diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/bootNodeResource.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/bootNodeResource.ts
index 1ad5cceb5..9e3bf92e7 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/bootNodeResource.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/bootNodeResource.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class BootNodeResource extends NodeResource {
           "zombie-role": ZombieRole.BootNode,
           app: "zombienet",
           "x-infra-instance": process.env.X_INFRA_INSTANCE || "ondemand",
+          "managed-by": "zombienet",
         },
       },
       spec: {
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/nodeResource.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/nodeResource.ts
index 5d54c47e8..068e08a85 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/nodeResource.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/nodeResource.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ export class NodeResource {
           "app.kubernetes.io/name": this.namespace,
           "app.kubernetes.io/instance": name,
           "x-infra-instance": process.env.X_INFRA_INSTANCE || "ondemand",
+          "managed-by": "zombienet",
         },
         annotations: {
           "prometheus.io/scrape": "true",
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/types.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/types.ts
index 327750872..b48d24df9 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/types.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/providers/k8s/resources/types.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export interface Labels {
   "app.kubernetes.io/name": string;
   "app.kubernetes.io/instance": string;
   "x-infra-instance": string;
+  "managed-by": string;
 }
 
 export interface Annotations {