diff --git a/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.v1beta1.yaml b/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.v1beta1.yaml
index 10e7c581f..20da1a50e 100644
--- a/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.v1beta1.yaml
+++ b/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.v1beta1.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ spec:
     kind: DevWorkspaceTemplate
     listKind: DevWorkspaceTemplateList
     plural: devworkspacetemplates
+    shortNames:
+    - dwt
     singular: devworkspacetemplate
   preserveUnknownFields: false
   scope: Namespaced
diff --git a/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.yaml b/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.yaml
index 4fe96fed8..c33d8240f 100644
--- a/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.yaml
+++ b/crds/workspace.devfile.io_devworkspacetemplates.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ spec:
     kind: DevWorkspaceTemplate
     listKind: DevWorkspaceTemplateList
     plural: devworkspacetemplates
+    shortNames:
+    - dwt
     singular: devworkspacetemplate
   scope: Namespaced
   versions:
diff --git a/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha1/devworkspacetemplate_types.go b/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha1/devworkspacetemplate_types.go
index c0954608b..de04c7b17 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha1/devworkspacetemplate_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha1/devworkspacetemplate_types.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 // DevWorkspaceTemplate is the Schema for the devworkspacetemplates API
 // +k8s:openapi-gen=true
-// +kubebuilder:resource:path=devworkspacetemplates,scope=Namespaced
+// +kubebuilder:resource:path=devworkspacetemplates,scope=Namespaced,shortName=dwt
 type DevWorkspaceTemplate struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
 	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha2/devworkspacetemplate_types.go b/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha2/devworkspacetemplate_types.go
index 517e41f5c..e7c31813e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha2/devworkspacetemplate_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/workspaces/v1alpha2/devworkspacetemplate_types.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // DevWorkspaceTemplate is the Schema for the devworkspacetemplates API
-// +kubebuilder:resource:path=devworkspacetemplates,scope=Namespaced
+// +kubebuilder:resource:path=devworkspacetemplates,scope=Namespaced,shortName=dwt
 // +devfile:jsonschema:generate
 // +kubebuilder:storageversion
 type DevWorkspaceTemplate struct {