diff --git a/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common.go b/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common.go
index 1fee458789..13872a60cb 100644
--- a/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common.go
+++ b/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	operatorcommon "github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/operator/common"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 const WorkloadAnnotation = "keptn.sh/workload"
@@ -200,3 +201,8 @@ func MergeMaps(m1 map[string]string, m2 map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	}
 	return merged
 }
+
+// IsOwnerSupported returns whether the owner of the given object is supported to be considered a KeptnWorklooad
+func IsOwnerSupported(owner metav1.OwnerReference) bool {
+	return owner.Kind == "ReplicaSet" || owner.Kind == "Deployment" || owner.Kind == "StatefulSet" || owner.Kind == "DaemonSet" || owner.Kind == "Rollout"
+}
diff --git a/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common_test.go b/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common_test.go
index 293f3f9251..c39eaed9fe 100644
--- a/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common_test.go
+++ b/operator/apis/lifecycle/v1alpha3/common/common_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 const ExtraLongName = "loooooooooooooooooooooo00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ooooooo01234567891234567890123456789"
@@ -415,3 +416,76 @@ func Test_MergeMaps(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsOwnerSupported(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		owner v1.OwnerReference
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Deployment -> true",
+			args: args{
+				owner: v1.OwnerReference{
+					Kind: "Deployment",
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "DaemonSet-> true",
+			args: args{
+				owner: v1.OwnerReference{
+					Kind: "DaemonSet",
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ReplicaSet-> true",
+			args: args{
+				owner: v1.OwnerReference{
+					Kind: "ReplicaSet",
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "StatefulSet-> true",
+			args: args{
+				owner: v1.OwnerReference{
+					Kind: "StatefulSet",
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Rollout-> true",
+			args: args{
+				owner: v1.OwnerReference{
+					Kind: "Rollout",
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Job-> false",
+			args: args{
+				owner: v1.OwnerReference{
+					Kind: "Job",
+				},
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := IsOwnerSupported(tt.args.owner); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("IsOwnerSupported() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go
index 3a43b61368..593862d48c 100644
--- a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go
+++ b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook.go
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) Handle(ctx context.Context, req admission.Request)
 		return admission.Allowed("namespace is not enabled for lifecycle controller")
 	}
 
+	// check the OwnerReference of the pod to see if it is supported and intended to be managed by KLT
+	ownerRef := a.getOwnerReference(pod.ObjectMeta)
+
+	if ownerRef.Kind == "" {
+		msg := "owner of pod is not supported by lifecycle controller"
+		logger.Info(msg, "namespace", req.Namespace, "pod", req.Name)
+		return admission.Allowed(msg)
+	}
+
 	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Pod annotations: %v", pod.Annotations))
 
 	podIsAnnotated := a.isPodAnnotated(pod)
@@ -139,7 +148,7 @@ func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) isPodAnnotated(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
 }
 
 func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) copyAnnotationsIfParentAnnotated(ctx context.Context, req *admission.Request, pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
-	podOwner := a.getOwnerReference(&pod.ObjectMeta)
+	podOwner := a.getOwnerReference(pod.ObjectMeta)
 	if podOwner.UID == "" {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -152,7 +161,7 @@ func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) copyAnnotationsIfParentAnnotated(ctx context.Contex
 		}
 		a.Log.Info("Done fetching RS")
 
-		rsOwner := a.getOwnerReference(&rs.ObjectMeta)
+		rsOwner := a.getOwnerReference(rs.ObjectMeta)
 		if rsOwner.UID == "" {
 			return false
 		}
@@ -381,7 +390,7 @@ func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) generateWorkload(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.P
 	traceContextCarrier := propagation.MapCarrier{}
 	otel.GetTextMapPropagator().Inject(ctx, traceContextCarrier)
 
-	ownerRef := a.getOwnerReference(&pod.ObjectMeta)
+	ownerRef := a.getOwnerReference(pod.ObjectMeta)
 
 	return &klcv1alpha3.KeptnWorkload{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -441,11 +450,11 @@ func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) getAppName(pod *corev1.Pod) string {
 	return strings.ToLower(applicationName)
 }
 
