diff --git a/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/Chart.yaml b/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/Chart.yaml
index a8783f4..4b04b52 100644
--- a/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: agent-rpc-mcp
 description: Deploys the Agent RPC MCP data plane and management plane as separate pods.
 type: application
-version: 0.1.0
+version: 0.1.1
diff --git a/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-data.yaml b/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-data.yaml
index 2a6e793..95f0dbf 100644
--- a/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-data.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-data.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: agent-rpc-mcp
   namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
+  # The VMServiceScrape selects SERVICES by their own metadata labels.
+  # Without this block the scrape matches nothing and the plane goes dark
+  # while the pod stays Healthy, which is exactly what happened on
+  # 2026-08-07: `up{namespace="agent-rpc-mcp"}` returned no series at all.
+  labels:
+    {{- include "agent-rpc-mcp.data.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   selector:
     {{- include "agent-rpc-mcp.data.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-mgmt.yaml b/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-mgmt.yaml
index 2d24163..e23d140 100644
--- a/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-mgmt.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-rpc-mcp/templates/service-mgmt.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: agent-rpc-mgmt-mcp
   namespace: {{ .Values.namespace }}
+  # The VMServiceScrape selects SERVICES by their own metadata labels.
+  # Without this block the scrape matches nothing and the plane goes dark
+  # while the pod stays Healthy, which is exactly what happened on
+  # 2026-08-07: `up{namespace="agent-rpc-mcp"}` returned no series at all.
+  labels:
+    {{- include "agent-rpc-mcp.mgmt.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 spec:
   selector:
     {{- include "agent-rpc-mcp.mgmt.labels" . | nindent 4 }}