diff --git a/assets/auto-deploy-app/templates/cronjob.yaml b/assets/auto-deploy-app/templates/cronjob.yaml
index cc2aba3f34eeb2fb6cf95285dac5480b67d53879..e7006d486d23d3377051f4b5336f3377fff75857 100644
--- a/assets/auto-deploy-app/templates/cronjob.yaml
+++ b/assets/auto-deploy-app/templates/cronjob.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ items:
               app: {{ template "appname" $ }}
               release: {{ $.Release.Name }}
               track: "{{ $.Values.application.track }}"
-              tier: "{{ $.Values.application.tier }}"
+              tier: cronjob
           spec:
             imagePullSecrets:
               {{ toYaml $.Values.image.secrets | nindent 14 }}
diff --git a/assets/auto-deploy-app/test/templates/cronjob_test.go b/assets/auto-deploy-app/test/templates/cronjob_test.go
index dd727f1c27fd0f422b60bb93545e1e5307bc6a17..e253567804d84993a18859243779b4fa05191dba 100644
--- a/assets/auto-deploy-app/test/templates/cronjob_test.go
+++ b/assets/auto-deploy-app/test/templates/cronjob_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestCronjobMeta(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, map[string]string{
 					"app":     tc.ExpectedName,
 					"release": tc.ExpectedRelease,
-					"tier":    "web",
+					"tier":    "cronjob",
 					"track":   "stable",
 				}, cronjob.Spec.JobTemplate.Spec.Template.Labels)
 			}