diff --git a/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml b/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml
index 2aebc9667d..af4f1c2866 100644
--- a/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml
+++ b/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ spec:
                       description: Image for the Envoy sidecar
                       type: string
                       default: "envoyproxy/envoy-alpine:v1.18.3"
-                      pattern: ^envoyproxy\/envoy-alpine:v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$
                     initContainerImage:
                       description: Image for the init container
                       type: string