diff --git a/heartex/label-studio/CHANGELOG.md b/heartex/label-studio/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a67ba4..b735aee 100644
--- a/heartex/label-studio/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/heartex/label-studio/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
+
+## 1.9.7
+### Improvements
+* Add deployment annotations for rq workers using `.Values.rqworker.deploymentAnnotations`.
+
 ## 1.9.6
 ### Fixes
 * Add `scheme` field to readinessProbe and livenessProbe for nginx container.
diff --git a/heartex/label-studio/Chart.yaml b/heartex/label-studio/Chart.yaml
index 9b4ba3d..5706d62 100644
--- a/heartex/label-studio/Chart.yaml
+++ b/heartex/label-studio/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ home: https://labelstud.io/
 type: application
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/heartexlabs/label-studio/master/images/logo.png
 # Chart version
-version: 1.9.6
+version: 1.9.7
 # Label Studio release version
 appVersion: "1.16.0"
 kubeVersion: ">= 1.14.0-0"
diff --git a/heartex/label-studio/templates/rqworker-deployment.yaml b/heartex/label-studio/templates/rqworker-deployment.yaml
index a5993e1..c1435d8 100644
--- a/heartex/label-studio/templates/rqworker-deployment.yaml
+++ b/heartex/label-studio/templates/rqworker-deployment.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "ls-rqworker.fullname" $ }}-{{ $queue_name }}
+  {{- with .Values.rqworker.deploymentAnnotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "ls-rqworker.name" $ }}-{{ $queue_name }}
     {{- include "ls-rqworker.labels" $ | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/heartex/label-studio/values.schema.json b/heartex/label-studio/values.schema.json
index b194b8c..9c843e9 100644
--- a/heartex/label-studio/values.schema.json
+++ b/heartex/label-studio/values.schema.json
@@ -831,6 +831,10 @@
           },
           "additionalProperties": true
         },
+        "deploymentAnnotations": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": true
+        },
         "queues": {
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
diff --git a/heartex/label-studio/values.yaml b/heartex/label-studio/values.yaml
index 96d8be2..e8e2d40 100644
--- a/heartex/label-studio/values.yaml
+++ b/heartex/label-studio/values.yaml
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ rqworker:
   deploymentStrategy:
     type: Recreate
 
+  deploymentAnnotations: { }
+
   queues:
     high:
       replicas: 1