diff --git a/config/manifests/inferenceobjective.yaml b/config/manifests/inferenceobjective.yaml
index f4a5de165..234ac89c4 100644
--- a/config/manifests/inferenceobjective.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/inferenceobjective.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Standard
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: food-review-1
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
 ---
 apiVersion: inference.networking.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
@@ -26,4 +28,5 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
diff --git a/config/manifests/regression-testing/inferenceobjective.yaml b/config/manifests/regression-testing/inferenceobjective.yaml
index 182383c4d..188db3866 100644
--- a/config/manifests/regression-testing/inferenceobjective.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/regression-testing/inferenceobjective.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-0
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-1
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-2
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-3
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-4
@@ -75,6 +80,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-5
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-6
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-7
@@ -117,6 +125,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-8
@@ -131,6 +140,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-9
@@ -145,6 +155,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-10
@@ -159,6 +170,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-11
@@ -173,6 +185,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-12
@@ -188,6 +201,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-13
@@ -203,6 +217,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
   targetModels:
   - name: adapter-14
@@ -218,4 +233,5 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   criticality: Critical
   poolRef:
+    group: inference.networking.k8s.io
     name: vllm-llama3-8b-instruct
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