diff --git a/pkg/client/node.go b/pkg/client/node.go
index bcf9e8a0..38c05910 100644
--- a/pkg/client/node.go
+++ b/pkg/client/node.go
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ func NodeCreate(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime, node *k3d.Node, c
 	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabels {
 		labels[k] = v
 	}
+	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabelsVar {
+		labels[k] = v
+	}
 	for k, v := range node.Labels {
 		labels[k] = v
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/client/registry.go b/pkg/client/registry.go
index 1a0afbef..03b43155 100644
--- a/pkg/client/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/client/registry.go
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ func RegistryCreate(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime, reg *k3d.Regi
 	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabels {
 		registryNode.Labels[k] = v
 	}
+	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabelsVar {
+		registryNode.Labels[k] = v
+	}
 
 	// port
 	registryNode.Ports = nat.PortMap{}
diff --git a/pkg/runtimes/docker/volume.go b/pkg/runtimes/docker/volume.go
index 59f8a9f0..7855ae43 100644
--- a/pkg/runtimes/docker/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/runtimes/docker/volume.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ func (d Docker) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, name string, labels map[string
 	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabels {
 		volumeCreateOptions.Labels[k] = v
 	}
+	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabelsVar {
+		volumeCreateOptions.Labels[k] = v
+	}
 
 	vol, err := docker.VolumeCreate(ctx, volumeCreateOptions)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/tools/tools.go b/pkg/tools/tools.go
index 7b64f716..34f03f13 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/tools.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/tools.go
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ func ImageImportIntoClusterMulti(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime,
 
 // startToolsNode will start a new k3d tools container and connect it to the network of the chosen cluster
 func startToolsNode(ctx context.Context, runtime runtimes.Runtime, cluster *k3d.Cluster, network string, volumes []string) (*k3d.Node, error) {
+	labels := map[string]string{}
+	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabels {
+		labels[k] = v
+	}
+	for k, v := range k3d.DefaultObjectLabelsVar {
+		labels[k] = v
+	}
 	node := &k3d.Node{
 		Name:     fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-tools", k3d.DefaultObjectNamePrefix, cluster.Name),
 		Image:    fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", k3d.DefaultToolsImageRepo, version.GetHelperImageVersion()),
diff --git a/pkg/types/types.go b/pkg/types/types.go
index 1e0ca2c1..ba088985 100644
--- a/pkg/types/types.go
+++ b/pkg/types/types.go
@@ -106,8 +106,12 @@ var ClusterExternalNodeRoles = []Role{
 
 // DefaultObjectLabels specifies a set of labels that will be attached to k3d objects by default
 var DefaultObjectLabels = map[string]string{
-	"app":         "k3d",
-	"k3d.version": version.Version,
+	"app": "k3d",
+}
+
+// DefaultObjectLabelsVar specifies a set of labels that will be attached to k3d objects by default but are not static (e.g. across k3d versions)
+var DefaultObjectLabelsVar = map[string]string{
+	"k3d.version": version.GetVersion(),
 }
 
 // List of k3d technical label name