diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml b/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml
index 19c46e03..59615b3c 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/charts/application/templates/validatingwebhook-validator.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ webhooks:
     resources:
     - shoots
   failurePolicy: Fail
-  objectSelector: {}
+  objectSelector:
+    {{- if .Values.global.webhookConfig.useObjectSelector }}
+    matchLabels:
+      extensions.extensions.gardener.cloud/shoot-rsyslog-relp: "true"
+    {{- end }}
   namespaceSelector: {}
   sideEffects: None
   admissionReviewVersions:
diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/values.yaml b/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/values.yaml
index c54f044e..c738b29b 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission/values.yaml
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ global:
         -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
         ...
         -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+    # Please make sure you are running `gardener@v1.42` or later before setting this to true.
+    useObjectSelector: true
   # Kubeconfig to the target cluster. In-cluster configuration will be used if not specified.
   kubeconfig:
-
-# projectedKubeconfig:
-#   baseMountPath: /var/run/secrets/gardener.cloud
-#   genericKubeconfigSecretName: generic-token-kubeconfig
-#   tokenSecretName: access-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission
-
+  # projectedKubeconfig:
+  #   baseMountPath: /var/run/secrets/gardener.cloud
+  #   genericKubeconfigSecretName: generic-token-kubeconfig
+  #   tokenSecretName: access-shoot-rsyslog-relp-admission
   serviceAccountTokenVolumeProjection:
     enabled: false
     expirationSeconds: 43200