diff --git a/.github/workflows/codegen.yml b/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
index ade666c32..7021cff76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.22"
 
+      - name: post-process checkout - copy to github.com
+        run: |
+          # copy to the github.com path so codegen will work as expected
+          mkdir -p $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/rook/rook/
+          cp -R . $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/rook/rook/
+
       - name: run codegen
-        run: GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH) make codegen
+        run: |
+          cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/rook/rook
+          GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH) make codegen
 
       - name: validate codegen
-        run: tests/scripts/validate_modified_files.sh codegen
+        run: |
+          # run validation again, explicitly.
+          # it is also part of 'make codegen'
+          cd $(go env GOPATH)/src/github.com/rook/rook
+          tests/scripts/validate_modified_files.sh codegen
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index bd6bf6821..af7b0b888 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1011,6 +1011,22 @@ func (in *CephDaemonsVersions) DeepCopy() *CephDaemonsVersions {
 	return out
 }
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *CephExporterSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *CephExporterSpec) {
+	*out = *in
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new CephExporterSpec.
+func (in *CephExporterSpec) DeepCopy() *CephExporterSpec {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(CephExporterSpec)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *CephFilesystem) DeepCopyInto(out *CephFilesystem) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -3249,6 +3265,11 @@ func (in *MonitoringSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *MonitoringSpec) {
 		*out = new(metav1.Duration)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.Exporter != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Exporter, &out.Exporter
+		*out = new(CephExporterSpec)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }