diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d36a5fd..e9981a9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.5.4 (2024-11-13)
+
+- NodeJS now uses correct input/output types for object metadata. (https://github.com/pulumi/crd2pulumi/issues/158)
 
 ## 1.5.3 (2024-09-30)
 
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/nodejs.go b/pkg/codegen/nodejs.go
index cce2c26..c82306b 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/nodejs.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/nodejs.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export type ObjectMetaPatch = k8s.types.input.meta.v1.ObjectMetaPatch;
 `
 
 func GenerateNodeJS(pg *PackageGenerator, name string) (map[string]*bytes.Buffer, error) {
-	pkg := pg.SchemaPackage()
+	pkg := pg.SchemaPackageWithObjectMetaType()
 	oldName := pkg.Name
 	pkg.Name = name
 
diff --git a/tests/crds_test.go b/tests/crds_test.go
index f94129a..f2171e9 100644
--- a/tests/crds_test.go
+++ b/tests/crds_test.go
@@ -259,6 +259,29 @@ func TestKubernetesVersionNodeJs(t *testing.T) {
 	execCrd2Pulumi(t, "nodejs", "crds/k8sversion/mock_crd.yaml", validateVersion)
 }
 
+func TestNodeJsObjectMeta(t *testing.T) {
+	validateVersion := func(t *testing.T, path string) {
+		// enter and build the generated package
+		withDir(t, path, func() {
+			runRequireNoError(t, exec.Command("npm", "install"))
+			runRequireNoError(t, exec.Command("npm", "run", "build"))
+
+			filename := filepath.Join(path, "k8sversion", "test", "testResource.ts")
+			t.Logf("validating objectmeta type in %s", filename)
+
+			testResource, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expected to read generated NodeJS code: %s", err)
+			}
+
+			assert.Contains(t, string(testResource), "public readonly metadata!: pulumi.Output<outputs.meta.v1.ObjectMeta>;", "expected metadata output type")
+			assert.Contains(t, string(testResource), "metadata?: pulumi.Input<inputs.meta.v1.ObjectMeta>;", "expected metadata input type")
+		})
+	}
+
+	execCrd2Pulumi(t, "nodejs", "crds/k8sversion/mock_crd.yaml", validateVersion)
+}
+
 func withDir(t *testing.T, dir string, f func()) {
 	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	require.NoError(t, err)