diff --git a/config/post-install/default-domain.yaml b/config/post-install/default-domain.yaml
index e9004f4d9ed9..d6ae9c144598 100644
--- a/config/post-install/default-domain.yaml
+++ b/config/post-install/default-domain.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   template:
     metadata:
+      annotations:
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
       labels:
         app: "default-domain"
     spec:
diff --git a/config/post-install/storage-version-migration.yaml b/config/post-install/storage-version-migration.yaml
index ea862161b264..be4305bdef93 100644
--- a/config/post-install/storage-version-migration.yaml
+++ b/config/post-install/storage-version-migration.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ spec:
   backoffLimit: 10
   template:
     metadata:
+      annotations:
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
       labels:
         app: "storage-version-migration"
     spec: