diff --git a/api/v1beta1/sveltoscluster_type.go b/api/v1beta1/sveltoscluster_type.go
index 5816320..15730dd 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/sveltoscluster_type.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/sveltoscluster_type.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ type SveltosClusterStatus struct {
 //+kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Ready",type="boolean",JSONPath=".status.ready",description="Indicates whether cluster is ready to be managed by sveltos"
 //+kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Version",type="string",JSONPath=".status.version",description="Kubernetes version associated with this Cluster"
 //+kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Age",type="date",JSONPath=".metadata.creationTimestamp",description="Time duration since creation of SveltosCluster"
-//+kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Shard",type="string",JSONPath=".metadata.annotations['sharding.projectsveltos.io/key']",description="Cluster Shard"
+//+kubebuilder:printcolumn:name="Shard",type="string",JSONPath=".metadata.annotations['sharding\\.projectsveltos\\.io/key']",description="Cluster Shard"
 //+kubebuilder:storageversion
 
 // SveltosCluster is the Schema for the SveltosCluster API
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/lib.projectsveltos.io_sveltosclusters.yaml b/config/crd/bases/lib.projectsveltos.io_sveltosclusters.yaml
index 1a17ffd..d6d52a8 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/lib.projectsveltos.io_sveltosclusters.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/lib.projectsveltos.io_sveltosclusters.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
       name: Age
       type: date
     - description: Cluster Shard
-      jsonPath: .metadata.annotations['sharding.projectsveltos.io/key']
+      jsonPath: .metadata.annotations['sharding\.projectsveltos\.io/key']
       name: Shard
       type: string
     name: v1beta1
diff --git a/lib/crd/sveltosclusters.go b/lib/crd/sveltosclusters.go
index 187777b..06d19d9 100644
--- a/lib/crd/sveltosclusters.go
+++ b/lib/crd/sveltosclusters.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ spec:
       name: Age
       type: date
     - description: Cluster Shard
-      jsonPath: .metadata.annotations['sharding.projectsveltos.io/key']
+      jsonPath: .metadata.annotations['sharding\.projectsveltos\.io/key']
       name: Shard
       type: string
     name: v1beta1
diff --git a/manifests/apiextensions.k8s.io_v1_customresourcedefinition_sveltosclusters.lib.projectsveltos.io.yaml b/manifests/apiextensions.k8s.io_v1_customresourcedefinition_sveltosclusters.lib.projectsveltos.io.yaml
index c5c96c4..396552b 100644
--- a/manifests/apiextensions.k8s.io_v1_customresourcedefinition_sveltosclusters.lib.projectsveltos.io.yaml
+++ b/manifests/apiextensions.k8s.io_v1_customresourcedefinition_sveltosclusters.lib.projectsveltos.io.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
       name: Age
       type: date
     - description: Cluster Shard
-      jsonPath: .metadata.annotations['sharding.projectsveltos.io/key']
+      jsonPath: .metadata.annotations['sharding\.projectsveltos\.io/key']
       name: Shard
       type: string
     name: v1beta1