diff --git a/internal/api/hcpopenshiftclusternodepool.go b/internal/api/hcpopenshiftclusternodepool.go
index f827d5e82..acf6ef89b 100644
--- a/internal/api/hcpopenshiftclusternodepool.go
+++ b/internal/api/hcpopenshiftclusternodepool.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type HCPOpenShiftClusterNodePoolProperties struct {
 	AutoRepair        bool                    `json:"autoRepair,omitempty" visibility:"read create"`
 	AutoScaling       *NodePoolAutoScaling    `json:"autoScaling,omitempty" visibility:"read create update"`
 	Labels            map[string]string       `json:"labels,omitempty" visibility:"read create update"`
-	Taints            []*Taint                `json:"taints,omitempty" visibility:"read create update"`
+	Taints            []*Taint                `json:"taints,omitempty" visibility:"read create update"   validate:"dive"`
 	TuningConfigs     []string                `json:"tuningConfigs,omitempty" visibility:"read create update"`
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/api/v20240610preview/nodepools_methods.go b/internal/api/v20240610preview/nodepools_methods.go
index a418acf27..08606dbc0 100644
--- a/internal/api/v20240610preview/nodepools_methods.go
+++ b/internal/api/v20240610preview/nodepools_methods.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func (h *HcpOpenShiftClusterNodePoolResource) Normalize(out *api.HCPOpenShiftClu
 			normalizeNodePoolPlatform(h.Properties.Platform, &out.Properties.Platform)
 		}
 		if h.Properties.AutoScaling != nil {
+			out.Properties.AutoScaling = &api.NodePoolAutoScaling{}
 			if h.Properties.AutoScaling.Max != nil {
 				out.Properties.AutoScaling.Max = *h.Properties.AutoScaling.Max
 			}