diff --git a/webhooks/common.go b/webhooks/common.go
index 1423fb991..138087ebb 100644
--- a/webhooks/common.go
+++ b/webhooks/common.go
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func OpenFeatureEnabledAnnotationIndex(o client.Object) []string {
-	pod := o.(*corev1.Pod)
+	pod, ok := o.(*corev1.Pod)
+	if !ok {
+		return []string{"false"}
+	}
 	if pod.ObjectMeta.Annotations == nil {
 		return []string{
 			"false",
diff --git a/webhooks/common_test.go b/webhooks/common_test.go
index 2b46446ae..5fe8bcac9 100644
--- a/webhooks/common_test.go
+++ b/webhooks/common_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ func TestOpenFeatureEnabledAnnotationIndex(t *testing.T) {
 		want []string
 	}{
 		{
+			name: "not a pod",
+			o:    &corev1.ConfigMap{},
+			want: []string{"false"},
+		}, {
 			name: "no annotations",
 			o:    &corev1.Pod{},
 			want: []string{"false"},