diff --git a/keda/README.md b/keda/README.md
index b979d50c..c0de0233 100644
--- a/keda/README.md
+++ b/keda/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ their default values.
 | `certificates.secretName` | string | `"kedaorg-certs"` | Secret name to be mounted with KEDA TLS certificates |
 | `clusterDomain` | string | `"cluster.local"` | Kubernetes cluster domain |
 | `clusterName` | string | `"kubernetes-default"` | Kubernetes cluster name. Used in features such as emitting CloudEvents |
+| `crds.additionalAnnotations` | object | `{}` | Custom annotations specifically for CRDs |
 | `crds.install` | bool | `true` | Defines whether the KEDA CRDs have to be installed or not. |
 | `env` | list | `[]` | Additional environment variables that will be passed onto all KEDA components |
 | `extraObjects` | list | `[]` | Array of extra K8s manifests to deploy |
diff --git a/keda/templates/crds/crd-clustertriggerauthentications.yaml b/keda/templates/crds/crd-clustertriggerauthentications.yaml
index 792a7d18..b60728d1 100644
--- a/keda/templates/crds/crd-clustertriggerauthentications.yaml
+++ b/keda/templates/crds/crd-clustertriggerauthentications.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.13.0
-    {{- if .Values.additionalAnnotations }}
-    {{- toYaml .Values.additionalAnnotations | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) }}
+    {{- toYaml (merge .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
diff --git a/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledjobs.yaml b/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledjobs.yaml
index 8473b6f8..886efbb4 100644
--- a/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledjobs.yaml
+++ b/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledjobs.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.13.0
-    {{- if .Values.additionalAnnotations }}
-    {{- toYaml .Values.additionalAnnotations | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) }}
+    {{- toYaml (merge .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
diff --git a/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledobjects.yaml b/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledobjects.yaml
index 05f98ce1..f473db61 100644
--- a/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledobjects.yaml
+++ b/keda/templates/crds/crd-scaledobjects.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.13.0
-    {{- if .Values.additionalAnnotations }}
-    {{- toYaml .Values.additionalAnnotations | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) }}
+    {{- toYaml (merge .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
diff --git a/keda/templates/crds/crd-triggerauthentications.yaml b/keda/templates/crds/crd-triggerauthentications.yaml
index 4facbdba..5d787c3c 100644
--- a/keda/templates/crds/crd-triggerauthentications.yaml
+++ b/keda/templates/crds/crd-triggerauthentications.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.13.0
-    {{- if .Values.additionalAnnotations }}
-    {{- toYaml .Values.additionalAnnotations | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) }}
+    {{- toYaml (merge .Values.crds.additionalAnnotations .Values.additionalAnnotations) | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.operator.name }}
diff --git a/keda/values.yaml b/keda/values.yaml
index cbe2f70c..f64216de 100644
--- a/keda/values.yaml
+++ b/keda/values.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ crds:
   # -- Defines whether the KEDA CRDs have to be installed or not.
   install: true
 
+  # -- Custom annotations specifically for CRDs
+  additionalAnnotations:
+    {}
+    # foo: bar
+
 # -- Defines Kubernetes namespaces to watch to scale their workloads. Default watches all namespaces
 watchNamespace: ""