diff --git a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
index 29092473269..bd48a425017 100644
--- a/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci-hints.yaml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ linters:
       
       # OptionalOrRequired is being enabled over time. For now, each API group should be added to this list until we comb through each group and fix the missing tags.
       - text: "must be marked as optional or required"
-        path: "staging/src/k8s.io/api/(admission|apidiscovery|apiserverinternal|apps|authentication|authorization|autoscaling|batch|certificates|coordination|core|discovery|events|extensions|flowcontrol|networking|node|policy|rbac|resource|storage|storagemigration)"
+        path: "staging/src/k8s.io/api/(admission|apidiscovery|apiserverinternal|apps|authentication|authorization|autoscaling|batch|certificates|coordination|core|discovery|events|extensions|flowcontrol|networking|policy|rbac|resource|storage|storagemigration)"
       
       # OptionalOrRequired - Existing fields that are marked as both optional and required (based on standard optional vs kubebuilder:validation:Required) and should not be fixed.
       - text: "field (PortStatus|IngressPortStatus)\\.Error must not be marked as both optional and required"
diff --git a/hack/golangci.yaml b/hack/golangci.yaml
index bdc1674fa73..4a30f9761dd 100644
--- a/hack/golangci.yaml
+++ b/hack/golangci.yaml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ linters:
       
       # OptionalOrRequired is being enabled over time. For now, each API group should be added to this list until we comb through each group and fix the missing tags.
       - text: "must be marked as optional or required"
-        path: "staging/src/k8s.io/api/(admission|apidiscovery|apiserverinternal|apps|authentication|authorization|autoscaling|batch|certificates|coordination|core|discovery|events|extensions|flowcontrol|networking|node|policy|rbac|resource|storage|storagemigration)"
+        path: "staging/src/k8s.io/api/(admission|apidiscovery|apiserverinternal|apps|authentication|authorization|autoscaling|batch|certificates|coordination|core|discovery|events|extensions|flowcontrol|networking|policy|rbac|resource|storage|storagemigration)"
       
       # OptionalOrRequired - Existing fields that are marked as both optional and required (based on standard optional vs kubebuilder:validation:Required) and should not be fixed.
       - text: "field (PortStatus|IngressPortStatus)\\.Error must not be marked as both optional and required"
diff --git a/hack/kube-api-linter/exceptions.yaml b/hack/kube-api-linter/exceptions.yaml
index 5fd18f3ad14..78a8dba3ff3 100644
--- a/hack/kube-api-linter/exceptions.yaml
+++ b/hack/kube-api-linter/exceptions.yaml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 # OptionalOrRequired is being enabled over time. For now, each API group should be added to this list until we comb through each group and fix the missing tags.
 - text: "must be marked as optional or required"
-  path: "staging/src/k8s.io/api/(admission|apidiscovery|apiserverinternal|apps|authentication|authorization|autoscaling|batch|certificates|coordination|core|discovery|events|extensions|flowcontrol|networking|node|policy|rbac|resource|storage|storagemigration)"
+  path: "staging/src/k8s.io/api/(admission|apidiscovery|apiserverinternal|apps|authentication|authorization|autoscaling|batch|certificates|coordination|core|discovery|events|extensions|flowcontrol|networking|policy|rbac|resource|storage|storagemigration)"
 
 # OptionalOrRequired - Existing fields that are marked as both optional and required (based on standard optional vs kubebuilder:validation:Required) and should not be fixed.
 - text: "field (PortStatus|IngressPortStatus)\\.Error must not be marked as both optional and required"
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/generated.proto b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/generated.proto
index a2878c56549..9c8e334f097 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/generated.proto
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/generated.proto
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ message RuntimeClass {
 
   // spec represents specification of the RuntimeClass
   // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
+  // +required
   optional RuntimeClassSpec spec = 2;
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/types.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/types.go
index 7a31e113588..7307f807e3c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/node/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type RuntimeClass struct {
 
 	// spec represents specification of the RuntimeClass
 	// More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
+	// +required
 	Spec RuntimeClassSpec `json:"spec" protobuf:"bytes,2,name=spec"`
 }