diff --git a/apis/appmesh/v1beta2/virtualrouter_types.go b/apis/appmesh/v1beta2/virtualrouter_types.go
index 8a12a5d0..12f8cde5 100644
--- a/apis/appmesh/v1beta2/virtualrouter_types.go
+++ b/apis/appmesh/v1beta2/virtualrouter_types.go
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ type GRPCRoute struct {
 // Route refers to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/app-mesh/latest/APIReference/API_RouteSpec.html
 type Route struct {
 	// Route's name
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:MinLength=1
+	// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxLength=255
 	Name string `json:"name"`
 	// An object that represents the specification of a gRPC route.
 	// +optional
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/appmesh.k8s.aws_virtualrouters.yaml b/config/crd/bases/appmesh.k8s.aws_virtualrouters.yaml
index c8e7b05b..0ad39901 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/appmesh.k8s.aws_virtualrouters.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/appmesh.k8s.aws_virtualrouters.yaml
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ spec:
                       type: object
                     name:
                       description: Route's name
+                      maxLength: 255
+                      minLength: 1
                       type: string
                     priority:
                       description: The priority for the route.
diff --git a/config/helm/appmesh-controller/crds/crds.yaml b/config/helm/appmesh-controller/crds/crds.yaml
index 90537e32..6ff59e4d 100644
--- a/config/helm/appmesh-controller/crds/crds.yaml
+++ b/config/helm/appmesh-controller/crds/crds.yaml
@@ -3813,6 +3813,8 @@ spec:
                       type: object
                     name:
                       description: Route's name
+                      maxLength: 255
+                      minLength: 1
                       type: string
                     priority:
                       description: The priority for the route.