diff --git a/hacks/values/hydra-maester.yaml b/hacks/values/hydra-maester.yaml
index b171741fba..27b4f45a0a 100644
--- a/hacks/values/hydra-maester.yaml
+++ b/hacks/values/hydra-maester.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 adminService:
   name: hydra-admin.default
 deployment:
+  extraAnnotations:
+    ory.sh/deployment_annotation: hydra-maester
   podMetadata:
     labels:
       ory.sh/pod_label: hydra-maester
diff --git a/hacks/values/oathkeeper-maester.yaml b/hacks/values/oathkeeper-maester.yaml
index 64cdfac72b..e04582ed81 100644
--- a/hacks/values/oathkeeper-maester.yaml
+++ b/hacks/values/oathkeeper-maester.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # singleNamespaceMode: true
 priorityClassName: "system-cluster-critical"
 deployment:
+  annotations:
+    ory.sh/deployment_annotation: oathkeeper_maester
   podMetadata:
     labels:
       ory.sh/pod_label: oathkeeper_maester
@@ -9,4 +11,4 @@ deployment:
       ory.sh/pod_annotation: oathkeeper_maester
   serviceAccount:
     annotations:
-      ory.sh/pod_annotation: hydra-maester
+      ory.sh/pod_annotation: oathkeeper_maester
diff --git a/helm/charts/hydra-maester/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/charts/hydra-maester/templates/deployment.yaml
index 290f4a330a..acd559fc79 100644
--- a/helm/charts/hydra-maester/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/charts/hydra-maester/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ metadata:
     {{- with .Values.deployment.extraLabels }}
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.deployment.extraAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}
diff --git a/helm/charts/oathkeeper-maester/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/charts/oathkeeper-maester/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2702ba54dc..bdf4291d45 100644
--- a/helm/charts/oathkeeper-maester/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/charts/oathkeeper-maester/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ metadata:
     {{- with .Values.deployment.extraLabels }}
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
     {{- end }}
+  {{- with .Values.deployment.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
 spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
   revisionHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.revisionHistoryLimit }}