diff --git a/pkg/addons/embeddedclusteroperator/embeddedclusteroperator.go b/pkg/addons/embeddedclusteroperator/embeddedclusteroperator.go
index ee0cc8d41..cd4d23f17 100644
--- a/pkg/addons/embeddedclusteroperator/embeddedclusteroperator.go
+++ b/pkg/addons/embeddedclusteroperator/embeddedclusteroperator.go
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ func (e *EmbeddedClusterOperator) HostPreflights() (*v1beta2.HostPreflightSpec,
 // GetProtectedFields returns the protected fields for the embedded charts.
 // placeholder for now.
 func (e *EmbeddedClusterOperator) GetProtectedFields() map[string][]string {
-	protectedFields := []string{}
+	protectedFields := []string{
+		"embeddedBinaryName",
+	}
 	return map[string][]string{releaseName: protectedFields}
 }