diff --git a/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler.go b/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler.go
index 62080dd..a693671 100644
--- a/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler.go
+++ b/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/kubescape/k8s-interface/instanceidhandler"
-	"github.com/kubescape/k8s-interface/k8sinterface"
 	"github.com/kubescape/k8s-interface/names"
 )
 
@@ -120,10 +119,8 @@ func (id *InstanceID) GetHashed() string {
 }
 
 func (id *InstanceID) GetLabels() map[string]string {
-	group, version := k8sinterface.SplitApiVersion(id.GetAPIVersion())
 	return map[string]string{
-		ApiGroupMetadataKey:      group,
-		ApiVersionMetadataKey:    version,
+		ApiVersionMetadataKey:    id.GetAPIVersion(),
 		NamespaceMetadataKey:     id.GetNamespace(),
 		KindMetadataKey:          id.GetKind(),
 		NameMetadataKey:          id.GetName(),
diff --git a/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler_test.go b/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler_test.go
index fa90b37..7fc2461 100644
--- a/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler_test.go
+++ b/instanceidhandler/v1/instanceidhandler_test.go
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ func TestInstanceID(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("can't create instance ID from service")
 	}
 	expectedLabels := map[string]string{
-		ApiGroupMetadataKey:      "apps",
-		ApiVersionMetadataKey:    "v1",
+		ApiVersionMetadataKey:    "apps/v1",
 		NamespaceMetadataKey:     "default",
 		KindMetadataKey:          "ReplicaSet",
 		NameMetadataKey:          "nginx-84f5585d68",
@@ -121,8 +120,7 @@ func TestInstanceID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expectedLabels = map[string]string{
-		ApiGroupMetadataKey:      "batch",
-		ApiVersionMetadataKey:    "v1",
+		ApiVersionMetadataKey:    "batch/v1",
 		NamespaceMetadataKey:     "default",
 		KindMetadataKey:          "Job",
 		NameMetadataKey:          "nginx-job",
@@ -134,7 +132,6 @@ func TestInstanceID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expectedLabels = map[string]string{
-		ApiGroupMetadataKey:      "",
 		ApiVersionMetadataKey:    "v1",
 		NamespaceMetadataKey:     "default",
 		KindMetadataKey:          "Pod",