diff --git a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/descheduler/go.mod b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/descheduler/go.mod
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index 0000000000000..524defd9224e8
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+++ b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/descheduler/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+replace k8s.io/kube-openapi => k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250318190949-c8a335a9a2ff
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/descheduler/validate_descheduler.go b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/descheduler/validate_descheduler.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e806f7731bcc8
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+++ b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/descheduler/validate_descheduler.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package descheduler
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/validation"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission"
+
+	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
+	deschedulerv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-kube-descheduler-operator/pkg/apis/descheduler/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation"
+)
+
+const PluginName = "config.openshift.io/ValidateDescheduler"
+
+// Register plugin.
+func Register(plugins *admission.Plugins) {
+	plugins.Register(PluginName, func(config io.Reader) (admission.Interface, error) {
+		return customresourcevalidation.NewValidator(
+			map[schema.GroupResource]bool{
+				configv1.Resource("deschedulers"): true,
+			},
+			map[schema.GroupVersionKind]customresourcevalidation.ObjectValidator{
+				configv1.GroupVersion.WithKind("Descheduler"): deschedulerV1{},
+			})
+	})
+}
+
+func toDeschedulerV1(uncastObj runtime.Object) (*deschedulerv1.KubeDescheduler, field.ErrorList) {
+	if uncastObj == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
+
+	obj, ok := uncastObj.(*deschedulerv1.KubeDescheduler)
+
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, append(allErrs,
+			field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("kind"), fmt.Sprintf("%T", uncastObj), []string{"Descheduler"}),
+			field.NotSupported(field.NewPath("apiVersion"), fmt.Sprintf("%T", uncastObj), []string{"config.openshift.io/v1"}))
+	}
+
+	return obj, nil
+}
+
+type deschedulerV1 struct{}
+
+func validateDeschedulerSpec(spec deschedulerv1.KubeDeschedulerSpec) field.ErrorList {
+	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
+
+	if name := spec.Policy.Name; len(name) > 0 {
+		for _, msg := range validation.NameIsDNSSubdomain(spec.Policy.Name, false) {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec.Policy.name"), name, msg))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+func (deschedulerV1) ValidateCreate(_ context.Context, uncastObj runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {
+	obj, allErrs := toDeschedulerV1(uncastObj)
+	if len(allErrs) > 0 {
+		return allErrs
+	}
+
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validation.ValidateObjectMeta(&obj.ObjectMeta, false, customresourcevalidation.RequireNameCluster, field.NewPath("metadata"))...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeschedulerSpec(obj.Spec)...)
+
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+func (deschedulerV1) ValidateUpdate(_ context.Context, uncastObj runtime.Object, uncastOldObj runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {
+	obj, allErrs := toDeschedulerV1(uncastObj)
+	if len(allErrs) > 0 {
+		return allErrs
+	}
+	oldObj, allErrs := toDeschedulerV1(uncastOldObj)
+	if len(allErrs) > 0 {
+		return allErrs
+	}
+
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validation.ValidateObjectMetaUpdate(&obj.ObjectMeta, &oldObj.ObjectMeta, field.NewPath("metadata"))...)
+	allErrs = append(allErrs, validateDeschedulerSpec(obj.Spec)...)
+
+	return allErrs
+}
+
+func (deschedulerV1) ValidateStatusUpdate(_ context.Context, uncastObj runtime.Object, uncastOldObj runtime.Object) field.ErrorList {
+	obj, errs := toDeschedulerV1(uncastObj)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return errs
+	}
+	oldObj, errs := toDeschedulerV1(uncastOldObj)
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return errs
+	}
+
+	errs = append(errs, validation.ValidateObjectMetaUpdate(&obj.ObjectMeta, &oldObj.ObjectMeta, field.NewPath("metadata"))...)
+	errs = append(errs, validateDeschedulerSpec(obj.Spec)...)
+	return errs
+}