diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/batchscheduler/volcano/volcano_scheduler.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/batchscheduler/volcano/volcano_scheduler.go
index 45d0b0d2921..a408cb6e073 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/batchscheduler/volcano/volcano_scheduler.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/batchscheduler/volcano/volcano_scheduler.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package volcano
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
 	"strconv"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -204,11 +205,15 @@ func createPodGroup(owner metav1.Object, podGroupName string, size int32, totalR
 		ownerRef = *metav1.NewControllerRef(obj, rayv1.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("RayJob"))
 	}
 
+	annotations := make(map[string]string, len(owner.GetAnnotations()))
+	maps.Copy(annotations, owner.GetAnnotations())
+
 	podGroup := volcanoschedulingv1beta1.PodGroup{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Namespace:       owner.GetNamespace(),
 			Name:            podGroupName,
 			OwnerReferences: []metav1.OwnerReference{ownerRef},
+			Annotations:     annotations,
 		},
 		Spec: volcanoschedulingv1beta1.PodGroupSpec{
 			MinMember:    size,
diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/raycluster_controller.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/raycluster_controller.go
index 131ee275fbf..2ca3f28b249 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/raycluster_controller.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/raycluster_controller.go
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ func (r *RayClusterReconciler) reconcilePods(ctx context.Context, instance *rayv
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			logger.Info("reconcilePods", "found existing replica indices", "group", worker.GroupName, "indices", validReplicaIndices)
+			logger.Info("reconcilePods: found existing replica indices", "group", worker.GroupName, "indices", validReplicaIndices)
 		}
 		if diff > 0 {
 			// pods need to be added