diff --git a/api/observability/v1alpha1/prom_types.go b/api/observability/v1alpha1/prom_types.go
index 22718a7..9aa85f2 100644
--- a/api/observability/v1alpha1/prom_types.go
+++ b/api/observability/v1alpha1/prom_types.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ type ProxyConfig struct {
 	// these headers are going to contain secrets and use Secret as the
 	// value type instead of string.
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
-	ProxyConnectHeader *prom_config.Header `yaml:"proxy_connect_header,omitempty" json:"proxy_connect_header,omitempty"`
+	ProxyConnectHeader prom_config.Header `yaml:"proxy_connect_header,omitempty" json:"proxy_connect_header,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type RelabelConfig struct {
diff --git a/api/observability/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/observability/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 339473f..cb7aefa 100644
--- a/api/observability/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/observability/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1943,21 +1943,17 @@ func (in *ProxyConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *ProxyConfig) {
 	}
 	if in.ProxyConnectHeader != nil {
 		in, out := &in.ProxyConnectHeader, &out.ProxyConnectHeader
-		*out = new(map[string][]config.Secret)
-		if **in != nil {
-			in, out := *in, *out
-			*out = make(map[string][]config.Secret, len(*in))
-			for key, val := range *in {
-				var outVal []config.Secret
-				if val == nil {
-					(*out)[key] = nil
-				} else {
-					in, out := &val, &outVal
-					*out = make([]config.Secret, len(*in))
-					copy(*out, *in)
-				}
-				(*out)[key] = outVal
+		*out = make(config.Header, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			var outVal []config.Secret
+			if val == nil {
+				(*out)[key] = nil
+			} else {
+				in, out := &val, &outVal
+				*out = make([]config.Secret, len(*in))
+				copy(*out, *in)
 			}
+			(*out)[key] = outVal
 		}
 	}
 }