diff --git a/apis/v1/gateway_types.go b/apis/v1/gateway_types.go
index 10eb5bee06..f65f5aea34 100644
--- a/apis/v1/gateway_types.go
+++ b/apis/v1/gateway_types.go
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ type FrontendTLSValidation struct {
 	//
 	// +required
 	// +listType=atomic
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxItems=8
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxItems=32
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:MinItems=1
 	CACertificateRefs []ObjectReference `json:"caCertificateRefs"`
 
diff --git a/config/crd/experimental/gateway.networking.k8s.io_gateways.yaml b/config/crd/experimental/gateway.networking.k8s.io_gateways.yaml
index 563669ba35..d8e7876b04 100644
--- a/config/crd/experimental/gateway.networking.k8s.io_gateways.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/experimental/gateway.networking.k8s.io_gateways.yaml
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ spec:
                                   - kind
                                   - name
                                   type: object
-                                maxItems: 8
+                                maxItems: 32
                                 minItems: 1
                                 type: array
                                 x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ spec:
                                         - kind
                                         - name
                                         type: object
-                                      maxItems: 8
+                                      maxItems: 32
                                       minItems: 1
                                       type: array
                                       x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
@@ -2670,7 +2670,7 @@ spec:
                                   - kind
                                   - name
                                   type: object
-                                maxItems: 8
+                                maxItems: 32
                                 minItems: 1
                                 type: array
                                 x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
@@ -2813,7 +2813,7 @@ spec:
                                         - kind
                                         - name
                                         type: object
-                                      maxItems: 8
+                                      maxItems: 32
                                       minItems: 1
                                       type: array
                                       x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic