diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
index 5a97095d261..61b59523864 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ func validatePodTemplateUpdate(spec, oldSpec batch.JobSpec, fldPath *field.Path,
 		}
 		oldTemplate.Spec.NodeSelector = template.Spec.NodeSelector // +k8s:verify-mutation:reason=clone
 		oldTemplate.Spec.Tolerations = template.Spec.Tolerations   // +k8s:verify-mutation:reason=clone
+		oldTemplate.Annotations = template.Annotations             // +k8s:verify-mutation:reason=clone
+		oldTemplate.Labels = template.Labels                       // +k8s:verify-mutation:reason=clone
 	}
 	allErrs = append(allErrs, apivalidation.ValidateImmutableField(template, oldTemplate, fldPath.Child("template"))...)
 	return allErrs
diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation_test.go
index ec0e4d01bbd..b33bdff409b 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -647,6 +647,72 @@ func TestValidateJobUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 				AllowMutableSchedulingDirectives: true,
 			},
 		},
+		"immutable annotations": {
+			old: batch.Job{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "abc", Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault},
+				Spec: batch.JobSpec{
+					Selector: validGeneratedSelector,
+					Template: validPodTemplateSpecForGenerated,
+				},
+			},
+			update: func(job *batch.Job) {
+				job.Spec.Template.Annotations = map[string]string{"foo": "baz"}
+			},
+			err: &field.Error{
+				Type:  field.ErrorTypeInvalid,
+				Field: "spec.template",
+			},
+		},
+		"mutable annotations": {
+			old: batch.Job{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "abc", Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault},
+				Spec: batch.JobSpec{
+					Selector: validGeneratedSelector,
+					Template: validPodTemplateSpecForGenerated,
+				},
+			},
+			update: func(job *batch.Job) {
+				job.Spec.Template.Annotations = map[string]string{"foo": "baz"}
+			},
+			opts: JobValidationOptions{
+				AllowMutableSchedulingDirectives: true,
+			},
+		},
+		"immutable labels": {
+			old: batch.Job{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "abc", Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault},
+				Spec: batch.JobSpec{
+					Selector: validGeneratedSelector,
+					Template: validPodTemplateSpecForGenerated,
+				},
+			},
+			update: func(job *batch.Job) {
+				newLabels := getValidGeneratedSelector().MatchLabels
+				newLabels["bar"] = "baz"
+				job.Spec.Template.Labels = newLabels
+			},
+			err: &field.Error{
+				Type:  field.ErrorTypeInvalid,
+				Field: "spec.template",
+			},
+		},
+		"mutable labels": {
+			old: batch.Job{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "abc", Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault},
+				Spec: batch.JobSpec{
+					Selector: validGeneratedSelector,
+					Template: validPodTemplateSpecForGenerated,
+				},
+			},
+			update: func(job *batch.Job) {
+				newLabels := getValidGeneratedSelector().MatchLabels
+				newLabels["bar"] = "baz"
+				job.Spec.Template.Labels = newLabels
+			},
+			opts: JobValidationOptions{
+				AllowMutableSchedulingDirectives: true,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	ignoreValueAndDetail := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(field.Error{}, "BadValue", "Detail")
 	for k, tc := range cases {