diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 52fbfeb17..83707a0bc 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generatePodTemplate(
 
 	template := v1.PodTemplateSpec{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Labels:    c.labelsSet(),
+			Labels:    c.labelsSet(true),
 			Namespace: c.Namespace,
 		},
 		Spec: podSpec,
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *spec.PostgresSpec) (*v1beta1.Statefu
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      c.statefulSetName(),
 			Namespace: c.Namespace,
-			Labels:    c.labelsSet(),
+			Labels:    c.labelsSet(true),
 		},
 		Spec: v1beta1.StatefulSetSpec{
 			Replicas:             &numberOfInstances,
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateSingleUserSecret(namespace string, pgUser spec.PgUser)
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      c.credentialSecretName(username),
 			Namespace: namespace,
-			Labels:    c.labelsSet(),
+			Labels:    c.labelsSet(true),
 		},
 		Type: v1.SecretTypeOpaque,
 		Data: map[string][]byte{
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generatePodDisruptionBudget() *policybeta1.PodDisruptionBudget
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      c.podDisruptionBudgetName(),
 			Namespace: c.Namespace,
-			Labels:    c.labelsSet(),
+			Labels:    c.labelsSet(true),
 		},
 		Spec: policybeta1.PodDisruptionBudgetSpec{
 			MinAvailable: &minAvailable,
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/pod.go b/pkg/cluster/pod.go
index 68fdaa420..28960d9c1 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/pod.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func (c *Cluster) listPods() ([]v1.Pod, error) {
 	listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{
-		LabelSelector: c.labelsSet().String(),
+		LabelSelector: c.labelsSet(false).String(),
 	}
 
 	pods, err := c.KubeClient.Pods(c.Namespace).List(listOptions)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) recreatePod(podName spec.NamespacedName) (*v1.Pod, error) {
 
 func (c *Cluster) recreatePods() error {
 	c.setProcessName("recreating pods")
-	ls := c.labelsSet()
+	ls := c.labelsSet(false)
 	namespace := c.Namespace
 
 	listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/util.go b/pkg/cluster/util.go
index 05040a07c..dd996ccd1 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/util.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/util.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) waitStatefulsetReady() error {
 	return retryutil.Retry(c.OpConfig.ResourceCheckInterval, c.OpConfig.ResourceCheckTimeout,
 		func() (bool, error) {
 			listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{
-				LabelSelector: c.labelsSet().String(),
+				LabelSelector: c.labelsSet(false).String(),
 			}
 			ss, err := c.KubeClient.StatefulSets(c.Namespace).List(listOptions)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) waitStatefulsetReady() error {
 }
 
 func (c *Cluster) waitPodLabelsReady() error {
-	ls := c.labelsSet()
+	ls := c.labelsSet(false)
 	namespace := c.Namespace
 
 	listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{
@@ -337,19 +337,26 @@ func (c *Cluster) waitStatefulsetPodsReady() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Cluster) labelsSet() labels.Set {
+// Returns labels used to create or list k8s objects such as pods
+// For backward compatability, shouldAddExtraLabels must be false
+// when listing k8s objects. See operator PR #252
+func (c *Cluster) labelsSet(shouldAddExtraLabels bool) labels.Set {
 	lbls := make(map[string]string)
 	for k, v := range c.OpConfig.ClusterLabels {
 		lbls[k] = v
 	}
 	lbls[c.OpConfig.ClusterNameLabel] = c.Name
-	lbls["team"] = c.Postgresql.Spec.TeamID
+
+	if shouldAddExtraLabels {
+		// enables filtering resources owned by a team
+		lbls["team"] = c.Postgresql.Spec.TeamID
+	}
 
 	return labels.Set(lbls)
 }
 
 func (c *Cluster) roleLabelsSet(role PostgresRole) labels.Set {
-	lbls := c.labelsSet()
+	lbls := c.labelsSet(false)
 	lbls[c.OpConfig.PodRoleLabel] = string(role)
 	return lbls
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/volumes.go b/pkg/cluster/volumes.go
index 976649e7a..bc730dde3 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/volumes.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 func (c *Cluster) listPersistentVolumeClaims() ([]v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
 	ns := c.Namespace
 	listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{
-		LabelSelector: c.labelsSet().String(),
+		LabelSelector: c.labelsSet(false).String(),
 	}
 
 	pvcs, err := c.KubeClient.PersistentVolumeClaims(ns).List(listOptions)