diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
index 95a506bb939..3ba37edaeda 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ keywords:
 - prometheus
 - kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 3.5.0
+version: 3.5.1
 appVersion: 2.2.0
 home: https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
index a4c4c0b226b..d7afe45725b 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.metricLabelsAllowlist }}
         - --metric-labels-allowlist={{ .Values.metricLabelsAllowlist | join "," }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.metricAnnotationsAllowList }}
+        - --metric-annotations-allowlist={{ .Values.metricAnnotationsAllowList | join "," }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.metricAllowlist }}
         - --metric-allowlist={{ .Values.metricAllowlist | join "," }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
index 86e3d77ef78..72cdc8e8841 100644
--- a/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kube-state-metrics/values.yaml
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ metricDenylist: []
 metricLabelsAllowlist: []
   # - namespaces=[k8s-label-1,k8s-label-n]
 
+# Comma-separated list of Kubernetes annotations keys that will be used in the resource'
+# labels metric. By default the metric contains only name and namespace labels.
+# To include additional annotations provide a list of resource names in their plural form and Kubernetes
+# annotation keys you would like to allow for them (Example: '=namespaces=[kubernetes.io/team,...],pods=[kubernetes.io/team],...)'.
+# A single '*' can be provided per resource instead to allow any annotations, but that has
+# severe performance implications (Example: '=pods=[*]').
+metricAnnotationsAllowList: []
+  # - pods=[k8s-annotation-1,k8s-annotation-n]
+
 # Available collectors for kube-state-metrics.
 # By default, all available resources are enabled, comment out to disable.
 collectors: