diff --git a/config/v1/types_infrastructure.go b/config/v1/types_infrastructure.go
index 208d58ef4ba..bf6c7680e47 100644
--- a/config/v1/types_infrastructure.go
+++ b/config/v1/types_infrastructure.go
@@ -1192,7 +1192,6 @@ type VSpherePlatformFailureDomainSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:MinLength=1
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:MaxLength=80
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Required
-	// +optional
 	Zone string `json:"zone"`
 
 	// zoneType defines the type of zone that is used for this failure domain. The current available options
diff --git a/machine/v1beta1/types_vsphereprovider.go b/machine/v1beta1/types_vsphereprovider.go
index b7269319829..4f3af12a240 100644
--- a/machine/v1beta1/types_vsphereprovider.go
+++ b/machine/v1beta1/types_vsphereprovider.go
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ type Workspace struct {
 	// ResourcePool is the resource pool in which VMs are created/located.
 	// +optional
 	ResourcePool string `gcfg:"resourcepool-path,omitempty" json:"resourcePool,omitempty"`
+	// VMGroup is the cluster vm group in which virtual machines will be added for vm host group based zonal.
+	// +optional
+	VMGroup string `gcfg:"vmGroup,omitempty" json:"vmGroup,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // VSphereMachineProviderStatus is the type that will be embedded in a Machine.Status.ProviderStatus field.
diff --git a/machine/v1beta1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go b/machine/v1beta1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
index 5bba232bf7f..3c4cb90eb40 100644
--- a/machine/v1beta1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
+++ b/machine/v1beta1/zz_generated.swagger_doc_generated.go
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ var map_Workspace = map[string]string{
 	"folder":       "Folder is the folder in which VMs are created/located.",
 	"datastore":    "Datastore is the datastore in which VMs are created/located.",
 	"resourcePool": "ResourcePool is the resource pool in which VMs are created/located.",
+	"vmGroup":      "VMGroup is the cluster vm group in which virtual machines will be added for vm host group based zonal.",
 }
 
 func (Workspace) SwaggerDoc() map[string]string {
diff --git a/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 4a2fa6529ea..95f478fc1fd 100644
--- a/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -19455,7 +19455,7 @@ func schema_openshift_api_config_v1_VSpherePlatformFailureDomainSpec(ref common.
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				Required: []string{"name", "region", "server", "topology"},
+				Required: []string{"name", "region", "zone", "server", "topology"},
 			},
 		},
 		Dependencies: []string{
@@ -38765,6 +38765,13 @@ func schema_openshift_api_machine_v1beta1_Workspace(ref common.ReferenceCallback
 							Format:      "",
 						},
 					},
+					"vmGroup": {
+						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
+							Description: "VMGroup is the cluster vm group in which virtual machines will be added for vm host group based zonal.",
+							Type:        []string{"string"},
+							Format:      "",
+						},
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/openapi/openapi.json b/openapi/openapi.json
index 14386996edd..6db13c756ec 100644
--- a/openapi/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi/openapi.json
@@ -10543,6 +10543,7 @@
       "required": [
         "name",
         "region",
+        "zone",
         "server",
         "topology"
       ],
@@ -22387,6 +22388,10 @@
         "server": {
           "description": "Server is the IP address or FQDN of the vSphere endpoint.",
           "type": "string"
+        },
+        "vmGroup": {
+          "description": "VMGroup is the cluster vm group in which virtual machines will be added for vm host group based zonal.",
+          "type": "string"
         }
       }
     },