diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2
index 95b11161b24..0daf820982a 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/manifests/kube-vip.manifest.j2
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: kube-vip
   namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+    k8s-app: kube-vip
 spec:
   containers:
   - args: