diff --git a/internal/kube/labels.go b/internal/kube/labels.go
index 30b419b4..006d540f 100644
--- a/internal/kube/labels.go
+++ b/internal/kube/labels.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func NormalizeMetadata(obj *metav1.ObjectMeta) {
 
 	annots := make(map[string]string)
 	for k, v := range obj.Annotations {
-		annots[ToLabelKey(k)] = trimMiddle(v, 63)
+		annots[ToLabelKey(k)] = v
 	}
 	obj.Annotations = annots
 
diff --git a/internal/kube/labels_test.go b/internal/kube/labels_test.go
index f06752b1..2b83836a 100644
--- a/internal/kube/labels_test.go
+++ b/internal/kube/labels_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestNormalizeMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	obj := &corev1.Pod{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:        strings.Repeat(" name ", 500),
-			Annotations: map[string]string{strings.Repeat("annot-key", 500): strings.Repeat("value", 500), "cloud.google.com/neg": `{"ingress": true}`},
+			Annotations: map[string]string{strings.Repeat("annot-key", 500): strings.Repeat("value", 500), "cloud.google.com/neg": `{"ingress": true}`, "long-value": strings.Repeat("value", 500)},
 			Labels:      map[string]string{strings.Repeat("label-key", 500): strings.Repeat("value", 500)},
 		},
 	}
@@ -95,4 +95,5 @@ func TestNormalizeMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 
 	test.RequireValidMetadata(t, obj)
 	require.Equal(t, `{"ingress": true}`, obj.Annotations["cloud.google.com/neg"])
+	require.Equal(t, strings.Repeat("value", 500), obj.Annotations["long-value"])
 }
diff --git a/internal/test/metadata.go b/internal/test/metadata.go
index b00750ca..6bd0157f 100644
--- a/internal/test/metadata.go
+++ b/internal/test/metadata.go
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ func RequireValidMetadata(t *testing.T, obj client.Object) {
 		require.LessOrEqual(t, len(k), 63)
 		require.LessOrEqual(t, len(v), 63, k)
 	}
-	for k, v := range obj.GetAnnotations() {
+	for k := range obj.GetAnnotations() {
 		require.LessOrEqual(t, len(k), 63)
-		require.LessOrEqual(t, len(v), 63, k)
 	}
 }