diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 50518a421..d93f2e786 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0
-	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v0.3.0
+	github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 65fc96e86..b6a3faa12 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 h1:2DntVwHkVopvECVRSlL5PSo9eG+cAkDCuckLubN+rq0=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0/go.mod h1:fyg7847qk6SyHyPtNmDHnmrv/HOrqktSC+C9fM+CJOE=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEevZMzYi5KSi8KkcZtzBcTgAUUtapy0OI=
-github.com/gobuffalo/flect v0.3.0 h1:erfPWM+K1rFNIQeRPdeEXxo8yFr/PO17lhRnS8FUrtk=
-github.com/gobuffalo/flect v0.3.0/go.mod h1:5pf3aGnsvqvCj50AVni7mJJF8ICxGZ8HomberC3pXLE=
+github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2 h1:eqjPGSo2WmjgY2XlpGwo2NXgL3RucAKo4k4qQMNA5sA=
+github.com/gobuffalo/flect v1.0.2/go.mod h1:A5msMlrHtLqh9umBSnvabjsMrCcCpAyzglnDvkbYKHs=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
diff --git a/pkg/crd/gen_integration_test.go b/pkg/crd/gen_integration_test.go
index cc836880b..7d256ca5b 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/gen_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/gen_integration_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ var _ = Describe("CRD Generation proper defaulting", func() {
 		expectedFileFoos, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(genDir, "bar.example.com_foos.yaml"))
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		expectedFileFoos = fixAnnotations(expectedFileFoos)
-		expectedFileZoos, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(genDir, "zoo", "bar.example.com_zooes.yaml"))
+		expectedFileZoos, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(genDir, "zoo", "bar.example.com_zoos.yaml"))
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		expectedFileZoos = fixAnnotations(expectedFileZoos)
 
diff --git a/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zooes.v1beta1.yaml b/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zoos.v1beta1.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zooes.v1beta1.yaml
rename to pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zoos.v1beta1.yaml
index 207bb0230..c6de8b08b 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zooes.v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zoos.v1beta1.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ spec:
   names:
     kind: Zoo
     listKind: ZooList
-    plural: zooes
+    plural: zoos
     singular: zoo
   scope: Namespaced
   validation:
diff --git a/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zooes.yaml b/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zoos.yaml
similarity index 97%
rename from pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zooes.yaml
rename to pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zoos.yaml
index 7509cc0ce..e3e2b65cf 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zooes.yaml
+++ b/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/bar.example.com_zoos.yaml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: (devel)
-  name: zooes.bar.example.com
+  name: zoos.bar.example.com
 spec:
   group: bar.example.com
   names:
     kind: Zoo
     listKind: ZooList
-    plural: zooes
+    plural: zoos
     singular: zoo
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
diff --git a/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/zoo_types.go b/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/zoo_types.go
index 1172b3d8a..09472bf82 100644
--- a/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/zoo_types.go
+++ b/pkg/crd/testdata/gen/zoo/zoo_types.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 //go:generate ../../../../.run-controller-gen.sh crd:crdVersions=v1beta1 paths=. output:dir=.
-//go:generate mv bar.example.com_zooes.yaml bar.example.com_zooes.v1beta1.yaml
+//go:generate mv bar.example.com_zoos.yaml bar.example.com_zoos.v1beta1.yaml
 //go:generate ../../../../.run-controller-gen.sh crd:crdVersions=v1 paths=. output:dir=.
 
 // +groupName=bar.example.com