diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
index fdc6e49a546db33b4aa2a53864d880bfac81473f..dbf3474bc1ec6502480240cf1eb8bca65957caea 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function(params) {
     spec: {
       jobLabel: 'app.kubernetes.io/name',
       selector: {
-        matchLabels: { 'app.kubernetes.io/name': 'kube-dns' },
+        matchLabels: { 'k8s-app': 'kube-dns' },
       },
       namespaceSelector: {
         matchNames: ['kube-system'],