diff --git a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go
index 9b7e3d5fe7..e436ec846b 100644
--- a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go
+++ b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go
@@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) handleApp(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger,
 }
 
 func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) generateWorkload(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod, namespace string) *klcv1alpha3.KeptnWorkload {
-	version, _ := getLabelOrAnnotation(&pod.ObjectMeta, apicommon.VersionAnnotation, apicommon.K8sRecommendedVersionAnnotations)
-	applicationName, _ := getLabelOrAnnotation(&pod.ObjectMeta, apicommon.AppAnnotation, apicommon.K8sRecommendedAppAnnotations)
+	version := a.getVersion(pod)
+	applicationName := a.getAppName(pod)
 
 	var preDeploymentTasks []string
 	var postDeploymentTasks []string
@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) getAppName(pod *corev1.Pod) string {
 	return strings.ToLower(applicationName)
 }
 
+func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) getVersion(pod *corev1.Pod) string {
+	version, _ := getLabelOrAnnotation(&pod.ObjectMeta, apicommon.VersionAnnotation, apicommon.K8sRecommendedVersionAnnotations)
+	return strings.ToLower(version)
+}
+
 func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) getOwnerReference(resource metav1.ObjectMeta) metav1.OwnerReference {
 	reference := metav1.OwnerReference{}
 	if len(resource.OwnerReferences) != 0 {
diff --git a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go
index 764a79781c..67971737bf 100644
--- a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go
+++ b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go
@@ -1364,8 +1364,8 @@ func TestPodMutatingWebhook_Handle_MultiService(t *testing.T) {
 			Namespace: "default",
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				apicommon.WorkloadAnnotation: "my-workload",
-				apicommon.VersionAnnotation:  "0.1",
-				apicommon.AppAnnotation:      "my-app",
+				apicommon.VersionAnnotation:  "V0.1",
+				apicommon.AppAnnotation:      "my-App",
 			},
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 				{
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ func TestPodMutatingWebhook_Handle_MultiService(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	require.Equal(t, "my-app", kacr.Spec.AppName)
+	require.Equal(t, "my-app", kacr.Spec.AppName) // this makes sure that everything is lowercase
 	// here we do not want a single-service annotation
 	require.Empty(t, kacr.Annotations[apicommon.AppTypeAnnotation])
 
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ func TestPodMutatingWebhook_Handle_MultiService(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Equal(t, klcv1alpha3.KeptnWorkloadSpec{
 		AppName: kacr.Spec.AppName,
-		Version: "0.1",
+		Version: "v0.1",
 		ResourceReference: klcv1alpha3.ResourceReference{
 			UID:  "1234",
 			Kind: "Deployment",