diff --git a/pkg/crossplane/client.go b/pkg/crossplane/client.go
index f1a06fc..71bec9d 100644
--- a/pkg/crossplane/client.go
+++ b/pkg/crossplane/client.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func (cp Crossplane) prepareLabels(rctx *reqcontext.ReqContext, id string, plan
 	}
 
 	// Copy relevant labels from plan
-	planLabels := []string{ServiceIDLabel, ServiceNameLabel, PlanNameLabel, ClusterLabel, SLALabel}
+	planLabels := []string{ServiceIDLabel, ServiceNameLabel, PlanNameLabel, ClusterLabel, SLALabel, OwnerApiVersionLabel, OwnerGroupLabel, OwnerKindLabel}
 	for _, name := range planLabels {
 		l[name] = plan.Composition.Labels[name]
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/crossplane/metadata.go b/pkg/crossplane/metadata.go
index 15aa0a0..cd1df40 100644
--- a/pkg/crossplane/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/crossplane/metadata.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	// SynToolsBase is the base domain
 	SynToolsBase = "service.syn.tools"
+	AppcatBase   = "appcat.vshn.io"
 
 	// DescriptionAnnotation of the instance
 	DescriptionAnnotation = SynToolsBase + "/description"
@@ -43,35 +44,48 @@ const (
 	DeletedLabel = SynToolsBase + "/deleted"
 	// PrincipalLabel stores the username of the entity (person or system) that created the respective resource
 	PrincipalLabel = SynToolsBase + "/principal"
+
+	//OwnerApiVersionLabel stores the apiVersion of the composite
+	OwnerApiVersionLabel = AppcatBase + "/ownerapiversion"
+	//OwnerGroupLabel stores the group of the composite
+	OwnerGroupLabel = AppcatBase + "/ownergroup"
+	//OwnerKindLabel stores the kind of the composite
+	OwnerKindLabel = AppcatBase + "/ownerkind"
 )
 
 // Labels provides uniform access to parsed labels.
 type Labels struct {
-	ServiceName ServiceName
-	ServiceID   string
-	PlanName    string
-	PlanSize    string
-	InstanceID  string
-	ParentID    string
-	SLA         string
-	Bindable    bool
-	Updatable   bool
-	Deleted     bool
+	ServiceName     ServiceName
+	ServiceID       string
+	PlanName        string
+	PlanSize        string
+	InstanceID      string
+	ParentID        string
+	SLA             string
+	Bindable        bool
+	Updatable       bool
+	Deleted         bool
+	OwnerApiVersion string
+	OwnerGroup      string
+	OwnerKind       string
 }
 
 func parseLabels(l map[string]string) (*Labels, error) {
 	name := l[PlanNameLabel]
 	sla := l[SLALabel]
 	md := Labels{
-		ServiceName: ServiceName(l[ServiceNameLabel]),
-		ServiceID:   l[ServiceIDLabel],
-		PlanName:    name,
-		PlanSize:    getPlanSize(name, sla),
-		InstanceID:  l[InstanceIDLabel],
-		ParentID:    l[ParentIDLabel],
-		SLA:         sla,
-		Bindable:    true,
-		Deleted:     false,
+		ServiceName:     ServiceName(l[ServiceNameLabel]),
+		ServiceID:       l[ServiceIDLabel],
+		PlanName:        name,
+		PlanSize:        getPlanSize(name, sla),
+		InstanceID:      l[InstanceIDLabel],
+		ParentID:        l[ParentIDLabel],
+		SLA:             sla,
+		Bindable:        true,
+		Deleted:         false,
+		OwnerApiVersion: l[OwnerApiVersionLabel],
+		OwnerGroup:      l[OwnerGroupLabel],
+		OwnerKind:       l[OwnerKindLabel],
 	}
 	var err error
 
diff --git a/pkg/crossplane/metadata_test.go b/pkg/crossplane/metadata_test.go
index 6fb2778..8a4d25a 100644
--- a/pkg/crossplane/metadata_test.go
+++ b/pkg/crossplane/metadata_test.go
@@ -33,27 +33,33 @@ func Test_parseLabels(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "parses labels successfully",
 			labels: map[string]string{
-				ServiceNameLabel: string(RedisService),
-				ServiceIDLabel:   "sid",
-				PlanNameLabel:    "pname-premium",
-				SLALabel:         "premium",
-				InstanceIDLabel:  "iid",
-				ParentIDLabel:    "pid",
-				BindableLabel:    "false",
-				UpdatableLabel:   "true",
-				DeletedLabel:     "true",
+				ServiceNameLabel:     string(RedisService),
+				ServiceIDLabel:       "sid",
+				PlanNameLabel:        "pname-premium",
+				SLALabel:             "premium",
+				InstanceIDLabel:      "iid",
+				ParentIDLabel:        "pid",
+				BindableLabel:        "false",
+				UpdatableLabel:       "true",
+				DeletedLabel:         "true",
+				OwnerApiVersionLabel: "v1alpha1",
+				OwnerGroupLabel:      "syn.tools",
+				OwnerKindLabel:       "CompositeFooInstance",
 			},
 			want: &Labels{
-				ServiceName: RedisService,
-				ServiceID:   "sid",
-				PlanName:    "pname-premium",
-				PlanSize:    "pname",
-				SLA:         "premium",
-				InstanceID:  "iid",
-				ParentID:    "pid",
-				Bindable:    false,
-				Updatable:   true,
-				Deleted:     true,
+				ServiceName:     RedisService,
+				ServiceID:       "sid",
+				PlanName:        "pname-premium",
+				PlanSize:        "pname",
+				SLA:             "premium",
+				InstanceID:      "iid",
+				ParentID:        "pid",
+				Bindable:        false,
+				Updatable:       true,
+				Deleted:         true,
+				OwnerApiVersion: "v1alpha1",
+				OwnerGroup:      "syn.tools",
+				OwnerKind:       "CompositeFooInstance",
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
diff --git a/testdata/crds/compositemariadbinstances.syn.tools.yaml b/testdata/crds/compositemariadbinstances.syn.tools.yaml
index dd3d68f..9e21999 100644
--- a/testdata/crds/compositemariadbinstances.syn.tools.yaml
+++ b/testdata/crds/compositemariadbinstances.syn.tools.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ metadata:
     service.syn.tools/id: 5e7ee9b8-3f5e-4081-a91f-e0cd98827e84
     service.syn.tools/name: mariadb-k8s
     service.syn.tools/updatable: "true"
+    appcat.vshn.io/ownerapiversion: v1alpha1
+    appcat.vshn.io/ownergroup: syn.tools
+    appcat.vshn.io/ownerkind: CompositeMariaDBInstance
   name: compositemariadbinstances.syn.tools
   ownerReferences:
     - apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1
diff --git a/testdata/crds/compositeredisinstances.syn.tools.yaml b/testdata/crds/compositeredisinstances.syn.tools.yaml
index ad60af7..28c394a 100644
--- a/testdata/crds/compositeredisinstances.syn.tools.yaml
+++ b/testdata/crds/compositeredisinstances.syn.tools.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ metadata:
     service.syn.tools/id: 8d4b8039-6bcc-4f68-98f0-0e8efa5ab0e2
     service.syn.tools/name: redis-k8s
     service.syn.tools/updatable: "true"
+    appcat.vshn.io/ownerapiversion: v1alpha1
+    appcat.vshn.io/ownergroup: syn.tools
+    appcat.vshn.io/ownerkind: CompositeMariaDBInstance
   name: compositeredisinstances.syn.tools
   ownerReferences:
     - apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1