diff --git a/helm/metadig-worker/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/metadig-worker/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2311658a..1b1b8376 100644
--- a/helm/metadig-worker/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/metadig-worker/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "metadig-worker.fullname" . }}
   labels:
-    app: metadig-worker
+    {{- include "metadig-worker.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
   replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
diff --git a/helm/metadig-worker/values.yaml b/helm/metadig-worker/values.yaml
index 40d60b9e..cede60de 100644
--- a/helm/metadig-worker/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/metadig-worker/values.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 replicaCount: 1
 
+labels:
+  app: metadig-worker
+
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/nceas/metadig-worker
   pullPolicy: Always