diff --git a/api/v1/istio_types.go b/api/v1/istio_types.go
index 0d610aaa24..e052ffce20 100644
--- a/api/v1/istio_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/istio_types.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ const (
 // +kubebuilder:resource:scope=Cluster,categories=istio-io
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Namespace",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.namespace",description="The namespace for the control plane components."
-// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Profile",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.values.profile",description="The selected profile (collection of value presets)."
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Profile",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.profile",description="The selected profile (collection of value presets)."
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Revisions",type="string",JSONPath=".status.revisions.total",description="Total number of IstioRevision objects currently associated with this object."
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="string",JSONPath=".status.revisions.ready",description="Number of revisions that are ready."
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="In use",type="string",JSONPath=".status.revisions.inUse",description="Number of revisions that are currently being used by workloads."
diff --git a/api/v1/istiocni_types.go b/api/v1/istiocni_types.go
index 2131dbf196..78b08dd425 100644
--- a/api/v1/istiocni_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/istiocni_types.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ const (
 // +kubebuilder:resource:scope=Cluster,categories=istio-io
 // +kubebuilder:subresource:status
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Namespace",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.namespace",description="The namespace of the istio-cni-node DaemonSet."
-// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Profile",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.values.profile",description="The selected profile (collection of value presets)."
+// +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Profile",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.profile",description="The selected profile (collection of value presets)."
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="string",JSONPath=".status.conditions[?(@.type==\"Ready\")].status",description="Whether the Istio CNI installation is ready to handle requests."
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Status",type="string",JSONPath=".status.state",description="The current state of this object."
 // +kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Version",type="string",JSONPath=".spec.version",description="The version of the Istio CNI installation."
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml b/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml
index 2aa0bd3f67..05272518a9 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       name: Namespace
       type: string
     - description: The selected profile (collection of value presets).
-      jsonPath: .spec.values.profile
+      jsonPath: .spec.profile
       name: Profile
       type: string
     - description: Whether the Istio CNI installation is ready to handle requests.
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml b/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml
index a16edfbdc0..995c24d52b 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       name: Namespace
       type: string
     - description: The selected profile (collection of value presets).
-      jsonPath: .spec.values.profile
+      jsonPath: .spec.profile
       name: Profile
       type: string
     - description: Total number of IstioRevision objects currently associated with
diff --git a/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml b/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml
index 1f2d036894..6b122433ee 100644
--- a/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml
+++ b/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istiocnis.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       name: Namespace
       type: string
     - description: The selected profile (collection of value presets).
-      jsonPath: .spec.values.profile
+      jsonPath: .spec.profile
       name: Profile
       type: string
     - description: Whether the Istio CNI installation is ready to handle requests.
diff --git a/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml b/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml
index e27c3066ab..d335f68b2c 100644
--- a/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml
+++ b/chart/crds/sailoperator.io_istios.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
       name: Namespace
       type: string
     - description: The selected profile (collection of value presets).
-      jsonPath: .spec.values.profile
+      jsonPath: .spec.profile
       name: Profile
       type: string
     - description: Total number of IstioRevision objects currently associated with