diff --git a/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/create-job/action.lua b/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/create-job/action.lua
index 119e0d35eccb6..17b6455fa3d5d 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/create-job/action.lua
+++ b/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/create-job/action.lua
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ job = {}
 job.apiVersion = "batch/v1"
 job.kind = "Job"
 
-job.metadata = {}
+job.metadata = deepCopy(obj.spec.jobTemplate.metadata)
+if job.metadata == nil then
+  job.metadata = {}
+end
 job.metadata.name = obj.metadata.name .. "-" ..os.date("!%Y%m%d%H%M")
 job.metadata.namespace = obj.metadata.namespace
 
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ job.metadata.ownerReferences[1] = ownerRef
 job.spec = {}
 job.spec.suspend = false
 job.spec.template = {}
+job.spec.template.metadata = deepCopy(obj.spec.jobTemplate.spec.template.metadata)
 job.spec.template.spec = deepCopy(obj.spec.jobTemplate.spec.template.spec)
 
 impactedResource = {}
diff --git a/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/cronjob.yaml b/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/cronjob.yaml
index 118fc83929e96..d422c82da393a 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/cronjob.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   schedule: "* * * * *"
   jobTemplate:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        my: label
+      annotations:
+        my: annotation
     spec:
       template:
+        metadata:
+          labels:
+            pod: label
+          annotations:
+            pod: annotation
         spec:
           containers:
           - name: hello
diff --git a/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/job.yaml b/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/job.yaml
index cf0f92da24818..16d4e4960b0dc 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/job.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/batch/CronJob/actions/testdata/job.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@
     metadata:
       name: hello-00000000000
       namespace: test-ns
+      labels:
+        my: label
+      annotations:
+        my: annotation
     spec:
       template:
+        metadata:
+          labels:
+            pod: label
+          annotations:
+            pod: annotation
         spec:
           containers:
           - name: hello