diff --git a/.ci/templates-all-values.yaml b/.ci/templates-all-values.yaml
index 5638e859..06896f3f 100644
--- a/.ci/templates-all-values.yaml
+++ b/.ci/templates-all-values.yaml
@@ -237,9 +237,12 @@ auth:
     client: "admin"
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Job TTL -- exercises `if and .Values.job.ttl.enabled` in *-cluster-initialize
+# Jobs -- exercises `if and .Values.job.ttl.enabled` in *-cluster-initialize
+# and `with .Values.job.podAnnotations` in the Job pod templates
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 job:
+  podAnnotations:
+    sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
   ttl:
     enabled: true
     secondsAfterFinished: 300
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml
index 34137ebb..1fbabb60 100755
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ spec:
       labels:
         {{- include "pulsar.template.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
         component: {{ .Values.bookkeeper.component }}-init
+      {{- with .Values.job.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
     {{- include "pulsar.imagePullSecrets" . | nindent 6 }}
       serviceAccountName: "{{ template "pulsar.fullname" . }}-{{ .Values.bookkeeper.component }}"
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/broker-statefulset-upgrade.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/broker-statefulset-upgrade.yaml
index 5552ccd4..fd49a8a4 100644
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/broker-statefulset-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/broker-statefulset-upgrade.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   backoffLimit: 1
   template:
+    {{- with .Values.job.podAnnotations }}
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: "{{ template "pulsar.fullname" . }}-{{ .Values.broker.component }}-sts-cleanup"
       restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/jwt-secret-init.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/jwt-secret-init.yaml
index c4bd8b5b..7b1b1e47 100644
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/jwt-secret-init.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/jwt-secret-init.yaml
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ spec:
       labels:
         {{- include "pulsar.template.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
         component: jwt-secret-init
+      {{- with .Values.job.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
       {{- include "pulsar.imagePullSecrets" . | nindent 6 }}
       serviceAccountName: "{{ template "pulsar.fullname" . }}-jwt-secret-init"
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml
index 873035cf..34557ce8 100755
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/pulsar-cluster-initialize.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ spec:
       labels:
         {{- include "pulsar.template.labels" . | nindent 8 }}
         component: {{ .Values.pulsar_metadata.component }}
+      {{- with .Values.job.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
     spec:
     {{- include "pulsar.imagePullSecrets" . | nindent 6 }}
     {{- if .Values.pulsar_metadata.nodeSelector }}
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/templates/zookeeper-statefulset-upgrade.yaml b/charts/pulsar/templates/zookeeper-statefulset-upgrade.yaml
index fa6ed661..c87029ee 100644
--- a/charts/pulsar/templates/zookeeper-statefulset-upgrade.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/templates/zookeeper-statefulset-upgrade.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   backoffLimit: 1
   template:
+    {{- with .Values.job.podAnnotations }}
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: "{{ template "pulsar.fullname" . }}-{{ .Values.zookeeper.component }}-sts-cleanup"
       restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/charts/pulsar/values.yaml b/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
index e269551c..3120a05c 100755
--- a/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
@@ -2277,6 +2277,9 @@ dekaf:
 # pulsar-helm-chart/charts/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-cluster-initialize.yaml
 job:
   annotations: {}
+  # Annotations for the pods created by the chart's Jobs, for example
+  # sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false" so that an Istio sidecar doesn't keep a Job from completing
+  podAnnotations: {}
   ttl:
     enabled: false
     secondsAfterFinished: 3600