diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index 2eb867f06..c4ee6ed4a 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -2385,6 +2385,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateLogicalBackupJob() (*batchv1.CronJob, error) {
 	// configure a cron job
 
 	jobTemplateSpec := batchv1.JobTemplateSpec{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Labels:      labels,
+			Annotations: c.annotationsSet(annotations),
+		},
 		Spec: jobSpec,
 	}
 
@@ -2397,8 +2401,8 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateLogicalBackupJob() (*batchv1.CronJob, error) {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:            c.getLogicalBackupJobName(),
 			Namespace:       c.Namespace,
-			Labels:          c.labelsSet(true),
-			Annotations:     c.annotationsSet(nil),
+			Labels:          labels,
+			Annotations:     c.annotationsSet(annotations),
 			OwnerReferences: c.ownerReferences(),
 		},
 		Spec: batchv1.CronJobSpec{
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
index 04f6476a6..5d4deb0a3 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres_test.go
@@ -3874,7 +3874,7 @@ func TestGenerateLogicalBackupJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceRequests: acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100Mi")},
 				ResourceLimits:   acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("1"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("500Mi")},
 			},
-			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
+			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{"application": "spilo-logical-backup", configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
 			expectedAnnotation: nil,
 		},
 		{
@@ -3899,7 +3899,7 @@ func TestGenerateLogicalBackupJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceRequests: acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("10m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("50Mi")},
 				ResourceLimits:   acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("300m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("300Mi")},
 			},
-			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
+			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{"application": "spilo-logical-backup", configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
 			expectedAnnotation: nil,
 		},
 		{
@@ -3922,7 +3922,7 @@ func TestGenerateLogicalBackupJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceRequests: acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("50m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100Mi")},
 				ResourceLimits:   acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("250m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("500Mi")},
 			},
-			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
+			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{"application": "spilo-logical-backup", configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
 			expectedAnnotation: nil,
 		},
 		{
@@ -3945,7 +3945,7 @@ func TestGenerateLogicalBackupJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceRequests: acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("200Mi")},
 				ResourceLimits:   acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("1"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("200Mi")},
 			},
-			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
+			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{"application": "spilo-logical-backup", configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
 			expectedAnnotation: nil,
 		},
 		{
@@ -3967,7 +3967,7 @@ func TestGenerateLogicalBackupJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceRequests: acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100Mi")},
 				ResourceLimits:   acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("1"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("500Mi")},
 			},
-			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{"labelKey": "labelValue", "cluster-name": clusterName, "team": teamId},
+			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{"application": "spilo-logical-backup", "labelKey": "labelValue", "cluster-name": clusterName, "team": teamId},
 			expectedAnnotation: nil,
 		},
 		{
@@ -3989,7 +3989,7 @@ func TestGenerateLogicalBackupJob(t *testing.T) {
 				ResourceRequests: acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100m"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("100Mi")},
 				ResourceLimits:   acidv1.ResourceDescription{CPU: k8sutil.StringToPointer("1"), Memory: k8sutil.StringToPointer("500Mi")},
 			},
-			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
+			expectedLabel:      map[string]string{"application": "spilo-logical-backup", configResources.ClusterNameLabel: clusterName, "team": teamId},
 			expectedAnnotation: map[string]string{"annotationKey": "annotationValue"},
 		},
 	}