diff --git a/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-channel-ci.yaml b/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-channel-ci.yaml
index 42023296d6..ff07ad61f5 100644
--- a/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-channel-ci.yaml
+++ b/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-channel-ci.yaml
@@ -494,8 +494,6 @@ spec:
             status:
               description: Status represents the current state of the KafkaChannel. This data may be out of date.
               type: object
-              required:
-                - address
               properties:
                 address:
                   type: object
diff --git a/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-distributed-channel-ci.yaml b/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-distributed-channel-ci.yaml
index d8ef64eb0d..344c0f8737 100644
--- a/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-distributed-channel-ci.yaml
+++ b/openshift/release/knative-eventing-kafka-distributed-channel-ci.yaml
@@ -543,8 +543,6 @@ spec:
             status:
               description: Status represents the current state of the KafkaChannel. This data may be out of date.
               type: object
-              required:
-                - address
               properties:
                 address:
                   type: object