diff --git a/control-plane/config/post-install/500-post-install-job.yaml b/control-plane/config/post-install/500-post-install-job.yaml
index 22af233f62..ebcd304262 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/post-install/500-post-install-job.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/post-install/500-post-install-job.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: kafka-controller-post-install
         app.kubernetes.io/version: devel
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
       annotations:
         sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
     spec:
diff --git a/control-plane/config/post-install/500-storage-version-migrator.yaml b/control-plane/config/post-install/500-storage-version-migrator.yaml
index 42903ca4ad..5ab9c39c2d 100644
--- a/control-plane/config/post-install/500-storage-version-migrator.yaml
+++ b/control-plane/config/post-install/500-storage-version-migrator.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: "knative-kafka-storage-version-migrator"
         app.kubernetes.io/version: devel
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
       annotations:
         sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
     spec:
diff --git a/test/config/monitoring.yaml b/test/config/monitoring.yaml
index 9d9ec3dbdd..ca52448411 100644
--- a/test/config/monitoring.yaml
+++ b/test/config/monitoring.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: zipkin
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
       annotations:
         sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
     spec: