diff --git a/manifests/phases/executors.yaml b/manifests/phases/executors.yaml
index 106aa3b85..e8429f65f 100644
--- a/manifests/phases/executors.yaml
+++ b/manifests/phases/executors.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     airshipit.org/deploy-k8s: "false"
 spec:
+  type: krm
   sinkOutputDir: "target/generator/results/generated"
   image: gcr.io/kpt-fn-contrib/sops:v0.1.0
   envVars: