diff --git a/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
index 9de29fc031e26b9e4e16517492740b0805fd4af9..7a861276a651af520ccec853b65cb57009a45cc5 100644
--- a/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/crd/crd-benchmark.yaml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ spec:
                     minItems: 1
                     items:
                       type: object
-                      required: ["name", "numPartitions", "replicationFactor"]
+                      required: ["name"]
                       properties:
                         name:
                           description: The name of the topic.