diff --git a/internal/manifests/mutate.go b/internal/manifests/mutate.go
index cea218760e..fb9399346c 100644
--- a/internal/manifests/mutate.go
+++ b/internal/manifests/mutate.go
@@ -344,7 +344,12 @@ func mutateStatefulSet(existing, desired *appsv1.StatefulSet) error {
 	existing.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = desired.Spec.RevisionHistoryLimit
 	existing.Spec.ServiceName = desired.Spec.ServiceName
 	existing.Spec.UpdateStrategy = desired.Spec.UpdateStrategy
-	existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates = desired.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates
+
+	for i := range existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates {
+		existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].TypeMeta = desired.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].TypeMeta
+		existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].ObjectMeta = desired.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].ObjectMeta
+		existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Spec = desired.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Spec
+	}
 
 	if err := mutatePodTemplate(&existing.Spec.Template, &desired.Spec.Template); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -409,6 +414,9 @@ func hasVolumeClaimsTemplatesChanged(existing, desired *appsv1.StatefulSet) bool
 		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(desired.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Annotations, existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Annotations) {
 			return true
 		}
+		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(desired.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Labels, existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Labels) {
+			return true
+		}
 		if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepEqual(desired.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Spec, existing.Spec.VolumeClaimTemplates[i].Spec) {
 			return true
 		}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/00-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/00-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..548af25f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/00-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: stateful-collector
+spec:
+  podManagementPolicy: Parallel
+  template:
+    spec:
+       containers:
+       - args:
+         - --config=/conf/collector.yaml
+         name: otc-container
+         volumeMounts:
+         - mountPath: /conf
+           name: otc-internal
+         - mountPath: /usr/share/testvolume
+           name: testvolume
+       volumes:
+       - configMap:
+           items:
+           - key: collector.yaml
+             path: collector.yaml
+           name: stateful-collector-4b08af22
+         name: otc-internal
+       - emptyDir: {}
+         name: testvolume
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+    metadata:
+      name: testvolume
+      labels:
+        test: "true"
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+      - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 1Gi
+      volumeMode: Filesystem
+status:
+  replicas: 3
+  readyReplicas: 3
diff --git a/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/00-install.yaml b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/00-install.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07f49c18c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/00-install.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: opentelemetry.io/v1alpha1
+kind: OpenTelemetryCollector
+metadata:
+  name: stateful
+spec:
+  mode: statefulset
+  replicas: 3
+  volumes:
+  - name: testvolume
+  volumeMounts:
+  - name: testvolume
+    mountPath: /usr/share/testvolume
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: testvolume
+      labels:
+        test: "true"
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 1Gi
+  config: |
+    receivers:
+      jaeger:
+        protocols:
+          grpc:
+    processors:
+    exporters:
+      debug:
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        traces:
+          receivers: [jaeger]
+          exporters: [debug]
diff --git a/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/01-assert.yaml b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/01-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b08be4d90d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/01-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: stateful-collector
+spec:
+  podManagementPolicy: Parallel
+  template:
+    spec:
+       containers:
+       - args:
+         - --config=/conf/collector.yaml
+         name: otc-container
+         volumeMounts:
+         - mountPath: /conf
+           name: otc-internal
+         - mountPath: /usr/share/testvolume
+           name: testvolume
+       volumes:
+       - configMap:
+           items:
+           - key: collector.yaml
+             path: collector.yaml
+           name: stateful-collector-4b08af22
+         name: otc-internal
+       - emptyDir: {}
+         name: testvolume
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+    metadata:
+      name: testvolume
+      labels:
+        test: "updated"
+    spec:
+      accessModes:
+      - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 1Gi
+      volumeMode: Filesystem
+status:
+  replicas: 3
+  readyReplicas: 3
diff --git a/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/01-update-volume-claim-template-labels.yaml b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/01-update-volume-claim-template-labels.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b1b68ea33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/01-update-volume-claim-template-labels.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: opentelemetry.io/v1alpha1
+kind: OpenTelemetryCollector
+metadata:
+  name: stateful
+spec:
+  mode: statefulset
+  replicas: 3
+  volumes:
+  - name: testvolume
+  volumeMounts:
+  - name: testvolume
+    mountPath: /usr/share/testvolume
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: testvolume
+      labels:
+        test: "updated"
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 1Gi
+  config: |
+    receivers:
+      jaeger:
+        protocols:
+          grpc:
+    processors:
+    exporters:
+      debug:
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        traces:
+          receivers: [jaeger]
+          exporters: [debug]
diff --git a/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/chainsaw-test.yaml b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/chainsaw-test.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e079f6a8ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/volume-claim-label/chainsaw-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kyverno/chainsaw/main/.schemas/json/test-chainsaw-v1alpha1.json
+apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Test
+metadata:
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  name: persistent-volume-claim-label
+spec:
+  steps:
+  - name: step-00
+    try:
+    - apply:
+        file: 00-install.yaml
+    - assert:
+        file: 00-assert.yaml
+  - name: step-01
+    try:
+    - apply:
+        file: 01-update-volume-claim-template-labels.yaml
+    - assert:
+        file: 01-assert.yaml