diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 71561da6b9..d32f3f44b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export SUBPACKAGES := $(SUBPACKAGES)
 KIND_VERSION = v0.15.0
 UP_VERSION = v0.20.0
 UP_CHANNEL = stable
-UPTEST_VERSION = v0.6.1
+UPTEST_VERSION = v0.8.0
 
 export UP_VERSION := $(UP_VERSION)
 export UP_CHANNEL := $(UP_CHANNEL)
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ crddiff: $(UPTEST)
 			continue ; \
 		fi ; \
 		echo "Checking $${crd} for breaking API changes..." ; \
-		changes_detected=$$($(UPTEST) crddiff revision <(git cat-file -p "$${GITHUB_BASE_REF}:$${crd}") "$${crd}" 2>&1) ; \
+		changes_detected=$$($(UPTEST) crddiff revision --enable-upjet-extensions <(git cat-file -p "$${GITHUB_BASE_REF}:$${crd}") "$${crd}" 2>&1) ; \
 		if [[ $$? != 0 ]] ; then \
 			printf "\033[31m"; echo "Breaking change detected!"; printf "\033[0m" ; \
 			echo "$${changes_detected}" ; \