diff --git a/deploy/crds/crd-certificates.yaml b/deploy/crds/crd-certificates.yaml
index 6d7c8363a..854886a7c 100644
--- a/deploy/crds/crd-certificates.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crds/crd-certificates.yaml
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ spec:
                       message:
                         description: Message is a human readable description of the details of the last transition, complementing reason.
                         type: string
+                      observedGeneration:
+                        description: If set, this represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.condition[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current state of the Certificate.
+                        type: integer
+                        format: int64
                       reason:
                         description: Reason is a brief machine readable explanation for the condition's last transition.
                         type: string
@@ -588,6 +592,10 @@ spec:
                       message:
                         description: Message is a human readable description of the details of the last transition, complementing reason.
                         type: string
+                      observedGeneration:
+                        description: If set, this represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.condition[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current state of the Certificate.
+                        type: integer
+                        format: int64
                       reason:
                         description: Reason is a brief machine readable explanation for the condition's last transition.
                         type: string
@@ -885,6 +893,10 @@ spec:
                       message:
                         description: Message is a human readable description of the details of the last transition, complementing reason.
                         type: string
+                      observedGeneration:
+                        description: If set, this represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.condition[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current state of the Certificate.
+                        type: integer
+                        format: int64
                       reason:
                         description: Reason is a brief machine readable explanation for the condition's last transition.
                         type: string
@@ -1182,6 +1194,10 @@ spec:
                       message:
                         description: Message is a human readable description of the details of the last transition, complementing reason.
                         type: string
+                      observedGeneration:
+                        description: If set, this represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon. For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.condition[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date with respect to the current state of the Certificate.
+                        type: integer
+                        format: int64
                       reason:
                         description: Reason is a brief machine readable explanation for the condition's last transition.
                         type: string
diff --git a/test/integration/certificates/issuing_controller_test.go b/test/integration/certificates/issuing_controller_test.go
index 8a0066150..431a316aa 100644
--- a/test/integration/certificates/issuing_controller_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/certificates/issuing_controller_test.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func TestIssuingController(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Add Issuing condition to Certificate
-	apiutil.SetCertificateCondition(crt, cmapi.CertificateConditionIssuing, cmmeta.ConditionTrue, "", "")
+	apiutil.SetCertificateCondition(crt, crt.Generation, cmapi.CertificateConditionIssuing, cmmeta.ConditionTrue, "", "")
 	crt.Status.NextPrivateKeySecretName = &nextPrivateKeySecretName
 	crt.Status.Revision = &revision
 	crt, err = cmCl.CertmanagerV1().Certificates(namespace).UpdateStatus(ctx, crt, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func TestIssuingController_PKCS8_PrivateKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Add Issuing condition to Certificate
-	apiutil.SetCertificateCondition(crt, cmapi.CertificateConditionIssuing, cmmeta.ConditionTrue, "", "")
+	apiutil.SetCertificateCondition(crt, crt.Generation, cmapi.CertificateConditionIssuing, cmmeta.ConditionTrue, "", "")
 	crt.Status.NextPrivateKeySecretName = &nextPrivateKeySecretName
 	crt.Status.Revision = &revision
 	crt, err = cmCl.CertmanagerV1().Certificates(namespace).UpdateStatus(ctx, crt, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
diff --git a/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go b/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go
index f3b1429f4..f8575457c 100644
--- a/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/ctl/ctl_status_certificate_test.go
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ CertificateRequest:
 func setCertificateStatus(cmCl versioned.Interface, crt *cmapi.Certificate,
 	status *cmapi.CertificateStatus, ctx context.Context) (*cmapi.Certificate, error) {
 	for _, cond := range status.Conditions {
-		apiutil.SetCertificateCondition(crt, cond.Type, cond.Status, cond.Reason, cond.Message)
+		apiutil.SetCertificateCondition(crt, crt.Generation, cond.Type, cond.Status, cond.Reason, cond.Message)
 	}
 	crt.Status.NotAfter = status.NotAfter
 	crt.Status.Revision = status.Revision