diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 8bff0bcd2f..485ecbbe08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
           sed -i -e "s|nameOverride:.*|nameOverride: kyverno|g" charts/kyverno/values.yaml
           sed -i -e "s|fullnameOverride:.*|fullnameOverride: kyverno|g" charts/kyverno/values.yaml
           sed -i -e "s|namespace:.*|namespace: kyverno|g" charts/kyverno/values.yaml
-          sed -i -e "s|tag:.*|tag: $(git describe --always --tags)|g" charts/kyverno/values.yaml
+          sed -i -e "s|tag:.*|tag: $(git describe --match "v[0-9]*")|g" charts/kyverno/values.yaml
 
       - name: Run chart-testing (install)
         run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3ca8a9221..f50eef0646 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 ##################################
 # DEFAULTS
 ##################################
-GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --always --tags)
+GIT_VERSION := $(shell git describe --match "v[0-9]*")
 GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git branch | grep \* | cut -d ' ' -f2)
 GIT_HASH := $(GIT_BRANCH)/$(shell git log -1 --pretty=format:"%H")
 TIMESTAMP := $(shell date '+%Y-%m-%d_%I:%M:%S%p')
 CONTROLLER_GEN=controller-gen
 CONTROLLER_GEN_REQ_VERSION := v0.4.0
-VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --always --tags)
+VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --match "v[0-9]*")
 
 REGISTRY?=ghcr.io
 REPO=$(REGISTRY)/kyverno
diff --git a/pkg/policyreport/builder.go b/pkg/policyreport/builder.go
index aff8c5bcf7..2e7c16d620 100755
--- a/pkg/policyreport/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/policyreport/builder.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/response"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/engine/utils"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/version"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	// appVersion represents which version of Kyverno manages rcr / crcr
+	appVersion string = "app.kubernetes.io/version"
+
 	// the following labels are used to list rcr / crcr
 	resourceLabelNamespace string = "kyverno.io/resource.namespace"
 	deletedLabelPolicy     string = "kyverno.io/delete.policy"
@@ -181,6 +185,7 @@ func set(obj *unstructured.Unstructured, info Info) {
 
 	obj.SetLabels(map[string]string{
 		resourceLabelNamespace: info.Namespace,
+		appVersion:             version.BuildVersion,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/policyreport/reportcontroller.go b/pkg/policyreport/reportcontroller.go
index f4c67d3d80..ea4f1577f4 100644
--- a/pkg/policyreport/reportcontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/policyreport/reportcontroller.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	policyreport "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/listers/policyreport/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/config"
 	dclient "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/dclient"
+	"github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/version"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -143,7 +144,30 @@ func generateCacheKey(changeRequest interface{}) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+// managedRequest returns true if the request is managed by
+// the current version of Kyverno instance
+func managedRequest(changeRequest interface{}) bool {
+	labels := make(map[string]string)
+
+	if request, ok := changeRequest.(*changerequest.ReportChangeRequest); ok {
+		labels = request.GetLabels()
+	} else if request, ok := changeRequest.(*changerequest.ClusterReportChangeRequest); ok {
+		labels = request.GetLabels()
+	}
+
+	if v, ok := labels[appVersion]; !ok || v != version.BuildVersion {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
+
 func (g *ReportGenerator) addReportChangeRequest(obj interface{}) {
+	if !managedRequest(obj) {
+		g.cleanupReportRequests([]*changerequest.ReportChangeRequest{obj.(*changerequest.ReportChangeRequest)})
+		return
+	}
+
 	key := generateCacheKey(obj)
 	g.queue.Add(key)
 }
@@ -155,11 +179,21 @@ func (g *ReportGenerator) updateReportChangeRequest(old interface{}, cur interfa
 		return
 	}
 
+	if !managedRequest(curReq) {
+		g.cleanupReportRequests([]*changerequest.ReportChangeRequest{curReq})
+		return
+	}
+
 	key := generateCacheKey(cur)
 	g.queue.Add(key)
 }
 
 func (g *ReportGenerator) addClusterReportChangeRequest(obj interface{}) {
+	if !managedRequest(obj) {
+		g.cleanupReportRequests([]*changerequest.ClusterReportChangeRequest{obj.(*changerequest.ClusterReportChangeRequest)})
+		return
+	}
+
 	key := generateCacheKey(obj)
 	g.queue.Add(key)
 }
@@ -172,6 +206,10 @@ func (g *ReportGenerator) updateClusterReportChangeRequest(old interface{}, cur
 		return
 	}
 
+	if !managedRequest(curReq) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	g.queue.Add("")
 }
 
@@ -461,7 +499,8 @@ func (g *ReportGenerator) aggregateReports(namespace string) (
 	report *unstructured.Unstructured, aggregatedRequests interface{}, err error) {
 
 	if namespace == "" {
-		requests, err := g.clusterReportChangeRequestLister.List(labels.Everything())
+		selector := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{appVersion: version.BuildVersion}))
+		requests, err := g.clusterReportChangeRequestLister.List(selector)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list ClusterReportChangeRequests within: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -482,7 +521,7 @@ func (g *ReportGenerator) aggregateReports(namespace string) (
 			ns.SetDeletionTimestamp(&now)
 		}
 
-		selector := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{resourceLabelNamespace: namespace}))
+		selector := labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set(map[string]string{appVersion: version.BuildVersion, resourceLabelNamespace: namespace}))
 		requests, err := g.reportChangeRequestLister.ReportChangeRequests(config.KyvernoNamespace).List(selector)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to list reportChangeRequests within namespace %s: %v", ns, err)
diff --git a/scripts/create-e2e-infrastruture.sh b/scripts/create-e2e-infrastruture.sh
index 216e597954..9151f5d32a 100755
--- a/scripts/create-e2e-infrastruture.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-e2e-infrastruture.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 pwd=$(pwd)
-hash=$(git describe --always --tags)
+hash=$(git describe --match "v[0-9]*")
 #
 ## Install Kind
 curl -Lo $pwd/kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.11.0/kind-linux-amd64