diff --git a/woodpecker/woodpecker-agent.yaml b/woodpecker/woodpecker-agent.yaml
index 019cb14..0a8c3dc 100644
--- a/woodpecker/woodpecker-agent.yaml
+++ b/woodpecker/woodpecker-agent.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ spec:
           value: "false"
         - name: WOODPECKER_GRPC_RECONNECT
           value: "true"
+        - name: WOODPECKER_BACKEND_K8S_POD_ANNOTATIONS_ALLOW_FROM_STEP
+          value: "true"        
         - name: WOODPECKER_BACKEND_K8S_STORAGE_CLASS
           value: azurefile-csi
         - name: WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET