diff --git a/controller/cache/cache.go b/controller/cache/cache.go
index 7f5aac0c272a1..42e1242099ffb 100644
--- a/controller/cache/cache.go
+++ b/controller/cache/cache.go
@@ -278,8 +278,14 @@ func asResourceNode(r *clustercache.Resource) appv1.ResourceNode {
 	parentRefs := make([]appv1.ResourceRef, len(r.OwnerRefs))
 	for i, ownerRef := range r.OwnerRefs {
 		ownerGvk := schema.FromAPIVersionAndKind(ownerRef.APIVersion, ownerRef.Kind)
-		ownerKey := kube.NewResourceKey(ownerGvk.Group, ownerRef.Kind, r.Ref.Namespace, ownerRef.Name)
-		parentRefs[i] = appv1.ResourceRef{Name: ownerRef.Name, Kind: ownerKey.Kind, Namespace: r.Ref.Namespace, Group: ownerKey.Group, UID: string(ownerRef.UID)}
+		parentRefs[i] = appv1.ResourceRef{
+			Group:     ownerGvk.Group,
+			Kind:      ownerGvk.Kind,
+			Version:   ownerGvk.Version,
+			Namespace: r.Ref.Namespace,
+			Name:      ownerRef.Name,
+			UID:       string(ownerRef.UID),
+		}
 	}
 	var resHealth *appv1.HealthStatus
 	resourceInfo := resInfo(r)
diff --git a/controller/cache/cache_test.go b/controller/cache/cache_test.go
index 36ab25d27597b..006f5108dadd9 100644
--- a/controller/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/controller/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -303,14 +303,16 @@ func Test_asResourceNode_owner_refs(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		ParentRefs: []appv1.ResourceRef{
 			{
-				Group: "",
-				Kind:  "ConfigMap",
-				Name:  "cm-1",
+				Group:   "",
+				Kind:    "ConfigMap",
+				Version: "v1",
+				Name:    "cm-1",
 			},
 			{
-				Group: "",
-				Kind:  "ConfigMap",
-				Name:  "cm-2",
+				Group:   "",
+				Kind:    "ConfigMap",
+				Version: "v1",
+				Name:    "cm-2",
 			},
 		},
 		Info:            nil,