diff --git a/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf b/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf
index 649cc94c40a66..0cf38e585a605 100644
--- a/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf
+++ b/examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ resource "coder_app" "code-server" {
 
 resource "kubernetes_persistent_volume_claim" "home" {
   metadata {
-    name      = "coder-${lower(data.coder_workspace_owner.me.name)}-${lower(data.coder_workspace.me.name)}-home"
+    name      = "coder-${data.coder_workspace.me.id}-home"
     namespace = var.namespace
     labels = {
       "app.kubernetes.io/name"     = "coder-pvc"
-      "app.kubernetes.io/instance" = "coder-pvc-${lower(data.coder_workspace_owner.me.name)}-${lower(data.coder_workspace.me.name)}"
+      "app.kubernetes.io/instance" = "coder-pvc-${data.coder_workspace.me.id}"
       "app.kubernetes.io/part-of"  = "coder"
       //Coder-specific labels.
       "com.coder.resource"       = "true"
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
   ]
   wait_for_rollout = false
   metadata {
-    name      = "coder-${lower(data.coder_workspace_owner.me.name)}-${lower(data.coder_workspace.me.name)}"
+    name      = "coder-${data.coder_workspace.me.id}"
     namespace = var.namespace
     labels = {
       "app.kubernetes.io/name"     = "coder-workspace"
-      "app.kubernetes.io/instance" = "coder-workspace-${lower(data.coder_workspace_owner.me.name)}-${lower(data.coder_workspace.me.name)}"
+      "app.kubernetes.io/instance" = "coder-workspace-${data.coder_workspace.me.id}"
       "app.kubernetes.io/part-of"  = "coder"
       "com.coder.resource"         = "true"
       "com.coder.workspace.id"     = data.coder_workspace.me.id
@@ -246,7 +246,14 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
     replicas = 1
     selector {
       match_labels = {
-        "app.kubernetes.io/name" = "coder-workspace"
+        "app.kubernetes.io/name"     = "coder-workspace"
+        "app.kubernetes.io/instance" = "coder-workspace-${data.coder_workspace.me.id}"
+        "app.kubernetes.io/part-of"  = "coder"
+        "com.coder.resource"         = "true"
+        "com.coder.workspace.id"     = data.coder_workspace.me.id
+        "com.coder.workspace.name"   = data.coder_workspace.me.name
+        "com.coder.user.id"          = data.coder_workspace_owner.me.id
+        "com.coder.user.username"    = data.coder_workspace_owner.me.name
       }
     }
     strategy {
@@ -256,7 +263,14 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "main" {
     template {
       metadata {
         labels = {
-          "app.kubernetes.io/name" = "coder-workspace"
+          "app.kubernetes.io/name"     = "coder-workspace"
+          "app.kubernetes.io/instance" = "coder-workspace-${data.coder_workspace.me.id}"
+          "app.kubernetes.io/part-of"  = "coder"
+          "com.coder.resource"         = "true"
+          "com.coder.workspace.id"     = data.coder_workspace.me.id
+          "com.coder.workspace.name"   = data.coder_workspace.me.name
+          "com.coder.user.id"          = data.coder_workspace_owner.me.id
+          "com.coder.user.username"    = data.coder_workspace_owner.me.name
         }
       }
       spec {