diff --git a/pkg/apis/jenkins/v1alpha2/register.go b/pkg/apis/jenkins/v1alpha2/register.go
index 53e87d4a..32d7f71a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/jenkins/v1alpha2/register.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/jenkins/v1alpha2/register.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// NOTE: Boilerplate only.  Ignore this file.
-
 // Package v1alpha2 contains API Schema definitions for the jenkins.io v1alpha2 API group
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen=package,register
 // +groupName=jenkins.io
@@ -26,6 +24,16 @@ var (
 // GetObjectKind returns Jenkins object kind
 func (in *Jenkins) GetObjectKind() schema.ObjectKind { return in }
 
+func (in *Jenkins) SetGroupVersionKind(kind schema.GroupVersionKind) {}
+
+func (in *Jenkins) GroupVersionKind() schema.GroupVersionKind {
+	return schema.GroupVersionKind{
+		Group:   SchemeGroupVersion.Group,
+		Version: SchemeGroupVersion.Version,
+		Kind:    Kind,
+	}
+}
+
 func init() {
 	SchemeBuilder.Register(&Jenkins{}, &JenkinsList{})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jenkins/jenkins_controller.go b/pkg/controller/jenkins/jenkins_controller.go
index e3092d97..6849e143 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jenkins/jenkins_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jenkins/jenkins_controller.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func add(mgr manager.Manager, r reconcile.Reconciler) error {
 	}
 
 	// Watch for changes to secondary resource Pods and requeue the owner Jenkins
-	err = c.Watch(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Pod{}}, &handler.EnqueueRequestForOwner{
+	err = c.Watch(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Pod{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: "core/v1", Kind: "Pod"}}}, &handler.EnqueueRequestForOwner{
 		IsController: true,
 		OwnerType:    &v1alpha2.Jenkins{},
 	})
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ func add(mgr manager.Manager, r reconcile.Reconciler) error {
 	}
 
 	jenkinsHandler := &enqueueRequestForJenkins{}
-	err = c.Watch(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Secret{}}, jenkinsHandler)
+	err = c.Watch(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Secret{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: "core/v1", Kind: "Secret"}}}, jenkinsHandler)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	err = c.Watch(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.ConfigMap{}}, jenkinsHandler)
+	err = c.Watch(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.ConfigMap{TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{APIVersion: "core/v1", Kind: "ConfigMap"}}}, jenkinsHandler)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}