diff --git a/image/checkpoint/checkpoint-pod.yaml b/image/checkpoint/checkpoint-pod.yaml
index b795fe6f7..317b652bb 100644
--- a/image/checkpoint/checkpoint-pod.yaml
+++ b/image/checkpoint/checkpoint-pod.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
-  name: kube-api-checkpoint
+  name: pod-checkpointer
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
-    k8s-app: kube-api-checkpoint
+    k8s-app: pod-checkpointer
 spec:
   containers:
   - name: checkpoint
diff --git a/pkg/asset/asset.go b/pkg/asset/asset.go
index 10f4efbeb..ead9a1ba9 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/asset.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/asset.go
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ const (
 	AssetPathProxy                   = "manifests/kube-proxy.yaml"
 	AssetPathAPIServerSecret         = "manifests/kube-apiserver-secret.yaml"
 	AssetPathAPIServer               = "manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml"
-	AssetPathCheckpointer            = "manifests/kube-api-checkpointer.yaml"
 	AssetPathControllerManager       = "manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml"
 	AssetPathControllerManagerSecret = "manifests/kube-controller-manager-secret.yaml"
 	AssetPathScheduler               = "manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml"
 	AssetPathKubeDNSDeployment       = "manifests/kube-dns-deployment.yaml"
 	AssetPathKubeDNSSvc              = "manifests/kube-dns-svc.yaml"
 	AssetPathSystemNamespace         = "manifests/kube-system-ns.yaml"
+	AssetPathCheckpointer            = "manifests/pod-checkpoint-installer.yaml"
 	AssetPathEtcdOperator            = "manifests/etcd-operator.yaml"
 	AssetPathEtcdSvc                 = "manifests/etcd-service.yaml"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/asset/internal/templates.go b/pkg/asset/internal/templates.go
index d0523e013..964735067 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/internal/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/internal/templates.go
@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ metadata:
   name: checkpoint-installer
   namespace: kube-system
   labels:
-    k8s-app: kube-api-checkpointer
+    k8s-app: pod-checkpoint-installer
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
-        k8s-app: kube-api-checkpointer
+        k8s-app: pod-checkpoint-installer
     spec:
       nodeSelector:
         master: "true"