diff --git a/config/post-install/v0.15.0/storage-version-migration.yaml b/config/post-install/v0.15.0/storage-version-migration.yaml
index b39392ace2a..3e6e337bfef 100644
--- a/config/post-install/v0.15.0/storage-version-migration.yaml
+++ b/config/post-install/v0.15.0/storage-version-migration.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: "storage-version-migration"
+      annotations:
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: knative-eventing-post-install-job
       restartPolicy: OnFailure
diff --git a/config/pre-install/v0.16.0/storage-version-migration.yaml b/config/pre-install/v0.16.0/storage-version-migration.yaml
index 0b043c2842f..e0af598e837 100644
--- a/config/pre-install/v0.16.0/storage-version-migration.yaml
+++ b/config/pre-install/v0.16.0/storage-version-migration.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: "storage-version-migration-eventing"
+      annotations:
+        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: knative-eventing-pre-install-job
       restartPolicy: OnFailure