diff --git a/charts/producer-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml b/charts/producer-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml
index 11f34655..956934f2 100644
--- a/charts/producer-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/producer-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ javaOptions:
 
 backoffLimit: 6
 
-podAnnotations: []
+podAnnotations: { }
 
-podLabels: []
+podLabels: { }
diff --git a/charts/producer-app/values.yaml b/charts/producer-app/values.yaml
index bc8584c5..798fcfe6 100644
--- a/charts/producer-app/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/producer-app/values.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ livenessProbe: {}
 # Arbitrary Probe v1 definition for producer: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.25/#probe-v1-core
 readinessProbe: {}
 
-podAnnotations: []
+podAnnotations: { }
 
-podLabels: []
+podLabels: { }
diff --git a/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml b/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
index 170cc494..92f3fa74 100644
--- a/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/rclone-copy/values.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
 failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
 backoffLimit: 6
 
-podAnnotations: []
+podAnnotations: { }
 
-podLabels: []
+podLabels: { }
diff --git a/charts/streams-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml b/charts/streams-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml
index b6a0af10..f74adf38 100644
--- a/charts/streams-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/streams-app-cleanup-job/values.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,6 @@ javaOptions:
 
 backoffLimit: 6
 
-podAnnotations: []
+podAnnotations: { }
 
-podLabels: []
+podLabels: { }
diff --git a/charts/streams-app/values.yaml b/charts/streams-app/values.yaml
index a3a501e5..da6ce1b9 100644
--- a/charts/streams-app/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/streams-app/values.yaml
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ persistence:
   ##
   # storageClass: ""
 
-podAnnotations: []
+podAnnotations: { }
 
-podLabels: []
+podLabels: { }
 
 terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 300