diff --git a/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 4010cd5aa..7385c2f16 100644
--- a/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pipeline/backend/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+
 	// To authenticate to GCP K8s clusters
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ func (e *kube) getConfig() *config {
 	}
 	c := *e.config
 	c.PodLabels = maps.Clone(e.config.PodLabels)
-	c.PodAnnotations = maps.Clone(e.config.PodLabels)
+	c.PodAnnotations = maps.Clone(e.config.PodAnnotations)
 	c.ImagePullSecretNames = slices.Clone(e.config.ImagePullSecretNames)
 	return &c
 }