diff --git a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/AddCronJobResourceDecorator.java b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/AddCronJobResourceDecorator.java
index 907043428f78c..c3bdf1f41ff85 100644
--- a/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/AddCronJobResourceDecorator.java
+++ b/extensions/kubernetes/vanilla/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kubernetes/deployment/AddCronJobResourceDecorator.java
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ private void initCronJobResourceWithDefaults(CronJobBuilder builder) {
         // - match labels
         if (jobTemplateSpec.buildSelector().getMatchLabels() == null) {
             jobTemplateSpec.editSelector().withMatchLabels(new HashMap<>()).endSelector();
+        } else {
+            jobTemplateSpec.withSelector(null);
         }
         // - termination grace period seconds
         if (jobTemplateSpec.buildTemplate().getSpec().getTerminationGracePeriodSeconds() == null) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithCronJobResourceTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithCronJobResourceTest.java
index 0b44ec0e142ad..1d7d759dd6230 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithCronJobResourceTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithCronJobResourceTest.java
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                             });
                         });
                     });
-                    assertThat(jobSpec.getSelector()).satisfies(ls -> {
-                        assertThat(ls.getMatchLabels()).containsEntry("app.kubernetes.io/name", APP_NAME);
-                    });
+                    assertThat(jobSpec.getSelector()).isEqualTo(null);
                 });
             });
         });
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithCronJobResourceWithoutSelectorTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithCronJobResourceWithoutSelectorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0ee1858b77508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithCronJobResourceWithoutSelectorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+package io.quarkus.it.kubernetes;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
+import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.batch.v1.CronJob;
+import io.quarkus.builder.Version;
+import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.Dependency;
+import io.quarkus.test.ProdBuildResults;
+import io.quarkus.test.ProdModeTestResults;
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusProdModeTest;
+
+public class KubernetesWithCronJobResourceWithoutSelectorTest {
+
+    static final String APP_NAME = "kubernetes-with-cronjob-resource-without-selector";
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusProdModeTest config = new QuarkusProdModeTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar.addClasses(GreetingResource.class))
+            .setApplicationName(APP_NAME)
+            .setApplicationVersion("0.1-SNAPSHOT")
+            .withConfigurationResource(APP_NAME + ".properties")
+            .setLogFileName("k8s.log")
+            .setForcedDependencies(List.of(Dependency.of("io.quarkus", "quarkus-kubernetes", Version.getVersion())));
+
+    @ProdBuildResults
+    private ProdModeTestResults prodModeTestResults;
+
+    @Test
+    public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
+        final Path kubernetesDir = prodModeTestResults.getBuildDir().resolve("kubernetes");
+        assertThat(kubernetesDir)
+                .isDirectoryContaining(p -> p.getFileName().endsWith("kubernetes.json"))
+                .isDirectoryContaining(p -> p.getFileName().endsWith("kubernetes.yml"));
+        List<HasMetadata> kubernetesList = DeserializationUtil
+                .deserializeAsList(kubernetesDir.resolve("kubernetes.yml"));
+
+        assertThat(kubernetesList).filteredOn(i -> i instanceof CronJob).singleElement().satisfies(i -> {
+            assertThat(i).isInstanceOfSatisfying(CronJob.class, s -> {
+                assertThat(s.getMetadata()).satisfies(m -> {
+                    assertThat(m.getName()).isEqualTo(APP_NAME);
+                });
+
+                assertThat(s.getSpec().getJobTemplate().getSpec()).satisfies(jobSpec -> {
+                    assertThat(jobSpec.getSelector()).isEqualTo(null);
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithExistingCronJobResourceTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithExistingCronJobResourceTest.java
index d55bff64b5dea..8af6a603c408e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithExistingCronJobResourceTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/KubernetesWithExistingCronJobResourceTest.java
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                             });
                         });
                     });
-                    assertThat(jobSpec.getSelector()).satisfies(ls -> {
-                        assertThat(ls.getMatchLabels()).containsEntry("app.kubernetes.io/name", APP_NAME);
-                    });
+                    assertThat(jobSpec.getSelector()).isEqualTo(null);
                 });
             });
         });
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCronJobResourceTest.java b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCronJobResourceTest.java
index 5a4a6d8317415..3ff7977c2b490 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCronJobResourceTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/kubernetes/OpenshiftWithCronJobResourceTest.java
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ public void assertGeneratedResources() throws IOException {
                             });
                         });
                     });
-                    assertThat(jobSpec.getSelector()).satisfies(ls -> {
-                        assertThat(ls.getMatchLabels()).containsEntry("app.kubernetes.io/name", APP_NAME);
-                    });
+                    assertThat(jobSpec.getSelector()).isEqualTo(null);
                 });
             });
         });
diff --git a/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/kubernetes-with-cronjob-resource-without-selector.properties b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/kubernetes-with-cronjob-resource-without-selector.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..66841f1056e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-tests/kubernetes/quarkus-standard-way/src/test/resources/kubernetes-with-cronjob-resource-without-selector.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+quarkus.kubernetes.deployment-kind=CronJob
+quarkus.kubernetes.arguments=A,B
+quarkus.kubernetes.cron-job.schedule=0 0 0 0 *
+quarkus.kubernetes.cron-job.parallelism=10
+quarkus.kubernetes.cron-job.restart-policy=Never
+quarkus.kubernetes.add-version-to-label-selectors=false
+quarkus.kubernetes.add-name-to-label-selectors=false
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