diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/types.go b/api/v1alpha1/types.go
index a537b1a9..c8aba559 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/types.go
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ type ValkeySpec struct {
 	Binding                                 *BindingProperties     `json:"binding,omitempty"`
 	ExtraEnvVars                            []corev1.EnvVar        `json:"extraEnvVars,omitempty"`
 	ExtraFlags                              []string               `json:"extraFlags,omitempty"`
+	// Additional annotations added to the generated workload metadata.
+	// +optional
+	Annotations map[string]string `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // SentinelProperties models attributes of the sentinel sidecar
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index c5c0804e..9c038154 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -337,6 +337,13 @@ func (in *ValkeySpec) DeepCopyInto(out *ValkeySpec) {
 		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
+	if in.Annotations != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Annotations, &out.Annotations
+		*out = make(map[string]string, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			(*out)[key] = val
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new ValkeySpec.
diff --git a/crds/cache.cs.sap.com_valkeys.yaml b/crds/cache.cs.sap.com_valkeys.yaml
index 592b216f..29aaeb91 100644
--- a/crds/cache.cs.sap.com_valkeys.yaml
+++ b/crds/cache.cs.sap.com_valkeys.yaml
@@ -958,6 +958,12 @@ spec:
                         x-kubernetes-list-type: atomic
                     type: object
                 type: object
+              annotations:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  type: string
+                description: Additional annotations added to the generated workload
+                  metadata.
+                type: object
               binding:
                 description: BindingProperties models custom properties for the generated
                   binding secret
diff --git a/pkg/operator/data/parameters.yaml b/pkg/operator/data/parameters.yaml
index 1665b162..cdb4b712 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/data/parameters.yaml
+++ b/pkg/operator/data/parameters.yaml
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ metrics:
   {{- end }}{{- end }}  
 {{- end }}
 
+{{- with .annotations }}
+commonAnnotations:
+  {{- toYaml . | nindent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
+
 {{- if $tlsEnabled }}
 tls:
   enabled: true