diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fab5e7f3e..87f01814a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.2.0 h1:5gL30PXOisGZl+Osi4CmLhvMUj77BO3wJeouKF2
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.2.0/go.mod h1:ZHqrRDZi3f6BzONcvlUxkqCKgwasGk5FZrnSv9TVZF4=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.2.0 h1:AmQ/0JKBJAjyAiPAkrAf9QW06jkx2lc5hpxMjamsFpw=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.2.0/go.mod h1:8t/X+FVWvk6TaBcsa+UKUBbn7GMtvyBKX30SGl4em6Y=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.2.1 h1:HoCik83vXOpPi7KSJWdPRmiGntyOzK0v0BTV4U+pl8o=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize v2.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:MkjgH3RdOWrievjo6c9T245dYlB5QeXV4WCbnt/PEpU=
 sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.1 h1:cP2l8fkA3O9vekpy5Ks8mmA0NW/F7yBdXf8brkWhVrs=
 sigs.k8s.io/testing_frameworks v0.1.1/go.mod h1:VVBKrHmJ6Ekkfz284YKhQePcdycOzNH9qL6ht1zEr/U=
diff --git a/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner.go b/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner.go
index 0ba92d52c..d9ec28d71 100644
--- a/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner.go
+++ b/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner.go
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ func CreateEsIndexCleaner(jaeger *v1.Jaeger) *batchv1beta1.CronJob {
 			"sidecar.istio.io/inject": "false",
 			"linkerd.io/inject":       "disabled",
 		},
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			"app":                          "jaeger",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/name":       name,
+			"app.kubernetes.io/instance":   jaeger.Name,
+			"app.kubernetes.io/component":  "cronjob-es-index-cleaner",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/part-of":    "jaeger",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "jaeger-operator",
+		},
 	}
 
 	commonSpec := util.Merge([]v1.JaegerCommonSpec{jaeger.Spec.Storage.EsIndexCleaner.JaegerCommonSpec, jaeger.Spec.JaegerCommonSpec, baseCommonSpec})
@@ -53,14 +61,7 @@ func CreateEsIndexCleaner(jaeger *v1.Jaeger) *batchv1beta1.CronJob {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: jaeger.Namespace,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"app":                          "jaeger",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/name":       name,
-				"app.kubernetes.io/instance":   jaeger.Name,
-				"app.kubernetes.io/component":  "cronjob-es-index-cleaner",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/part-of":    "jaeger",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "jaeger-operator",
-			},
+			Labels:    commonSpec.Labels,
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 				{
 					APIVersion: jaeger.APIVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner_test.go b/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner_test.go
index 22a77ca06..a3cb43ac9 100644
--- a/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cronjob/es_index_cleaner_test.go
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ func TestEsIndexCleanerLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "operator", cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Labels["name"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "world", cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Labels["hello"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "false", cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Labels["another"])
+
+	// Check if the labels of cronjob pod template equal to the labels of cronjob.
+	assert.Equal(t, cjob.ObjectMeta.Labels, cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta.Labels)
 }
 
 func TestEsIndexCleanerResources(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go
index 338101d4a..6957bd01a 100644
--- a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies.go
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ func CreateSparkDependencies(jaeger *v1.Jaeger) *batchv1beta1.CronJob {
 			"sidecar.istio.io/inject": "false",
 			"linkerd.io/inject":       "disabled",
 		},
+		Labels: map[string]string{
+			"app":                          "jaeger",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/name":       name,
+			"app.kubernetes.io/instance":   jaeger.Name,
+			"app.kubernetes.io/component":  "cronjob-es-index-cleaner",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/part-of":    "jaeger",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "jaeger-operator",
+		},
 	}
 
 	commonSpec := util.Merge([]v1.JaegerCommonSpec{jaeger.Spec.Storage.Dependencies.JaegerCommonSpec, jaeger.Spec.JaegerCommonSpec, baseCommonSpec})
@@ -61,14 +69,7 @@ func CreateSparkDependencies(jaeger *v1.Jaeger) *batchv1beta1.CronJob {
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      name,
 			Namespace: jaeger.Namespace,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"app":                          "jaeger",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/name":       name,
-				"app.kubernetes.io/instance":   jaeger.Name,
-				"app.kubernetes.io/component":  "cronjob-spark-dependencies",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/part-of":    "jaeger",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "jaeger-operator",
-			},
+			Labels:    commonSpec.Labels,
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 				{
 					APIVersion: jaeger.APIVersion,
diff --git a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go
index 9422621df..57d45d5ee 100644
--- a/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cronjob/spark_dependencies_test.go
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ func TestDependenciesLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "operator", cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Labels["name"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "world", cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Labels["hello"])
 	assert.Equal(t, "false", cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Labels["another"])
+
+	// Check if the labels of cronjob pod template equal to the labels of cronjob.
+	assert.Equal(t, cjob.ObjectMeta.Labels, cjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta.Labels)
 }
 
 func TestSparkDependenciesResources(t *testing.T) {