diff --git a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/autoscalingrunnerset.yaml b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/autoscalingrunnerset.yaml
index 715e7ad4..34fd73e5 100644
--- a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/autoscalingrunnerset.yaml
+++ b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/autoscalingrunnerset.yaml
@@ -11,23 +11,42 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.scale-set-name" . | replace "_" "-" }}
   namespace: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.namespace" . }}
   labels:
+    {{- $base := include "gha-runner-scale-set.labels" . | fromYaml }}
+    {{- $extra := dict "app.kubernetes.io/component" "" }}
+    {{- $reserved := merge $base $extra }}
     {{- with .Values.labels }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasKey $reserved $k) (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/" $k)) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if $hasCustomResourceMeta }}
     {{- with .Values.resourceMeta.autoscalingRunnerSet.labels }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasKey $reserved $k) (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/" $k)) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     app.kubernetes.io/component: "autoscaling-runner-set"
     {{- include "gha-runner-scale-set.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
   annotations:
     {{- with .Values.annotations }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/cleanup-" $k) (eq $k "actions.github.com/values-hash")) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if $hasCustomResourceMeta }}
     {{- with .Values.resourceMeta.autoscalingRunnerSet.annotations }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/cleanup-" $k) (eq $k "actions.github.com/values-hash")) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     actions.github.com/values-hash: {{ toJson .Values | sha256sum | trunc 63 }}
diff --git a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/githubsecret.yaml b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/githubsecret.yaml
index a9cae74f..b581c5c3 100644
--- a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/githubsecret.yaml
+++ b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/githubsecret.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.githubsecret" . }}
   namespace: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.namespace" . }}
   labels:
+    {{- $base := include "gha-runner-scale-set.labels" . | fromYaml }}
+    {{- $extra := dict "app.kubernetes.io/component" "" }}
+    {{- $reserved := merge $base $extra }}
     {{- with .Values.labels }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasKey $reserved $k) (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/" $k)) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if $hasCustomResourceMeta }}
     {{- with .Values.resourceMeta.githubConfigSecret.labels }}
diff --git a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role.yaml b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role.yaml
index 038307c1..753014e7 100644
--- a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role.yaml
+++ b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.kubeModeRoleName" . }}
   namespace: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.namespace" . }}
   labels:
+    {{- $base := include "gha-runner-scale-set.labels" . | fromYaml }}
+    {{- $extra := dict "app.kubernetes.io/component" "" }}
+    {{- $reserved := merge $base $extra }}
     {{- with .Values.labels }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasKey $reserved $k) (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/" $k)) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if $hasCustomResourceMeta }}
     {{- with .Values.resourceMeta.kubernetesModeRole.labels }}
diff --git a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role_binding.yaml b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role_binding.yaml
index a4416890..3d899a6e 100644
--- a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role_binding.yaml
+++ b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_role_binding.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.kubeModeRoleBindingName" . }}
   namespace: {{ include "gha-runner-scale-set.namespace" . }}
   labels:
+    {{- $base := include "gha-runner-scale-set.labels" . | fromYaml }}
+    {{- $extra := dict "app.kubernetes.io/component" "" }}
+    {{- $reserved := merge $base $extra }}
     {{- with .Values.labels }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasKey $reserved $k) (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/" $k)) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if $hasCustomResourceMeta }}
     {{- with .Values.resourceMeta.kubernetesModeRoleBinding.labels }}
diff --git a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_serviceaccount.yaml
index 5286ff50..0cdd6f91 100644
--- a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/kube_mode_serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ metadata:
     {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
   labels:
+    {{- $base := include "gha-runner-scale-set.labels" . | fromYaml }}
+    {{- $extra := dict "app.kubernetes.io/component" "" }}
+    {{- $reserved := merge $base $extra }}
     {{- with .Values.labels }}
-    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- range $k, $v := . }}
+    {{- if not (or (hasKey $reserved $k) (hasPrefix "actions.github.com/" $k)) }}
+    {{ $k }}: {{ $v | quote }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if $hasCustomResourceMeta }}
     {{- with .Values.resourceMeta.kubernetesModeServiceAccount.labels }}