diff --git a/docs/advanced/runners/kubernetes.md b/docs/advanced/runners/kubernetes.md
index 50a6752..e5a1582 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/runners/kubernetes.md
+++ b/docs/advanced/runners/kubernetes.md
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ runners:
       memory: "512M"
       # Timeout for the client operations.
       timeoutMs: 300000
+      # Annotations to attach to the pods. Optional: By default, empty
+      annotations:
+        key1: value1
+        key2: value2
 ```
diff --git a/docs/configuration/reference.md b/docs/configuration/reference.md
index b70ed98..41279d7 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/reference.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/reference.md
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ runners:
       memory: "512M"
       # Timeout of the commands
       timeoutMs: 300000
+      # Annotations to attach to the pods 
+      annotations:
+        key1: value1
+        key2: value2
 
     # The lambda runner configuration
     lambda:
diff --git a/zoe-cli/src/commands/main.kt b/zoe-cli/src/commands/main.kt
index 4011865..b23ad12 100644
--- a/zoe-cli/src/commands/main.kt
+++ b/zoe-cli/src/commands/main.kt
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ fun mainModule(context: CliContext) = module {
                         cpu = kubeConfig.cpu,
                         memory = kubeConfig.memory,
                         deletePodsAfterCompletion = kubeConfig.deletePodAfterCompletion,
-                        timeoutMs = kubeConfig.timeoutMs
+                        timeoutMs = kubeConfig.timeoutMs,
+                        annotations = kubeConfig.annotations,
                     ),
                     executor = ioPool,
                     namespace = kubeConfig.namespace,
diff --git a/zoe-cli/src/config/config.kt b/zoe-cli/src/config/config.kt
index c82003b..58885d3 100644
--- a/zoe-cli/src/config/config.kt
+++ b/zoe-cli/src/config/config.kt
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ data class KubernetesRunnerConfig(
     val cpu: String = "1",
     val memory: String = "512M",
     val timeoutMs: Long = 300000,
-    val image: DockerImageConfig = DockerImageConfig()
+    val image: DockerImageConfig = DockerImageConfig(),
+    val annotations: Map<String, String> = emptyMap(),
 )
 
 data class DockerImageConfig(
diff --git a/zoe-core/build.gradle.kts b/zoe-core/build.gradle.kts
index 6b26e97..0080187 100644
--- a/zoe-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/zoe-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jib {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.1")
+    implementation("software.amazon.msk:aws-msk-iam-auth:2.2.0")
 
     implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.11.0")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect")
diff --git a/zoe-service/build.gradle.kts b/zoe-service/build.gradle.kts
index f9e176b..7b94bc7 100644
--- a/zoe-service/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/zoe-service/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("software.amazon.awssdk:lambda")
     implementation("software.amazon.awssdk:s3")
     implementation("software.amazon.awssdk:secretsmanager")
-    implementation("software.amazon.msk:aws-msk-iam-auth:2.2.0")
 
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.30")
     implementation("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
diff --git a/zoe-service/src/runners/kubernetes.kt b/zoe-service/src/runners/kubernetes.kt
index 0c6fa29..81a656f 100644
--- a/zoe-service/src/runners/kubernetes.kt
+++ b/zoe-service/src/runners/kubernetes.kt
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class KubernetesRunner(
         val zoeImage: String,
         val cpu: String,
         val memory: String,
-        val timeoutMs: Long?
+        val timeoutMs: Long?,
+        val annotations: Map<String, String>
     )
 
     private val scope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.Default)
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ class KubernetesRunner(
 
         val pod = generatePodObject(
             image = configuration.zoeImage,
+            annotations = configuration.annotations,
             args = listOf(
                 mapOf("function" to function, "payload" to payload.toJsonNode()).toJsonString(),
                 responseFile
@@ -203,11 +205,12 @@ class KubernetesRunner(
         }
     }
 
-    private fun generatePodObject(image: String, args: List<String>): Pod {
+    private fun generatePodObject(image: String, annotations: Map<String, String>, args: List<String>): Pod {
         val pod = loadFileFromResources("pod.template.json")?.parseJson<Pod>() ?: userError("pod template not found !")
         return pod.apply {
             metadata.name = "zoe-${UUID.randomUUID()}"
             metadata.labels = labels
+            metadata.annotations = annotations
 
             spec.containers.find { it.name == "zoe" }?.apply {
                 resources.requests = mapOf(