diff --git a/packages/apps/redis/templates/redisfailover.yaml b/packages/apps/redis/templates/redisfailover.yaml
index 160e030dc..49de69379 100644
--- a/packages/apps/redis/templates/redisfailover.yaml
+++ b/packages/apps/redis/templates/redisfailover.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    # The freshworks-oss operator reconciles only RedisFailovers whose
+    # operator-group label matches its OPERATOR_GROUP_ID (see
+    # packages/system/redis-operator/values.yaml); without it the CR is
+    # silently ignored. Keep both sides in sync.
+    redis-failover.freshworks.com/operator-group: cozystack
 spec:
   sentinel:
     replicas: 3