diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index c53463e5d00..7f28c5d9bdb 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ func init() {
 	viper.SetDefault(intctrlutil.FeatureGateEnableRuntimeMetrics, false)
 	viper.SetDefault(constant.CfgKBReconcileWorkers, 8)
 	viper.SetDefault(constant.FeatureGateIgnoreConfigTemplateDefaultMode, false)
+	viper.SetDefault(constant.FeatureGateComponentReplicasAnnotation, true)
 }
 
 type flagName string
diff --git a/deploy/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index 5d5e7d74156..f603fc178ba 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ spec:
             - name: IGNORE_POD_VERTICAL_SCALING
               value: "true"
             {{- end }}
+            - name: COMPONENT_REPLICAS_ANNOTATION
+              value: {{ .Values.featureGates.componentReplicasAnnotation.enabled | quote }}
           {{- with .Values.securityContext }}
           securityContext:
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/values.yaml
index ecaebb91e8c..f915a9eb105 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/values.yaml
@@ -1923,6 +1923,8 @@ featureGates:
     enabled: false
   ignorePodVerticalScaling:
     enabled: false
+  componentReplicasAnnotation:
+    enabled: true
 
 vmagent:
 
diff --git a/pkg/constant/flag.go b/pkg/constant/flag.go
index bc5ad76592b..d8859b525c8 100644
--- a/pkg/constant/flag.go
+++ b/pkg/constant/flag.go
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ const (
 
 	// HostNetworkAnnotationKey defines the feature gate to enable the host-network for specified components or shardings.
 	HostNetworkAnnotationKey = "kubeblocks.io/host-network"
+
+	// FeatureGateComponentReplicasAnnotation tells whether to add and update the annotation "component-replicas" to all pods of a Component
+	FeatureGateComponentReplicasAnnotation = "COMPONENT_REPLICAS_ANNOTATION"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/controller/factory/builder.go b/pkg/controller/factory/builder.go
index cca06192a2e..0aa5c50e06e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/factory/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/factory/builder.go
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ func BuildInstanceSet(synthesizedComp *component.SynthesizedComponent, component
 		synthesizedComp.Annotations,
 	)
 
-	replicasStr := strconv.Itoa(int(synthesizedComp.Replicas))
 	podBuilder := builder.NewPodBuilder("", "").
 		AddLabelsInMap(synthesizedComp.Labels).
 		AddLabelsInMap(labels).
@@ -88,8 +87,12 @@ func BuildInstanceSet(synthesizedComp *component.SynthesizedComponent, component
 		AddLabelsInMap(constant.GetAppVersionLabel(compDefName)).
 		AddLabelsInMap(synthesizedComp.UserDefinedLabels).
 		AddLabelsInMap(constant.GetClusterWellKnownLabels(clusterName)).
-		AddAnnotations(constant.ComponentReplicasAnnotationKey, replicasStr).
 		AddAnnotationsInMap(synthesizedComp.UserDefinedAnnotations)
+	if viper.GetBool(constant.FeatureGateComponentReplicasAnnotation) {
+		replicasStr := strconv.Itoa(int(synthesizedComp.Replicas))
+		podBuilder.AddAnnotations(constant.ComponentReplicasAnnotationKey, replicasStr)
+
+	}
 	template := corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 		ObjectMeta: podBuilder.GetObject().ObjectMeta,
 		Spec:       *synthesizedComp.PodSpec.DeepCopy(),