diff --git a/pkg/controller/planexecution/planexecution_controller.go b/pkg/controller/planexecution/planexecution_controller.go
index 758f025ba..039353fb8 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/planexecution/planexecution_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/planexecution/planexecution_controller.go
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ func (r *ReconcilePlanExecution) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile
 						CommonLabels: map[string]string{
 							"heritage": "kudo",
 							"app":      operatorVersion.Spec.Operator.Name,
-							"version":  operatorVersion.Spec.Version,
 							"instance": instance.Name,
 						},
 						CommonAnnotations: map[string]string{
@@ -399,6 +398,7 @@ func (r *ReconcilePlanExecution) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile
 							"plan":          planExecution.Spec.PlanName,
 							"phase":         phase.Name,
 							"step":          step.Name,
+							"version":       operatorVersion.Spec.Version,
 						},
 						GeneratorOptions: &ktypes.GeneratorOptions{
 							DisableNameSuffixHash: true,
diff --git a/test/integration/patch/00-assert.yaml b/test/integration/patch/00-assert.yaml
index 0830dc912..9bb11a4e0 100644
--- a/test/integration/patch/00-assert.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/patch/00-assert.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: toy1-my-service
   labels:
     app: "toy"
-    version: "1.0.0"
     instance: "toy1"
   annotations:
     plan: "deploy"
diff --git a/test/integration/patch/01-assert.yaml b/test/integration/patch/01-assert.yaml
index c6b184f84..cf4b8f7c9 100644
--- a/test/integration/patch/01-assert.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/patch/01-assert.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: toy1-my-service
   labels:
     app: "toy"
-    version: "1.0.0"
     instance: "toy1"
   annotations:
     plan: "scale"