diff --git a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go
index dfdfbe28e3..ee05418bfb 100644
--- a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go
+++ b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ const (
 	PgBouncerAdminUsername                  = "pgbouncer"
 	PgBouncerDefaultPoolMode                = "session"
 	PgBouncerDefaultIgnoreStartupParameters = "empty"
+	BackendSecretResourceVersion            = "backend-secret-resource-version"
 
 	// =========================== Pgpool Constants ============================
 	EnvPostgresUsername                = "POSTGRES_USERNAME"
diff --git a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgbouncer_helpers.go b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgbouncer_helpers.go
index e3445716ed..28646038c9 100644
--- a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgbouncer_helpers.go
+++ b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgbouncer_helpers.go
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ func (p PgBouncer) OffshootLabels() map[string]string {
 	return p.offshootLabels(p.OffshootSelectors(), nil)
 }
 
-func (p PgBouncer) PodLabels() map[string]string {
-	return p.offshootLabels(p.OffshootSelectors(), p.Spec.PodTemplate.Labels)
+func (p PgBouncer) PodLabels(backendSecretRV string) map[string]string {
+	podLabels := p.offshootLabels(p.OffshootSelectors(), p.Spec.PodTemplate.Labels)
+	podLabels[BackendSecretResourceVersion] = backendSecretRV
+	return podLabels
 }
 
 func (p PgBouncer) PodControllerLabels() map[string]string {