diff --git a/lib/resourceread/resourceread.go b/lib/resourceread/resourceread.go
index e237f6a0fa..0aa35a9b68 100644
--- a/lib/resourceread/resourceread.go
+++ b/lib/resourceread/resourceread.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	scheme  = runtime.NewScheme()
-	codecs  = serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme)
+	codecs  = serializer.NewCodecFactory(scheme, serializer.EnableStrict)
 	decoder runtime.Decoder
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/cvo/internal/operatorstatus.go b/pkg/cvo/internal/operatorstatus.go
index b2342825a7..96c1886d04 100644
--- a/pkg/cvo/internal/operatorstatus.go
+++ b/pkg/cvo/internal/operatorstatus.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	osScheme = runtime.NewScheme()
-	osCodecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(osScheme)
+	osCodecs = serializer.NewCodecFactory(osScheme, serializer.EnableStrict)
 
 	osMapper = resourcebuilder.NewResourceMapper()
 )