diff --git a/helm-charts/upstream/portieris-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/0002-Hardcode-app-label-selector.patch b/helm-charts/upstream/portieris-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/0002-Hardcode-app-label-selector.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d293680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm-charts/upstream/portieris-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/0002-Hardcode-app-label-selector.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From e0073c8e0d306d3d33b30bc9a16a73e21b00dc7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tae Park <tae.park@windriver.com>
+Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:06:33 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Hardcode app label selector
+
+Hardcoding the selector.matchLabels.app to "portieris" to match
+spec.template.metadata.labels.app value in deployment.yaml. This should
+allow the portieris pods to be cordonned properly, so that the
+kubernetes upgrades can be done.
+
+Signed-off-by: Tae Park <tae.park@windriver.com>
+---
+ helm/portieris/templates/pdb.yaml | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/helm/portieris/templates/pdb.yaml b/helm/portieris/templates/pdb.yaml
+index dee1243..526e7e1 100644
+--- a/helm/portieris/templates/pdb.yaml
++++ b/helm/portieris/templates/pdb.yaml
+@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ spec:
+ {{- end }}
+   selector:
+     matchLabels:
+-      app: {{ .Release.Name }}
++      app: portieris
+ {{- end }}
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/helm-charts/upstream/portieris-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/series b/helm-charts/upstream/portieris-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
index 43898f1..2b45225 100644
--- a/helm-charts/upstream/portieris-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
+++ b/helm-charts/upstream/portieris-helm/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 0001-Add-permissive-cluster-policy-by-default.patch
+0002-Hardcode-app-label-selector.patch