diff --git a/code-generation/pkg/codegen/assets/aws-service-operator.yaml.templ b/code-generation/pkg/codegen/assets/aws-service-operator.yaml.templ
index d526e60aa..c31f57792 100644
--- a/code-generation/pkg/codegen/assets/aws-service-operator.yaml.templ
+++ b/code-generation/pkg/codegen/assets/aws-service-operator.yaml.templ
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ items:
             - --cluster-name=<CLUSTER_NAME>
             - --region=<REGION>
             - --account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>
-            - --k8s-namespace=<K8S_NAMESPACE>
+            - --default-namespace=<K8S_NAMESPACE>
diff --git a/configs/aws-service-operator.yaml b/configs/aws-service-operator.yaml
index d84eb70d4..9367b71c1 100644
--- a/configs/aws-service-operator.yaml
+++ b/configs/aws-service-operator.yaml
@@ -235,4 +235,4 @@ items:
             - --cluster-name=<CLUSTER_NAME>
             - --region=<REGION>
             - --account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>
-            - --k8s-namespace=<K8S_NAMESPACE>
+            - --default-namespace=<K8S_NAMESPACE>