diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef13d0819f7..adf3b30bd56 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ AUDIT_CONNECTION ?= "audit"
 AUDIT_CHANNEL ?= "audit"
 LOG_LEVEL ?= "INFO"
 
-VERSION := v3.17.0-beta.0
+VERSION := v3.16.0
 
 KIND_VERSION ?= 0.17.0
 # note: k8s version pinned since KIND image availability lags k8s releases
diff --git a/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-audit-deployment.yaml b/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-audit-deployment.yaml
index 33c1cbeccd5..c71fa7b8743 100644
--- a/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-audit-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-audit-deployment.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml .Values.auditPodAnnotations | trim | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       labels:
-{{- include "gatekeeper.podLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- include "gatekeeper.podLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- include "gatekeeper.commonLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
         app: '{{ template "gatekeeper.name" . }}'
         chart: '{{ template "gatekeeper.name" . }}'
         control-plane: audit-controller
diff --git a/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-controller-manager-deployment.yaml b/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-controller-manager-deployment.yaml
index 9edd16218df..2455339d122 100644
--- a/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-controller-manager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/gatekeeper/templates/gatekeeper-controller-manager-deployment.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml .Values.podAnnotations | trim | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       labels:
-{{- include "gatekeeper.podLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- include "gatekeeper.podLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- include "gatekeeper.commonLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
         app: '{{ template "gatekeeper.name" . }}'
         chart: '{{ template "gatekeeper.name" . }}'
         control-plane: controller-manager