diff --git a/files/sanitization.go b/files/sanitization.go
index 33ff6d44..f1d7e138 100644
--- a/files/sanitization.go
+++ b/files/sanitization.go
@@ -258,3 +258,23 @@ func IsValidJson(data []byte) error {
 	var unMarshalled interface{}
 	return json.Unmarshal(data, &unMarshalled)
 }
+
+// StripLeadingComments removes leading comment lines (starting with #) and empty lines from YAML content.
+func StripLeadingComments(yamlContent []byte) []byte {
+	lines := strings.Split(string(yamlContent), "\n")
+
+	// Find the first non-comment, non-empty line
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		// Skip empty lines and comment lines
+		if trimmed == "" || strings.HasPrefix(trimmed, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Found the first non-comment, non-empty line, return the rest
+		result := strings.Join(lines[i:], "\n")
+		return []byte(result)
+	}
+
+	// All lines were comments or empty, return empty slice
+	return []byte{}
+}
diff --git a/generators/github/package.go b/generators/github/package.go
index 3bcb80ec..b7c42dc4 100644
--- a/generators/github/package.go
+++ b/generators/github/package.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/meshery/meshkit/files"
 	"github.com/meshery/meshkit/utils"
 	"github.com/meshery/meshkit/utils/component"
 	"github.com/meshery/meshkit/utils/kubernetes"
@@ -47,7 +48,9 @@ func (gp GitHubPackage) GenerateComponents(group string) ([]_component.Component
 	errs := []error{}
 
 	for _, crd := range manifestBytes {
-		resource := string(crd)
+		// Strip leading comments (like copyright headers) from each YAML document
+		cleanedCrd := files.StripLeadingComments(crd)
+		resource := string(cleanedCrd)
 		include, err := component.IncludeComponentBasedOnGroup(resource, group)
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -58,10 +61,10 @@ func (gp GitHubPackage) GenerateComponents(group string) ([]_component.Component
 			continue
 		}
 
-		isCrd := kubernetes.IsCRD(string(crd))
+		isCrd := kubernetes.IsCRD(resource)
 		if !isCrd {
 
-			comps, err := component.GenerateFromOpenAPI(string(crd), gp)
+			comps, err := component.GenerateFromOpenAPI(resource, gp)
 			if err != nil {
 				errs = append(errs, component.ErrGetSchema(err))
 				continue
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ func (gp GitHubPackage) GenerateComponents(group string) ([]_component.Component
 			components = append(components, comps...)
 		} else {
 
-			comp, err := component.Generate(string(crd))
+			comp, err := component.Generate(resource)
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
 			}