diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
index cb27b823fca..d36f51c2b78 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/conversion.go
@@ -624,5 +624,29 @@ func init() {
 			}
 			return s.Convert(&in.Items, &out.Items, 0)
 		},
+
+		// Object ID <-> Name
+		// TODO: amend the conversion package to allow overriding specific fields.
+		func(in *ObjectReference, out *newer.ObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+			out.Kind = in.Kind
+			out.Namespace = in.Namespace
+			out.Name = in.ID
+			out.UID = in.UID
+			out.APIVersion = in.APIVersion
+			out.ResourceVersion = in.ResourceVersion
+			out.FieldPath = in.FieldPath
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(in *newer.ObjectReference, out *ObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+			out.ID = in.Name
+			out.Kind = in.Kind
+			out.Namespace = in.Namespace
+			out.ID = in.Name
+			out.UID = in.UID
+			out.APIVersion = in.APIVersion
+			out.ResourceVersion = in.ResourceVersion
+			out.FieldPath = in.FieldPath
+			return nil
+		},
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
index 4367f08accf..32e5bd2abad 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta1/types.go
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ type ServerOpList struct {
 type ObjectReference struct {
 	Kind            string `json:"kind,omitempty" yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
 	Namespace       string `json:"namespace,omitempty" yaml:"namespace,omitempty"`
-	Name            string `json:"name,omitempty" yaml:"name,omitempty"`
+	ID              string `json:"name,omitempty" yaml:"name,omitempty"`
 	UID             string `json:"uid,omitempty" yaml:"uid,omitempty"`
 	APIVersion      string `json:"apiVersion,omitempty" yaml:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
 	ResourceVersion string `json:"resourceVersion,omitempty" yaml:"resourceVersion,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
index b16998ae2fd..4dc6f29291c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/conversion.go
@@ -574,5 +574,29 @@ func init() {
 			}
 			return s.Convert(&in.Items, &out.Items, 0)
 		},
+
+		// Object ID <-> Name
+		// TODO: amend the conversion package to allow overriding specific fields.
+		func(in *ObjectReference, out *newer.ObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+			out.Kind = in.Kind
+			out.Namespace = in.Namespace
+			out.Name = in.ID
+			out.UID = in.UID
+			out.APIVersion = in.APIVersion
+			out.ResourceVersion = in.ResourceVersion
+			out.FieldPath = in.FieldPath
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(in *newer.ObjectReference, out *ObjectReference, s conversion.Scope) error {
+			out.ID = in.Name
+			out.Kind = in.Kind
+			out.Namespace = in.Namespace
+			out.ID = in.Name
+			out.UID = in.UID
+			out.APIVersion = in.APIVersion
+			out.ResourceVersion = in.ResourceVersion
+			out.FieldPath = in.FieldPath
+			return nil
+		},
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
index f43bdcd434c..7480dedd8d0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1beta2/types.go
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ type ServerOpList struct {
 type ObjectReference struct {
 	Kind            string `json:"kind,omitempty" yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
 	Namespace       string `json:"namespace,omitempty" yaml:"namespace,omitempty"`
-	Name            string `json:"name,omitempty" yaml:"name,omitempty"`
+	ID              string `json:"name,omitempty" yaml:"name,omitempty"`
 	UID             string `json:"uid,omitempty" yaml:"uid,omitempty"`
 	APIVersion      string `json:"apiVersion,omitempty" yaml:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
 	ResourceVersion string `json:"resourceVersion,omitempty" yaml:"resourceVersion,omitempty"`