diff --git a/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go b/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go
index 1da8bde0..5db1069a 100644
--- a/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/trustyaiservice_controller.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const (
 	defaultTag           = string("latest")
 	containerName        = "trustyai-service"
 	serviceMonitorName   = "trustyai-metrics"
-	finalizerName        = "trustyai.opendatahub.io/finalizer"
+	finalizerName        = "trustyai.opendatahub.io.trustyai.opendatahub.io/finalizer"
 	payloadProcessorName = "MM_PAYLOAD_PROCESSORS"
 	modelMeshLabelKey    = "modelmesh-service"
 	modelMeshLabelValue  = "modelmesh-serving"