diff --git a/testing/e2e/manifests/clientServer.go b/testing/e2e/manifests/clientServer.go
index 73443d46..1acc9fac 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/manifests/clientServer.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/manifests/clientServer.go
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ func ClientAndServer(namespace, name, zoneName, nameserver, keyvaultURI string,
 
 	service :=
 		&corev1.Service{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "Service",
+				APIVersion: "v1",
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      serviceName,
 				Namespace: namespace,
@@ -107,6 +111,10 @@ func ClientAndServer(namespace, name, zoneName, nameserver, keyvaultURI string,
 			},
 		}
 	ingress := &netv1.Ingress{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Ingress",
+			APIVersion: "networking.k8s.io/v1",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      ingressName,
 			Namespace: namespace,
diff --git a/testing/e2e/manifests/common.go b/testing/e2e/manifests/common.go
index 6592bb24..c9d2e549 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/manifests/common.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/manifests/common.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func newGoDeployment(contents, namespace, name string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 	}
 
 	return &appsv1.Deployment{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Deployment",
+			APIVersion: "apps/v1",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: namespace,
@@ -102,6 +106,10 @@ func newGoDeployment(contents, namespace, name string) *appsv1.Deployment {
 // UncollisionedNs returns a namespace with a guaranteed unique name after creating the namespace
 func UncollisionedNs() *corev1.Namespace {
 	return &corev1.Namespace{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Namespace",
+			APIVersion: "v1",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			GenerateName: "app-routing-e2e-",
 			Labels: map[string]string{
diff --git a/testing/e2e/manifests/e2e.go b/testing/e2e/manifests/e2e.go
index 1dda6425..2fe20907 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/manifests/e2e.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/manifests/e2e.go
@@ -16,12 +16,20 @@ const (
 func E2e(image, loadableProvisionedJson string) []client.Object {
 	ret := []client.Object{
 		&corev1.ServiceAccount{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "ServiceAccount",
+				APIVersion: corev1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      "app-routing-e2e",
 				Namespace: e2eNamespace,
 			},
 		},
 		&rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "ClusterRoleBinding",
+				APIVersion: rbacv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name: "app-routing-e2e",
 			},
@@ -39,6 +47,10 @@ func E2e(image, loadableProvisionedJson string) []client.Object {
 			},
 		},
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "ConfigMap",
+				APIVersion: corev1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      "infrastructure",
 				Namespace: e2eNamespace,
@@ -48,6 +60,10 @@ func E2e(image, loadableProvisionedJson string) []client.Object {
 			},
 		},
 		&batchv1.Job{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "Job",
+				APIVersion: batchv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      "app-routing-operator-e2e",
 				Namespace: e2eNamespace,
diff --git a/testing/e2e/manifests/nginxIngressController.go b/testing/e2e/manifests/nginxIngressController.go
index eac65ba5..15aba1fa 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/manifests/nginxIngressController.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/manifests/nginxIngressController.go
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 
 func NewNginxIngressController(name, ingressClassName string) *v1alpha1.NginxIngressController {
 	return &v1alpha1.NginxIngressController{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "NginxIngressController",
+			APIVersion: v1alpha1.GroupVersion.String(),
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: name,
 		},
diff --git a/testing/e2e/manifests/operator.go b/testing/e2e/manifests/operator.go
index 7b364ba7..39b71aa9 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/manifests/operator.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/manifests/operator.go
@@ -152,12 +152,20 @@ func Operator(latestImage string, publicZones, privateZones []string, cfg *Opera
 	var ret []client.Object
 
 	namespace := &corev1.Namespace{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "v1",
+			Kind:       "Namespace",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name: managedResourceNs,
 		},
 	}
 
 	serviceAccount := &corev1.ServiceAccount{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "v1",
+			Kind:       "ServiceAccount",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "app-routing-operator",
 			Namespace: operatorNs,
@@ -165,6 +173,10 @@ func Operator(latestImage string, publicZones, privateZones []string, cfg *Opera
 	}
 
 	clusterRoleBinding := &rbacv1.ClusterRoleBinding{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
+			Kind:       "ClusterRoleBinding",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "app-routing-operator",
 			Namespace: operatorNs,
@@ -184,6 +196,10 @@ func Operator(latestImage string, publicZones, privateZones []string, cfg *Opera
 	}
 
 	baseDeployment := &appsv1.Deployment{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "apps/v1",
+			Kind:       "Deployment",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "app-routing-operator",
 			Namespace: operatorNs,
@@ -241,6 +257,10 @@ func Operator(latestImage string, publicZones, privateZones []string, cfg *Opera
 	}
 
 	podDisrutptionBudget := &policyv1.PodDisruptionBudget{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "policy/v1",
+			Kind:       "PodDisruptionBudget",
+		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "app-routing-operator",
 			Namespace: "app-routing-system",
diff --git a/testing/e2e/manifests/prometheus.go b/testing/e2e/manifests/prometheus.go
index 5bbc7884..35fd4a6d 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/manifests/prometheus.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/manifests/prometheus.go
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ scrape_configs:
 
 	server := []client.Object{
 		&corev1.ConfigMap{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "ConfigMap",
+				APIVersion: "v1",
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      name + "-server",
 				Namespace: namespace,
@@ -110,6 +114,10 @@ scrape_configs:
 			},
 		},
 		&corev1.ServiceAccount{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "ServiceAccount",
+				APIVersion: "v1",
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      name + "-server",
 				Namespace: namespace,
@@ -213,6 +221,10 @@ scrape_configs:
 			},
 		},
 		&corev1.Service{
+			TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+				Kind:       "Service",
+				APIVersion: "v1",
+			},
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 				Name:      name + "-server",
 				Namespace: namespace,
diff --git a/testing/e2e/suites/utils.go b/testing/e2e/suites/utils.go
index b5243dc9..50481c0f 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/suites/utils.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/suites/utils.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func upsert(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, obj client.Object) error {
 	}
 
 	lgr.Info("object already exists, attempting to update")
-	if err := c.Update(ctx, copy); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Patch(ctx, copy, client.Apply, client.ForceOwnership, client.FieldOwner("e2e-test")); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("updating object: %w", err)
 	}