diff --git a/charts/aai-elasticsearch/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/aai-elasticsearch/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0417536..40c6210 100644
--- a/charts/aai-elasticsearch/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/aai-elasticsearch/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: {{ include "common.name" . }}
+        release: {{ .Release.Name }}
       name: {{ include "common.name" . }}
     spec:
       initContainers: