diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/certificates/v1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/certificates/v1/types.go
index edf2a71b6a7..c4760f06bf6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/certificates/v1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/certificates/v1/types.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 // +genclient
 // +genclient:nonNamespaced
+// +genclient:method=UpdateApproval,verb=update,subresource=approval,input=k8s.io/api/certificates/v1.CertificateSigningRequest,result=k8s.io/api/certificates/v1.CertificateSigningRequest
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // Describes a certificate signing request