diff --git a/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/Chart.yaml b/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/Chart.yaml
index 9e96e3f..5067ad1 100644
--- a/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/Chart.yaml
+++ b/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/Chart.yaml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
   - https://github.com/ruimarinho/docker-bitcoin-core
   - https://bitcoin.org
-version: 2.1.5
+version: 2.1.6
diff --git a/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/templates/statefulset.yaml b/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/templates/statefulset.yaml
index f9d621e..9b87432 100644
--- a/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -253,9 +253,13 @@ spec:
           {{- if .Values.commonAnnotations }}
           {{- include "common.tplvalues.render" (dict "value" .Values.commonAnnotations "context" $) | nindent 10 }}
           {{- end }}
-        {{- if .Values.commonLabels }}
-        labels: {{- include "common.tplvalues.render" (dict "value" .Values.commonLabels "context" $) | nindent 10 }}
-        {{- end }}
+        labels:
+          {{- if .Values.commonLabels}}
+          {{- include "common.tplvalues.render" (dict "value" .Values.commonLabels "context" $) | nindent 10}}
+          {{- end}}
+          {{- if .Values.persistence.labels}}
+          {{- include "common.tplvalues.render" (dict "value" .Values.persistence.labels "context" $) | nindent 10}}
+          {{- end}}
       spec:
         accessModes:
         {{- range .Values.persistence.accessModes }}
diff --git a/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/values.yaml b/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/values.yaml
index 3401d19..aca16a6 100644
--- a/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/values.yaml
+++ b/hirosystems/bitcoin-core/values.yaml
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ persistence:
   ## @param persistence.annotations Persistent Volume Claim annotations
   ##
   annotations: {}
+  ## @param persistence.annotations Persistent Volume Claim labels
+  ##
+  labels: {}
   ## @param persistence.accessModes Persistent Volume Access Modes
   ##
   accessModes: