: stepclusterissuers
     singular: stepclusterissuer
-  scope: Namespaced
+  scope: Cluster
   versions:
   - name: v1beta1
     schema: