diff --git a/cli/app/deploy.go b/cli/app/deploy.go
index 3b412f12..17488a9c 100644
--- a/cli/app/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/deploy.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package app
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"coopcloud.tech/abra/cli/internal"
@@ -159,7 +160,18 @@ checkout as-is. Recipe commit hashes are also supported as values for
 			appPkg.SetChaosVersionLabel(compose, stackName, toDeployVersion)
 		}
 		appPkg.SetUpdateLabel(compose, stackName, app.Env)
-		appPkg.SetVersionLabel(compose, stackName, toDeployVersion)
+
+		versionLabel := toDeployVersion
+		if internal.Chaos {
+			for _, service := range compose.Services {
+				if service.Name == "app" {
+					labelKey := fmt.Sprintf("coop-cloud.%s.version", stackName)
+					// NOTE(d1): keep non-chaos version labbeling when doing chaos ops
+					versionLabel = service.Deploy.Labels[labelKey]
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		appPkg.SetVersionLabel(compose, stackName, versionLabel)
 
 		envVars, err := appPkg.CheckEnv(app)
 		if err != nil {