diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74aeb244..53705c54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master / unreleased
 
+* [BUGFIX] Purger: use correct podAnnotations reference instead of query_frontend's #613
+
 ## 3.3.5 / 2026-07-09
 
 * [BUGFIX] Querier: avoid rendering empty `env:` key when no env vars are set
diff --git a/templates/purger/purger-dep.yaml b/templates/purger/purger-dep.yaml
index 52baa64b..da0a5669 100644
--- a/templates/purger/purger-dep.yaml
+++ b/templates/purger/purger-dep.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
         {{- end }}
       annotations:
         checksum/config: {{ include "cortex.configChecksum" . }}
-      {{- with .Values.query_frontend.podAnnotations }}
+      {{- with .Values.purger.podAnnotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
     spec: