diff --git a/pkg/clouds/pulumi/kubernetes/simple_container.go b/pkg/clouds/pulumi/kubernetes/simple_container.go
index f8463943..47d4ec5c 100644
--- a/pkg/clouds/pulumi/kubernetes/simple_container.go
+++ b/pkg/clouds/pulumi/kubernetes/simple_container.go
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ const (
 	LabelParentStack = "simple-container.com/parent-stack"
 	LabelClientStack = "simple-container.com/client-stack"
 	LabelCustomStack = "simple-container.com/custom-stack"
+
+	// Standard Kubernetes labels (https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/common-labels/)
+	LabelKubernetesName       = "app.kubernetes.io/name"
+	LabelKubernetesInstance   = "app.kubernetes.io/instance"
+	LabelKubernetesVersion    = "app.kubernetes.io/version"
+	LabelKubernetesComponent  = "app.kubernetes.io/component"
+	LabelKubernetesPartOf     = "app.kubernetes.io/part-of"
+	LabelKubernetesManagedBy  = "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by"
+	LabelKubernetesCreatedBy  = "app.kubernetes.io/created-by"
 )
 
 // sanitizeK8sResourceName converts a name to be RFC 1123 compliant for Kubernetes resources
@@ -144,6 +153,13 @@ func NewSimpleContainer(ctx *sdk.Context, args *SimpleContainerArgs, opts ...sdk
 		LabelScEnv:   args.ScEnv,
 	}
 
+	// Add standard Kubernetes labels
+	appLabels[LabelKubernetesName] = sanitizedService
+	appLabels[LabelKubernetesInstance] = sanitizedDeployment
+	appLabels[LabelKubernetesPartOf] = "simple-container"
+	appLabels[LabelKubernetesManagedBy] = "simple-container"
+	appLabels[LabelKubernetesCreatedBy] = "simple-container-cli"
+
 	// Add parentEnv labels for custom stacks
 	if args.ParentEnv != nil && lo.FromPtr(args.ParentEnv) != "" && lo.FromPtr(args.ParentEnv) != args.ScEnv {
 		appLabels[LabelParentEnv] = lo.FromPtr(args.ParentEnv)
@@ -182,6 +198,15 @@ func NewSimpleContainer(ctx *sdk.Context, args *SimpleContainerArgs, opts ...sdk
 		appAnnotations[k] = v
 	}
 
+	// Copy standard Kubernetes labels from annotations if provided
+	// This allows users to specify version and component via annotations
+	if version, ok := appAnnotations["app.kubernetes.io/version"]; ok {
+		appLabels[LabelKubernetesVersion] = version
+	}
+	if component, ok := appAnnotations["app.kubernetes.io/component"]; ok {
+		appLabels[LabelKubernetesComponent] = component
+	}
+
 	// Namespace
 	// Sanitize namespace name to comply with Kubernetes RFC 1123 requirements
 	sanitizedNamespace := sanitizeK8sName(args.Namespace)
@@ -458,6 +483,17 @@ func NewSimpleContainer(ctx *sdk.Context, args *SimpleContainerArgs, opts ...sdk
 			},
 		}
 	}
+	// Use minimal, stable labels for selector to avoid breaking deployments when labels are added
+	selectorLabels := map[string]string{
+		LabelAppType: appLabels[LabelAppType],
+		LabelAppName: appLabels[LabelAppName],
+		LabelScEnv:   appLabels[LabelScEnv],
+	}
+	// Add parent-stack label to selector if present for proper multi-stack isolation
+	if val, ok := appLabels[LabelParentStack]; ok {
+		selectorLabels[LabelParentStack] = val
+	}
+
 	deployment, err := v1.NewDeployment(ctx, sanitizedDeployment, &v1.DeploymentArgs{
 		Metadata: &metav1.ObjectMetaArgs{
 			Name:        sdk.String(sanitizedDeployment),
@@ -469,7 +505,7 @@ func NewSimpleContainer(ctx *sdk.Context, args *SimpleContainerArgs, opts ...sdk
 			Strategy: strategy,
 			Replicas: sdk.Int(args.Replicas),
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelectorArgs{
-				MatchLabels: sdk.ToStringMap(appLabels),
+				MatchLabels: sdk.ToStringMap(selectorLabels),
 			},
 			Template: &corev1.PodTemplateSpecArgs{
 				Metadata: &metav1.ObjectMetaArgs{
@@ -565,7 +601,7 @@ ${proto}://${domain} {
 				Annotations: sdk.ToStringMap(serviceAnnotations),
 			},
 			Spec: &corev1.ServiceSpecArgs{
-				Selector: sdk.ToStringMap(appLabels),
+				Selector: sdk.ToStringMap(selectorLabels),
 				Ports:    servicePorts,
 				Type:     serviceType,
 			},
@@ -623,7 +659,7 @@ ${proto}://${domain} {
 	if args.PodDisruption != nil {
 		pdbArgs := policyv1.PodDisruptionBudgetSpecArgs{
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelectorArgs{
-				MatchLabels: sdk.ToStringMap(appLabels),
+				MatchLabels: sdk.ToStringMap(selectorLabels),
 			},
 		}
 		if args.PodDisruption.MinAvailable != nil {