diff --git a/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml b/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml
index 05730eebaa1..e3bde1e9db8 100644
--- a/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/notebook-controller/config/overlays/openshift/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - ../../base
+namespace: opendatahub
 commonLabels:
   app.kubernetes.io/part-of: odh-notebook-controller
   component.opendatahub.io/name: kf-notebook-controller