diff --git a/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go b/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go
index ad79f728b..b92fa1f4f 100644
--- a/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go
+++ b/probe/kubernetes/reporter.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var (
 	DeploymentMetadataTemplates = report.MetadataTemplates{
 		Namespace:          {ID: Namespace, Label: "Namespace", From: report.FromLatest, Priority: 2},
 		Created:            {ID: Created, Label: "Created", From: report.FromLatest, Datatype: "datetime", Priority: 3},
-		ObservedGeneration: {ID: ObservedGeneration, Label: "Observed Gen.", From: report.FromLatest, Priority: 4},
+		ObservedGeneration: {ID: ObservedGeneration, Label: "Observed Gen.", From: report.FromLatest, Datatype: "number", Priority: 4},
 		DesiredReplicas:    {ID: DesiredReplicas, Label: "Desired Replicas", From: report.FromLatest, Datatype: "number", Priority: 5},
 		report.Pod:         {ID: report.Pod, Label: "# Pods", From: report.FromCounters, Datatype: "number", Priority: 6},
 		Strategy:           {ID: Strategy, Label: "Strategy", From: report.FromLatest, Priority: 7},
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ var (
 	ReplicaSetMetadataTemplates = report.MetadataTemplates{
 		Namespace:          {ID: Namespace, Label: "Namespace", From: report.FromLatest, Priority: 2},
 		Created:            {ID: Created, Label: "Created", From: report.FromLatest, Datatype: "datetime", Priority: 3},
-		ObservedGeneration: {ID: ObservedGeneration, Label: "Observed Gen.", From: report.FromLatest, Priority: 4},
+		ObservedGeneration: {ID: ObservedGeneration, Label: "Observed Gen.", From: report.FromLatest, Datatype: "number", Priority: 4},
 		DesiredReplicas:    {ID: DesiredReplicas, Label: "Desired Replicas", From: report.FromLatest, Datatype: "number", Priority: 5},
 		report.Pod:         {ID: report.Pod, Label: "# Pods", From: report.FromCounters, Datatype: "number", Priority: 6},
 	}