diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/manifests/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/manifests/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
rename to deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
diff --git a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
index f5d30850a5..c02c633d89 100644
--- a/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
+++ b/deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/templates/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {{- if .Values.nodeFeatureRule.createCRD }}
-{{ .Files.Get "manifests/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml" }}
+{{ .Files.Get "crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml" }}
 {{- end}}
diff --git a/hack/generate.sh b/hack/generate.sh
index e89e01f9c1..9b3b5ca222 100755
--- a/hack/generate.sh
+++ b/hack/generate.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ rm -rf vendor/
 
 controller-gen object crd output:crd:stdout paths=./pkg/apis/... > deployment/base/nfd-crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml
 
-cp deployment/base/nfd-crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/manifests/
+mkdir -p deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/crds
+cp deployment/base/nfd-crds/nodefeaturerule-crd.yaml deployment/helm/node-feature-discovery/crds/
 
 rm -rf sigs.k8s.io