diff --git a/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/Chart.yaml b/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/Chart.yaml
index 1b8fa0021..bd724fd2a 100644
--- a/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/Chart.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: cluster-api-cluster
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 0.1.44
+version: 0.1.45
 appVersion: v1.24.16
diff --git a/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/values.yaml b/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/values.yaml
index fdbd7f2bb..fac4e7e11 100644
--- a/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/bootstrap/helm/cluster-api-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ workers:
     #########################################
     kind:
       replicas: 0
+      labels: {}
+      annotations:
+        cluster.x-k8s.io/replicas-managed-by: external-autoscaler
   #################################
   ###        AWS WORKERS        ###
   #################################