diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 707f0e54a1..697d72cb10 100755
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	dclient "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/dclient"
 	event "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/event"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/generate"
+	backwardcompatibility "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/generate/backwardCompatibility"
 	generatecleanup "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/generate/cleanup"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/openapi"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/policy"
@@ -356,6 +357,9 @@ func main() {
 
 	// verifies if the admission control is enabled and active
 	server.RunAsync(stopCh)
+
+	go backwardcompatibility.AddLabels(pclient, pInformer.Kyverno().V1().GenerateRequests())
+
 	<-stopCh
 
 	// by default http.Server waits indefinitely for connections to return to idle and then shuts down
diff --git a/pkg/generate/backward_compatibility/add_labels.go b/pkg/generate/backward_compatibility/add_labels.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f0ba16397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/generate/backward_compatibility/add_labels.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package backwardcompatibility
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	kyvernoclient "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
+	kyvernoinformer "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/informers/externalversions/kyverno/v1"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+)
+
+// AddLabels - adds labels to all the existing generate requests
+func AddLabels(client *kyvernoclient.Clientset, grInformer kyvernoinformer.GenerateRequestInformer) {
+	// Get all the GR's that are existing
+	// Extract and Update all of them with the with the labels
+	grList, err := grInformer.Lister().List(labels.NewSelector())
+	if err != nil {
+		// throw some error!
+		fmt.Println("error occurred while getting gr list")
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, gr := range grList {
+		gr.SetLabels(map[string]string{
+			"generate.kyverno.io/policy-name":        gr.Spec.Policy,
+			"generate.kyverno.io/resource-name":      gr.Spec.Resource.Name,
+			"generate.kyverno.io/resource-kind":      gr.Spec.Resource.Kind,
+			"generate.kyverno.io/resource-namespace": gr.Spec.Resource.Namespace,
+		})
+
+		_, err = client.KyvernoV1().GenerateRequests(config.KyvernoNamespace).Update(context.TODO(), gr, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("error occured while updating gr", gr.Name)
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/webhooks/generation.go b/pkg/webhooks/generation.go
index 21bf48ab1c..d0576e5c31 100644
--- a/pkg/webhooks/generation.go
+++ b/pkg/webhooks/generation.go
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ func (ws *WebhookServer) handleDeleteAndUpdate(request *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest
 	}
 
 	resLabels := resource.GetLabels()
-	if resLabels["app.kubernetes.io/managed-by"] == "kyverno" && resLabels["generate.kyverno.io/synchronize"] == "enable" && request.Operation == v1beta1.Delete {
-		grName := resLabels["generate.kyverno.io/gr-name"]
+	if resLabels["app.kubernetes.io/managed-by"] == "kyverno" && resLabels["policy.kyverno.io/synchronize"] == "enable" && request.Operation == v1beta1.Delete {
+		grName := resLabels["policy.kyverno.io/gr-name"]
 		gr, err := ws.grLister.Get(grName)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error(err, "failed to get generate request", "name", grName)