diff --git a/charts/rancher-turtles/templates/rancher-turtles-components.yaml b/charts/rancher-turtles/templates/rancher-turtles-components.yaml
index e8ee40a19..93645521f 100644
--- a/charts/rancher-turtles/templates/rancher-turtles-components.yaml
+++ b/charts/rancher-turtles/templates/rancher-turtles-components.yaml
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ rules:
   - get
   - list
   - watch
+  - create
 - apiGroups:
   - provisioning.cattle.io
   resources:
diff --git a/config/rbac/role.yaml b/config/rbac/role.yaml
index 367aa310a..0792eed1e 100644
--- a/config/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ rules:
   - get
   - list
   - watch
+  - create
 - apiGroups:
   - provisioning.cattle.io
   resources:
diff --git a/internal/controllers/import_controller.go b/internal/controllers/import_controller.go
index 3adcc7987..7a533e156 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/import_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/import_controller.go
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ const (
 	importLabelName = "cluster-api.cattle.io/rancher-auto-import"
 	ownedLabelName  = "cluster-api.cattle.io/owned"
 
-	defaultRequeueDuration       = 1 * time.Minute
-	clusterRegistrationTokenName = "default-token"
+	defaultRequeueDuration = 1 * time.Minute
 )
 
 // CAPIImportReconciler represents a reconciler for importing CAPI clusters in Rancher.
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ func (r *CAPIImportReconciler) reconcileNormal(ctx context.Context, capiCluster
 	}
 
 	// get the registration manifest
-	manifest, err := r.getClusterRegistrationManifest(ctx, rancherCluster.Status.ClusterName)
+	manifest, err := r.getClusterRegistrationManifest(ctx, rancherCluster.Status.ClusterName, capiCluster.Namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
@@ -318,13 +317,18 @@ func (r *CAPIImportReconciler) reconcileDelete(ctx context.Context, capiCluster
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
-func (r *CAPIImportReconciler) getClusterRegistrationManifest(ctx context.Context, clusterName string) (string, error) {
+func (r *CAPIImportReconciler) getClusterRegistrationManifest(ctx context.Context, clusterName, namespace string) (string, error) {
 	log := log.FromContext(ctx)
 
-	token := &managementv3.ClusterRegistrationToken{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-		Name:      clusterRegistrationTokenName,
-		Namespace: clusterName,
-	}}
+	token := &managementv3.ClusterRegistrationToken{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      clusterName,
+			Namespace: namespace,
+		},
+		Spec: managementv3.ClusterRegistrationTokenSpec{
+			ClusterName: clusterName,
+		},
+	}
 	err := r.RancherClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(token), token)
 
 	if client.IgnoreNotFound(err) != nil {
diff --git a/internal/rancher/management/v3/clusterregistrationtoken.go b/internal/rancher/management/v3/clusterregistrationtoken.go
index ce5177d02..9db80257d 100644
--- a/internal/rancher/management/v3/clusterregistrationtoken.go
+++ b/internal/rancher/management/v3/clusterregistrationtoken.go
@@ -11,9 +11,16 @@ type ClusterRegistrationToken struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta   `json:",inline"`
 	metav1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
 
+	Spec ClusterRegistrationTokenSpec `json:"spec"`
+
 	Status ClusterRegistrationTokenStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// ClusterRegistrationTokenSpec is the struct representing the spec of a Rancher ClusterRegistrationToken.
+type ClusterRegistrationTokenSpec struct {
+	ClusterName string `json:"clusterName"`
+}
+
 // ClusterRegistrationTokenStatus is the struct representing the status of a Rancher ClusterRegistrationToken.
 type ClusterRegistrationTokenStatus struct {
 	ManifestURL string `json:"manifestUrl"`