diff --git a/charts/linkerd-crds/templates/policy/httproute.yaml b/charts/linkerd-crds/templates/policy/httproute.yaml
index 7d11b5e2e..d8b49731d 100644
--- a/charts/linkerd-crds/templates/policy/httproute.yaml
+++ b/charts/linkerd-crds/templates/policy/httproute.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
-
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: httproutes.policy.linkerd.io
+  annotations:
+    {{ include "partials.annotations.created-by" . }}
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
+    linkerd.io/control-plane-ns: {{.Release.Namespace}}
 spec:
   group: policy.linkerd.io
   names:
diff --git a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_crds.golden b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_crds.golden
index 5a365228a..41d72e1c1 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_crds.golden
+++ b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_crds.golden
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
-
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: httproutes.policy.linkerd.io
+  annotations:
+    linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/cli dev-undefined
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: linkerd-crds-1.5.0-edge
+    linkerd.io/control-plane-ns: linkerd
 spec:
   group: policy.linkerd.io
   names:
diff --git a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output.golden b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output.golden
index 7d763c007..44e93ef00 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output.golden
+++ b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output.golden
@@ -105,9 +105,12 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
-
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: httproutes.policy.linkerd.io
+  annotations:
+    linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: linkerd-crds-
+    linkerd.io/control-plane-ns: linkerd-dev
 spec:
   group: policy.linkerd.io
   names:
diff --git a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output_ha.golden b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output_ha.golden
index 7d763c007..44e93ef00 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output_ha.golden
+++ b/cli/cmd/testdata/install_helm_crds_output_ha.golden
@@ -105,9 +105,12 @@ spec:
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
-
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: httproutes.policy.linkerd.io
+  annotations:
+    linkerd.io/created-by: linkerd/helm linkerd-version
+  labels:
+    helm.sh/chart: linkerd-crds-
+    linkerd.io/control-plane-ns: linkerd-dev
 spec:
   group: policy.linkerd.io
   names: