diff --git a/hades/templates/deployment.yaml b/hades/templates/deployment.yaml
index 9bd698d..c612967 100644
--- a/hades/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/hades/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ spec:
         {{- end }}
       labels:
         {{- include "hades.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- with .Values.commonLabels }}
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+        {{- end }}
     spec:
       {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
diff --git a/hades/values-dev.yaml b/hades/values-dev.yaml
index 4de47c6..2466999 100644
--- a/hades/values-dev.yaml
+++ b/hades/values-dev.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 replicaCount: 1
 
+# Common labels for Backstage Kubernetes plugin discovery
+commonLabels:
+  backstage.io/kubernetes-id: "hades-service"
+
 image:
   repository: localhost:5001/europe-west1-docker.pkg.dev/os-docker-images/onlinesales/prod/services/java/hadesv2
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/hades/values.yaml b/hades/values.yaml
index d3ddede..573d64c 100644
--- a/hades/values.yaml
+++ b/hades/values.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ replicaCount: 1
 
 # Common labels to add to all resources
 # These labels will be applied to all hades resources and MySQL pods
-commonLabels: {}
-  # Example usage:
-  # backstage.io/kubernetes-id: "hades-service"
+commonLabels:
+  backstage.io/kubernetes-id: "hades-service"
 
 image:
   repository: localhost:5001/prj-onlinesales-prod-01/os-docker-images/onlinesales/prod/services/java/hadesv2