diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml
index 4fe8bb29d..2cb62affc 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/clusterissuers.yaml
@@ -1625,7 +1625,6 @@ spec:
                   type: object
                   required:
                   - apiTokenSecretRef
-                  - url
                   properties:
                     apiTokenSecretRef:
                       description: APITokenSecretRef is a secret key selector for
diff --git a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml
index 3944ec800..cdf9ae83f 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/cert-manager/crds/issuers.yaml
@@ -1625,7 +1625,6 @@ spec:
                   type: object
                   required:
                   - apiTokenSecretRef
-                  - url
                   properties:
                     apiTokenSecretRef:
                       description: APITokenSecretRef is a secret key selector for
diff --git a/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml b/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml
index 00c648cb9..d14d87665 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/00-crds.yaml
@@ -3489,7 +3489,6 @@ spec:
                   type: object
                   required:
                   - apiTokenSecretRef
-                  - url
                   properties:
                     apiTokenSecretRef:
                       description: APITokenSecretRef is a secret key selector for
@@ -5229,7 +5228,6 @@ spec:
                   type: object
                   required:
                   - apiTokenSecretRef
-                  - url
                   properties:
                     apiTokenSecretRef:
                       description: APITokenSecretRef is a secret key selector for
diff --git a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
index ccb480a69..9d79359c0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha2/types_issuer.go
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ type VenafiTPP struct {
 // VenafiCloud defines connection configuration details for Venafi Cloud
 type VenafiCloud struct {
 	// URL is the base URL for Venafi Cloud
-	URL string `json:"url"`
+	// +optional
+	URL string `json:"url,omitempty"`
 
 	// APITokenSecretRef is a secret key selector for the Venafi Cloud API token.
 	APITokenSecretRef cmmeta.SecretKeySelector `json:"apiTokenSecretRef"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go
index c87f0171f..3d400dcaa 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/certmanager/v1alpha3/types_issuer.go
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ type VenafiTPP struct {
 // VenafiCloud defines connection configuration details for Venafi Cloud
 type VenafiCloud struct {
 	// URL is the base URL for Venafi Cloud
-	URL string `json:"url"`
+	// +optional
+	URL string `json:"url,omitempty"`
 
 	// APITokenSecretRef is a secret key selector for the Venafi Cloud API token.
 	APITokenSecretRef cmmeta.SecretKeySelector `json:"apiTokenSecretRef"`
diff --git a/pkg/internal/apis/certmanager/types_issuer.go b/pkg/internal/apis/certmanager/types_issuer.go
index efc63a355..1a5f0be8a 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/apis/certmanager/types_issuer.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/apis/certmanager/types_issuer.go
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ type VenafiTPP struct {
 // VenafiCloud defines connection configuration details for Venafi Cloud
 type VenafiCloud struct {
 	// URL is the base URL for Venafi Cloud
-	URL string `json:"url"`
+	// +optional
+	URL string `json:"url,omitempty"`
 
 	// APITokenSecretRef is a secret key selector for the Venafi Cloud API token.
 	APITokenSecretRef cmmeta.SecretKeySelector `json:"apiTokenSecretRef"`