diff --git a/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/kustomization.yaml
index d18e9d5e1ee1d0e2e50be073dc44db0293ee1109..9b1683b8c5b458837e1f1e1e41a1748f0efc0ee6 100644
--- a/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
-namespace: zalando-postgres
+namespace: namespace-configuration-operator
 resources:
 - namespace.yaml
 - subscription.yaml
diff --git a/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/namespace.yaml b/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/namespace.yaml
index 72846f8f38683c78c9a1de95919be84dd2d587f2..756127dfa77148a6481e0e3ec1ef02f5d0d4d75b 100644
--- a/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/namespace.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/namespace-configuration/namespace.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
   name: namespace-configuration-operator
+  labels:
+    name: namespace-configuration-operator