diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/04-hub-pod.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/04-hub-pod.yaml
index 8297067f5..f33a0838c 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/04-hub-pod.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/04-hub-pod.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app: kubeshark-hub
+    sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
   {{- if .Values.tap.labels }}
     {{- toYaml .Values.tap.labels | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/06-front-pod.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/06-front-pod.yaml
index 46ec1c0bd..7083dddb4 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/06-front-pod.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/06-front-pod.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app: kubeshark-front
+    sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
   {{- if .Values.tap.labels }}
     {{- toYaml .Values.tap.labels | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/09-worker-daemon-set.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/09-worker-daemon-set.yaml
index 87d77e997..f4f036451 100644
--- a/helm-chart/templates/09-worker-daemon-set.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/09-worker-daemon-set.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app: kubeshark-worker-daemon-set
+    sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
   {{- if .Values.tap.labels }}
     {{- toYaml .Values.tap.labels | nindent 4 }}
   {{- end }}