-func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) getOwnerReference(resource *metav1.ObjectMeta) metav1.OwnerReference {
+func (a *PodMutatingWebhook) getOwnerReference(resource metav1.ObjectMeta) metav1.OwnerReference {
 	reference := metav1.OwnerReference{}
 	if len(resource.OwnerReferences) != 0 {
 		for _, owner := range resource.OwnerReferences {
-			if owner.Kind == "ReplicaSet" || owner.Kind == "Deployment" || owner.Kind == "StatefulSet" || owner.Kind == "DaemonSet" || owner.Kind == "Rollout" {
+			if apicommon.IsOwnerSupported(owner) {
 				reference.UID = owner.UID
 				reference.Kind = owner.Kind
 				reference.Name = owner.Name
diff --git a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go
index 7562b1d18b..764a79781c 100644
--- a/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go
+++ b/operator/webhooks/pod_mutator/pod_mutating_webhook_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	admissionv1 "k8s.io/api/admission/v1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func TestPodMutatingWebhook_getOwnerReference(t *testing.T) {
 		Log         logr.Logger
 	}
 	type args struct {
-		resource *metav1.ObjectMeta
+		resource metav1.ObjectMeta
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name   string
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func TestPodMutatingWebhook_getOwnerReference(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Test simple return when UID and Kind is set",
 			args: args{
-				resource: &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				resource: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					UID: "the-pod-uid",
 					OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 						{
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func TestPodMutatingWebhook_getOwnerReference(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Test return is input argument if owner is not found",
 			args: args{
-				resource: &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				resource: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					UID: "the-pod-uid",
 					OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
 						{
@@ -1007,6 +1008,102 @@ func TestPodMutatingWebhook_Handle_DisabledNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, resp.Allowed)
 }
 
+func TestPodMutatingWebhook_Handle_UnsupportedOwner(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeClient := fakeclient.NewClient(&corev1.Namespace{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "default",
+			Annotations: map[string]string{
+				apicommon.NamespaceEnabledAnnotation: "enabled",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	tr := &fakeclient.ITracerMock{StartFunc: func(ctx context.Context, spanName string, opts ...trace.SpanStartOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
+		return ctx, trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)
+	}}
+
+	decoder, err := admission.NewDecoder(runtime.NewScheme())
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	wh := &PodMutatingWebhook{
+		Client:      fakeClient,
+		Tracer:      tr,
+		Decoder:     decoder,
+		EventSender: controllercommon.NewEventSender(record.NewFakeRecorder(100)),
+		Log:         testr.New(t),
+	}
+
+	pod := &corev1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "example-pod",
+			Namespace: "default",
+			Annotations: map[string]string{
+				apicommon.WorkloadAnnotation: "my-workload",
+				apicommon.VersionAnnotation:  "0.1",
+			},
+			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{
+				{
+					APIVersion: "batchv1",
+					Kind:       "Job",
+					Name:       "my-job",
+					UID:        "1234",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+			Containers: []corev1.Container{
+				{
+					Name:  "example-container",
+					Image: "nginx",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Convert the Pod object to a byte array
+	podBytes, err := json.Marshal(pod)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	// Create an AdmissionRequest object
+	request := admissionv1.AdmissionRequest{
+		UID:       "12345",
+		Kind:      metav1.GroupVersionKind{Group: "", Version: "v1", Kind: "Pod"},
+		Operation: admissionv1.Create,
+		Object: runtime.RawExtension{
+			Raw: podBytes,
+		},
+		Namespace: "default",
+	}
+
+	resp := wh.Handle(context.TODO(), admission.Request{
+		AdmissionRequest: request,
+	})
+
+	require.NotNil(t, resp)
+	require.True(t, resp.Allowed)
+
+	// if we get an unsupported owner for the pod, we expect not to have any KLT resources to have been created
+	kacr := &klcv1alpha3.KeptnAppCreationRequest{}
+
+	err = fakeClient.Get(context.Background(), types.NamespacedName{
+		Namespace: "default",
+		Name:      "my-workload",
+	}, kacr)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, err)
+	require.True(t, errors.IsNotFound(err))
+
+	workload := &klcv1alpha3.KeptnWorkload{}
+
+	err = fakeClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{
+		Namespace: "default",
+		Name:      "my-workload-my-workload",
+	}, workload)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, err)
+	require.True(t, errors.IsNotFound(err))
+}
+
 func TestPodMutatingWebhook_Handle_SingleService(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeClient := fakeclient.NewClient(&corev1.Namespace{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
diff --git a/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-assert.yaml b/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-assert.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1280385103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-assert.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: test
diff --git a/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-install.yaml b/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-install.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f933121e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-install.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: test
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: test
+      annotations:
+        keptn.sh/workload: waiter
+        keptn.sh/version: "0.4"
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      containers:
+        - name: init-myservice
+          image: busybox:1.36.1
+          command: ['sh', '-c', 'sleep 60']
diff --git a/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-teststep.yaml b/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-teststep.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad4f1d95d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/unsupported-owner-of-pod/00-teststep.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: kubectl annotate ns $NAMESPACE keptn.sh/lifecycle-toolkit='enabled'