diff --git a/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml b/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml
index eef150181c..2b80c52dc5 100644
--- a/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml
+++ b/charts/osm/crds/meshconfig.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ spec:
                       description: Image for the Envoy sidecar
                       type: string
                       default: "envoyproxy/envoy-alpine:v1.18.3"
-                      pattern: envoyproxy\/envoy-alpine:v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$
+                      pattern: ^envoyproxy\/envoy-alpine:v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$
                     initContainerImage:
                       description: Image for the init container
                       type: string