diff --git a/crds/victoriametrics/crd.yaml b/crds/victoriametrics/crd.yaml
index a90047bb71..27c4ab28e2 100644
--- a/crds/victoriametrics/crd.yaml
+++ b/crds/victoriametrics/crd.yaml
@@ -25307,8 +25307,7 @@ spec:
                     zone:
                       description: The zone of the scrape targets. If you need multiple
                         zones use multiple GCESDConfigs.
-                      minLength: 1
-                      type: string
+                      x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
                   required:
                   - project
                   - zone
diff --git a/system/victoriametrics/release.yaml b/system/victoriametrics/release.yaml
index a05e54f4e3..9219bb20d5 100644
--- a/system/victoriametrics/release.yaml
+++ b/system/victoriametrics/release.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
       sourceRef:
         kind: HelmRepository
         name: victoriametrics
-      version: "0.33.4"
+      version: "0.34.0"
   interval: 1h0m0s
   valuesFrom:
     - kind: ConfigMap