diff --git a/config/crd/bases/operator.kyma-project.io_nats.yaml b/config/crd/bases/operator.kyma-project.io_nats.yaml
index dc54fabb..4cc06168 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/operator.kyma-project.io_nats.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/operator.kyma-project.io_nats.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ metadata:
     controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.1
   creationTimestamp: null
   name: nats.operator.kyma-project.io
+  labels: {}
 spec:
   group: operator.kyma-project.io
   names:
diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
index 515012c7..bf23708f 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@ namespace: kyma-system
 namePrefix: nats-
 
 # Labels to add to all resources and selectors.
-#labels:
-#- includeSelectors: true
-#  pairs:
-#    someName: someValue
+labels:
+  - includeSelectors: false
+    pairs:
+      app.kubernetes.io/component: nats-manager
+      app.kubernetes.io/created-by: nats-manager
+      app.kubernetes.io/instance: nats-manager
+      app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: nats-manager
+      app.kubernetes.io/part-of: Kyma
+      control-plane: nats-manager
 
 resources:
 - ../crd
diff --git a/config/manager/manager.yaml b/config/manager/manager.yaml
index f9eb8fc7..ed3b6f37 100644
--- a/config/manager/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/manager.yaml
@@ -3,14 +3,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: manager
   namespace: system
-  labels:
-    control-plane: manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: deployment
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: nats-manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: nats-manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+  labels: {}
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
diff --git a/config/manager/priority-class.yaml b/config/manager/priority-class.yaml
index a7d1b0e3..08e158b3 100644
--- a/config/manager/priority-class.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/priority-class.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
 kind: PriorityClass
 metadata:
   name: manager-priority-class
+  labels: {}
 value: 2000000
 globalDefault: false
 description: "Scheduling priority of the NATS-Manager module. Must not be blocked by unschedulable user workloads."
diff --git a/config/rbac/role.yaml b/config/rbac/role.yaml
index b4259cd7..d68e8473 100644
--- a/config/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
+  labels: {}
   name: manager-role
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
diff --git a/config/rbac/role_binding.yaml b/config/rbac/role_binding.yaml
index fb992b8a..a814095b 100644
--- a/config/rbac/role_binding.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/role_binding.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: clusterrolebinding
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: manager-rolebinding
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
-    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: nats-manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: nats-manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+  labels: {}
   name: manager-rolebinding
 roleRef:
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/config/rbac/service_account.yaml b/config/rbac/service_account.yaml
index 2ab8640b..ecf46663 100644
--- a/config/rbac/service_account.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/service_account.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: serviceaccount
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: manager-sa
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
-    app.kubernetes.io/created-by: nats-manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: nats-manager
-    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: kustomize
+  labels: {}
   name: manager
   namespace: system
diff --git a/internal/controller/nats/integrationtests/validation/integration_test.go b/internal/controller/nats/integrationtests/validation/integration_test.go
index 1410a852..8749f06c 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nats/integrationtests/validation/integration_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/nats/integrationtests/validation/integration_test.go
@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ func Test_Validate_CreateNATS(t *testing.T) {
 // object in the K8s cluster, then tries to modify it with givenUpdates, and test the error that was caused by this
 // update, against a wantErrMsg.
 func Test_Validate_UpdateNATS(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name         string
 		givenNATS    *v1alpha1.NATS
@@ -303,7 +301,6 @@ func Test_Validate_UpdateNATS(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		tc := tc
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
 			g := gomega.NewGomegaWithT(t)
 
 			// given
diff --git a/pkg/manager/overrides_test.go b/pkg/manager/overrides_test.go
index 9775c0d4..fdf6999f 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/overrides_test.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/overrides_test.go
@@ -146,8 +146,14 @@ func Test_Overrides_Keys(t *testing.T) {
 		ResourceRequestsMemKey: "64Mi",
 		ResourceLimitsCPUKey:   "500m",
 		ResourceLimitsMemKey:   "1Gi",
-		CommonLabelsKey:        map[string]interface{}{},
-		CommonAnnotationsKey:   map[string]interface{}{},
+		CommonLabelsKey: map[string]interface{}{
+			"app.kubernetes.io/component":  "nats-manager",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/created-by": "nats-manager",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "nats-manager",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/part-of":    "nats-manager",
+			"control-plane":                "nats-manager",
+		},
+		CommonAnnotationsKey: map[string]interface{}{},
 	}
 
 	// run test cases
diff --git a/resources/nats/templates/_helpers.tpl b/resources/nats/templates/_helpers.tpl
index f1d6cbab..e2355fd0 100644
--- a/resources/nats/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/resources/nats/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ helm.sh/chart: {{ include "nats.chart" . }}
 {{- if .Chart.AppVersion }}
 app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
 {{- end }}
-app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
 {{- end }}
 
 {{/*
diff --git a/resources/nats/values.yaml b/resources/nats/values.yaml
index 41011b89..3407d504 100644
--- a/resources/nats/values.yaml
+++ b/resources/nats/values.yaml
@@ -316,7 +316,12 @@ appProtocol:
 k8sClusterDomain: cluster.local
 
 # Add labels to all the deployed resources
-commonLabels: {}
+commonLabels:
+  app.kubernetes.io/component: nats-manager
+  app.kubernetes.io/created-by: nats-manager
+  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: nats-manager
+  app.kubernetes.io/part-of: nats-manager
+  control-plane: nats-manager
 
 # Add annotations to all the deployed resources
 commonAnnotations: {}