diff --git a/kube-derive/Cargo.toml b/kube-derive/Cargo.toml
index 9e1492fda..19fc847d6 100644
--- a/kube-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kube-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ proc-macro2 = "1.0.29"
 quote = "1.0.10"
 syn = { version = "1.0.80", features = ["extra-traits"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.68"
-darling = "0.13.0"
+darling = "0.14.0"
 
 [lib]
 proc-macro = true
diff --git a/kube-derive/src/custom_resource.rs b/kube-derive/src/custom_resource.rs
index 80aa4b19c..4df9dd7e6 100644
--- a/kube-derive/src/custom_resource.rs
+++ b/kube-derive/src/custom_resource.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ struct KubeAttrs {
     group: String,
     version: String,
     kind: String,
-    #[darling(default, rename = "struct")]
+    #[darling(rename = "struct")]
     kind_struct: Option<String>,
     /// lowercase plural of kind (inferred if omitted)
-    #[darling(default)]
     plural: Option<String>,
     /// singular defaults to lowercased kind
-    #[darling(default)]
     singular: Option<String>,
     #[darling(default)]
     namespaced: bool,
@@ -23,9 +21,7 @@ struct KubeAttrs {
     apiextensions: String,
     #[darling(multiple, rename = "derive")]
     derives: Vec<String>,
-    #[darling(default)]
     schema: Option<SchemaMode>,
-    #[darling(default)]
     status: Option<String>,
     #[darling(multiple, rename = "category")]
     categories: Vec<String>,
@@ -33,7 +29,6 @@ struct KubeAttrs {
     shortnames: Vec<String>,
     #[darling(multiple, rename = "printcolumn")]
     printcolums: Vec<String>,
-    #[darling(default)]
     scale: Option<String>,
     #[darling(default)]
     crates: Crates,