diff --git a/pkg/kds/context/context.go b/pkg/kds/context/context.go
index 54f57933072d..be20ae021d10 100644
--- a/pkg/kds/context/context.go
+++ b/pkg/kds/context/context.go
@@ -218,9 +218,12 @@ func HashSuffixMapper(checkKDSFeature bool, labelsToUse ...string) reconcile.Res
 
 func UpdateResourceMeta(fs ...util.CloneResourceMetaOpt) reconcile.ResourceMapper {
 	return func(_ kds.Features, r core_model.Resource) (core_model.Resource, error) {
-		newRes := util.CloneResource(r)
-		newRes.SetMeta(util.CloneResourceMeta(r.GetMeta(), fs...))
-		return newRes, nil
+		newObj := r.Descriptor().NewObject()
+		newMeta := util.CloneResourceMeta(r.GetMeta(), fs...)
+		newObj.SetMeta(newMeta)
+		_ = newObj.SetSpec(r.GetSpec())
+
+		return newObj, nil
 	}
 }