diff --git a/pkg/validator/validator.go b/pkg/validator/validator.go
index 0af7840..3931d06 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/validator.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/validator.go
@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ type Opts struct {
 func New(schemaLocations []string, opts Opts) (Validator, error) {
 	// Default to our kubernetes-json-schema fork
 	// raw.githubusercontent.com is frontend by Fastly and very fast
+	defaultLocationsUsed := false
 	if len(schemaLocations) == 0 {
 		schemaLocations = []string{"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yannh/kubernetes-json-schema/master/{{ .NormalizedKubernetesVersion }}-standalone{{ .StrictSuffix }}/{{ .ResourceKind }}{{ .KindSuffix }}.json"}
+		defaultLocationsUsed = true
 	}
 
 	registries := []registry.Registry{}
@@ -96,14 +98,17 @@ func New(schemaLocations []string, opts Opts) (Validator, error) {
 		opts.StrictExceptions = map[string]struct{}{}
 	}
 	if len(opts.StrictExceptions) == 0 {
+		// If no strict exceptions are specified, we add the metadata field
+		// as it is mostly not autogenerated in the OpenAPI schemas generated from CRDs
 		opts.StrictExceptions["metadata"] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
 	return &v{
-		opts:           opts,
-		schemaDownload: downloadSchema,
-		schemaCache:    cache.NewInMemoryCache(),
-		regs:           registries,
+		opts:                 opts,
+		schemaDownload:       downloadSchema,
+		schemaCache:          cache.NewInMemoryCache(),
+		regs:                 registries,
+		defaultLocationsUsed: defaultLocationsUsed,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -140,10 +145,11 @@ func (val *v) setStrictSchema(schema *jsonschema.Schema, prefixPath string) {
 }
 
 type v struct {
-	opts           Opts
-	schemaCache    cache.Cache
-	schemaDownload func(registries []registry.Registry, kind, version, k8sVersion string) (*jsonschema.Schema, error)
-	regs           []registry.Registry
+	opts                 Opts
+	schemaCache          cache.Cache
+	schemaDownload       func(registries []registry.Registry, kind, version, k8sVersion string) (*jsonschema.Schema, error)
+	regs                 []registry.Registry
+	defaultLocationsUsed bool
 }
 
 // ValidateResource validates a single resource. This allows to validate
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ func (val *v) ValidateResource(res resource.Resource) Result {
 
 	// If strict mode is enabled, we set additionalProperties to false
 	// if not explicitly set in the schema
-	if val.opts.Strict {
+	if val.opts.Strict && !val.defaultLocationsUsed {
 		val.setStrictSchema(schema, "")
 	}
 	err = schema.Validate(r)