diff --git a/e2e-tests/tests/init-deploy/05-assert.yaml b/e2e-tests/tests/init-deploy/05-assert.yaml
index 86b1aa02c3..8eb8c841f6 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/tests/init-deploy/05-assert.yaml
+++ b/e2e-tests/tests/init-deploy/05-assert.yaml
@@ -180,6 +180,24 @@ metadata:
     kind: PostgresCluster
     name: init-deploy
 ---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Endpoints
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/cluster: init-deploy
+    postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/patroni: init-deploy-ha
+    test-label: test
+  name: init-deploy-ha
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Endpoints
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/cluster: init-deploy
+    postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/patroni: init-deploy-ha
+    test-label: test
+  name: init-deploy-ha-config
+---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
diff --git a/internal/patroni/config.go b/internal/patroni/config.go
index 79d879dc4b..659c6d2fc5 100644
--- a/internal/patroni/config.go
+++ b/internal/patroni/config.go
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ func clusterYAML(
 	cluster *v1beta1.PostgresCluster,
 	pgHBAs postgres.HBAs, pgParameters postgres.Parameters,
 ) (string, error) {
+
+	labels := map[string]string{naming.LabelCluster: cluster.Name}
+	if cluster.CompareVersion("2.9.0") >= 0 {
+		labels = naming.Merge(cluster.Spec.Metadata.GetLabelsOrNil(), labels)
+	}
+
 	root := map[string]any{
 		// The cluster identifier. This value cannot change during the cluster's
 		// lifetime.
@@ -65,9 +71,7 @@ func clusterYAML(
 			// In addition to "scope_label" above, Patroni will add the following to
 			// every object it creates. It will also use these as filters when doing
 			// any lookups.
-			"labels": map[string]string{
-				naming.LabelCluster: cluster.Name,
-			},
+			"labels": labels,
 		},
 
 		"postgresql": map[string]any{
diff --git a/internal/patroni/config_test.go b/internal/patroni/config_test.go
index 710704424f..c886b6ce9c 100644
--- a/internal/patroni/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/patroni/config_test.go
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/internal/initialize"
+	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/internal/naming"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/internal/postgres"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/internal/testing/cmp"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/internal/testing/require"
 	pNaming "github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/percona/naming"
+	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/percona/version"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/v2/pkg/apis/postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/v1beta1"
 )
 
@@ -86,6 +88,38 @@ watchdog:
 	`)+"\n")
 	})
 
+	t.Run("metadata labels propagated to labels", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cluster := new(v1beta1.PostgresCluster)
+		err := cluster.Default(context.Background(), nil)
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		cluster.Namespace = "some-namespace"
+		cluster.Name = "cluster-name"
+		cluster.Labels = map[string]string{
+			naming.LabelVersion: version.Version(),
+		}
+		cluster.Spec.Metadata = &v1beta1.Metadata{
+			Labels: map[string]string{
+				"example.com/env":   "production",
+				"example.com/owner": "team-a",
+			},
+		}
+
+		data, err := clusterYAML(cluster, postgres.HBAs{}, postgres.Parameters{})
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+
+		var parsed map[string]any
+		assert.NilError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &parsed))
+
+		k8sSection, ok := parsed["kubernetes"].(map[string]any)
+		assert.Assert(t, ok, "expected kubernetes section")
+		labels, ok := k8sSection["labels"].(map[string]any)
+		assert.Assert(t, ok, "expected kubernetes.labels section")
+
+		assert.Equal(t, labels["example.com/env"], "production")
+		assert.Equal(t, labels["example.com/owner"], "team-a")
+		assert.Equal(t, labels["postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/cluster"], "cluster-name")
+	})
+
 	t.Run(">PG10", func(t *testing.T) {
 		cluster := new(v1beta1.PostgresCluster)
 		err := cluster.Default(context.Background(), nil)
diff --git a/percona/controller/pgbackup/controller.go b/percona/controller/pgbackup/controller.go
index e3ba6f93db..fd2b402c69 100644
--- a/percona/controller/pgbackup/controller.go
+++ b/percona/controller/pgbackup/controller.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package pgbackup
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"path"
 	"slices"
 	"time"