# Updating podTemplate labels doesn't update pods

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-podtemplate-labels-doesnt-update-pods/293769
**Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)
**Created:** [January 7, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-podtemplate-labels-doesnt-update-pods/293769 "2022-01-07T16:39:11Z")
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### Author: ![whyvez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/whyvez/32/99990_2.png) [@whyvez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whyvez)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-podtemplate-labels-doesnt-update-pods/293769/1 "2022-01-07T16:39:11Z")

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I've updated the Elasticsearch podTemplate to add labels but the labels are not getting propagated to the pods. How can I force the pods to update? The added labels are not on the Statefulset either but are on the Elasticsearch resource.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/updating-podtemplate-labels-doesnt-update-pods/293769/2 "2022-02-04T16:39:25Z")

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