diff --git a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver.go b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver.go
index 337cbb686a2a5..c7a97ae1cc962 100644
--- a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver.go
+++ b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver.go
@@ -180,12 +180,6 @@ func validateTLSSecurityProfileType(fieldPath *field.Path, profile *configv1.TLS
 
 	errs := field.ErrorList{}
 
-	availableTypes := []string{
-		string(configv1.TLSProfileOldType),
-		string(configv1.TLSProfileIntermediateType),
-		string(configv1.TLSProfileCustomType),
-	}
-
 	switch profile.Type {
 	case "":
 		if profile.Old != nil || profile.Intermediate != nil || profile.Modern != nil || profile.Custom != nil {
@@ -200,13 +194,15 @@ func validateTLSSecurityProfileType(fieldPath *field.Path, profile *configv1.TLS
 			errs = append(errs, field.Required(fieldPath.Child("intermediate"), fmt.Sprintf(typeProfileMismatchFmt, profile.Type)))
 		}
 	case configv1.TLSProfileModernType:
-		errs = append(errs, field.NotSupported(fieldPath.Child("type"), profile.Type, availableTypes))
+		if profile.Modern == nil {
+			errs = append(errs, field.Required(fieldPath.Child("modern"), fmt.Sprintf(typeProfileMismatchFmt, profile.Type)))
+		}
 	case configv1.TLSProfileCustomType:
 		if profile.Custom == nil {
 			errs = append(errs, field.Required(fieldPath.Child("custom"), fmt.Sprintf(typeProfileMismatchFmt, profile.Type)))
 		}
 	default:
-		errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(typePath, profile.Type, fmt.Sprintf("unknown type, valid values are: %v", availableTypes)))
+		errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(typePath, profile.Type, fmt.Sprintf("unknown type, valid values are: [Old Intermediate Modern Custom]")))
 	}
 
 	return errs
@@ -215,6 +211,13 @@ func validateTLSSecurityProfileType(fieldPath *field.Path, profile *configv1.TLS
 func validateCipherSuites(fieldPath *field.Path, suites []string, version configv1.TLSProtocolVersion) field.ErrorList {
 	errs := field.ErrorList{}
 
+	if version == configv1.VersionTLS13 {
+		if len(suites) != 0 {
+			errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(fieldPath, suites, "TLS 1.3 cipher suites are not configurable"))
+		}
+		return errs
+	}
+
 	if ianaSuites := libgocrypto.OpenSSLToIANACipherSuites(suites); len(ianaSuites) == 0 {
 		errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(fieldPath, suites, "no supported cipher suite found"))
 	}
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ func validateCipherSuites(fieldPath *field.Path, suites []string, version config
 	// configuration to return an error when http2 required cipher suites aren't
 	// provided.
 	// See: go/x/net/http2.ConfigureServer for futher information.
-	if version < configv1.VersionTLS13 && !haveRequiredHTTP2CipherSuites(suites) {
+	if !haveRequiredHTTP2CipherSuites(suites) {
 		errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(fieldPath, suites, "http2: TLSConfig.CipherSuites is missing an HTTP/2-required AES_128_GCM_SHA256 cipher (need at least one of ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 or ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256)"))
 	}
 
@@ -246,14 +249,8 @@ func haveRequiredHTTP2CipherSuites(suites []string) bool {
 
 func validateMinTLSVersion(fieldPath *field.Path, version configv1.TLSProtocolVersion) field.ErrorList {
 	errs := field.ErrorList{}
-
-	if version == configv1.VersionTLS13 {
-		return append(errs, field.NotSupported(fieldPath, version, []string{string(configv1.VersionTLS10), string(configv1.VersionTLS11), string(configv1.VersionTLS12)}))
-	}
-
 	if _, err := libgocrypto.TLSVersion(string(version)); err != nil {
 		errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(fieldPath, version, err.Error()))
 	}
-
 	return errs
 }
diff --git a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver_test.go b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver_test.go
index 54c072363c823..380aa0d4cb1b9 100644
--- a/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver_test.go
+++ b/openshift-kube-apiserver/admission/customresourcevalidation/apiserver/validate_apiserver_test.go
@@ -144,19 +144,12 @@ func Test_validateTLSSecurityProfile(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "modern type - currently unsupported",
+			name: "modern type - supported",
 			profile: &configv1.TLSSecurityProfile{
 				Type:   configv1.TLSProfileModernType,
 				Modern: &configv1.ModernTLSProfile{},
 			},
-			want: field.ErrorList{
-				field.NotSupported(rootFieldPath.Child("type"), configv1.TLSProfileModernType,
-					[]string{
-						string(configv1.TLSProfileOldType),
-						string(configv1.TLSProfileIntermediateType),
-						string(configv1.TLSProfileCustomType),
-					}),
-			},
+			want: field.ErrorList{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "unknown type",
@@ -164,7 +157,7 @@ func Test_validateTLSSecurityProfile(t *testing.T) {
 				Type: "something",
 			},
 			want: field.ErrorList{
-				field.Invalid(rootFieldPath.Child("type"), "something", "unknown type, valid values are: [Old Intermediate Custom]"),
+				field.Invalid(rootFieldPath.Child("type"), "something", "unknown type, valid values are: [Old Intermediate Modern Custom]"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -212,19 +205,16 @@ func Test_validateTLSSecurityProfile(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "min tls 1.3 - currently unsupported",
+			name: "min tls 1.3 - supported",
 			profile: &configv1.TLSSecurityProfile{
 				Type: "Custom",
 				Custom: &configv1.CustomTLSProfile{
 					TLSProfileSpec: configv1.TLSProfileSpec{
-						Ciphers:       []string{"ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305"},
 						MinTLSVersion: configv1.VersionTLS13,
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			want: field.ErrorList{
-				field.NotSupported(rootFieldPath.Child("custom", "minTLSVersion"), configv1.VersionTLS13, []string{string(configv1.VersionTLS10), string(configv1.VersionTLS11), string(configv1.VersionTLS12)}),
-			},
+			want: field.ErrorList{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "custom profile missing required http2 ciphers",
@@ -246,6 +236,19 @@ func Test_validateTLSSecurityProfile(t *testing.T) {
 				field.Invalid(rootFieldPath.Child("custom", "ciphers"), []string{"ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305"}, "http2: TLSConfig.CipherSuites is missing an HTTP/2-required AES_128_GCM_SHA256 cipher (need at least one of ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 or ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256)"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "custom profile required http2 ciphers tls 1.3",
+			profile: &configv1.TLSSecurityProfile{
+				Type: "Custom",
+				Custom: &configv1.CustomTLSProfile{
+					TLSProfileSpec: configv1.TLSProfileSpec{
+						Ciphers:       []string{},
+						MinTLSVersion: configv1.VersionTLS13,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: field.ErrorList{},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "custom profile with one required http2 ciphers",
 			profile: &configv1.TLSSecurityProfile{
@@ -265,6 +268,21 @@ func Test_validateTLSSecurityProfile(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: field.ErrorList{},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "custom profile min tls 1.3 cannot customize",
+			profile: &configv1.TLSSecurityProfile{
+				Type: "Custom",
+				Custom: &configv1.CustomTLSProfile{
+					TLSProfileSpec: configv1.TLSProfileSpec{
+						Ciphers:       []string{"TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256"},
+						MinTLSVersion: configv1.VersionTLS13,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: field.ErrorList{
+				field.Invalid(rootFieldPath.Child("custom", "ciphers"), []string{"TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256"}, "TLS 1.3 cipher suites are not configurable"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {