diff --git a/.github/labels.yml b/.github/labels.yml
index 4471bc0299..9dcaf0d00b 100644
--- a/.github/labels.yml
+++ b/.github/labels.yml
@@ -1,41 +1,39 @@
-area:
-  - "Cloud/AWS"
-  - "Cloud/GCP"
-  - "Cloud/Azure"
-  - "Design"
-  - "Plugins"
-
-# Labels that can be applied to PRs with the /kind command
-kind:
-  - "changelog-not-required"
-  - "tech-debt"
-
 # Works with https://github.com/actions/labeler/
 # Below this line, the keys are labels to be applied, and the values are the file globs to match against.
 # Anything in the `design` directory gets the `Design` label.
 Area/Design:
-  - design/*
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'design/*'
 
 # Anything in the site directory gets the website label *EXCEPT* docs
 Website:
-  - any: ["site/**/*", "!site/content/docs/**/*"]
+- any:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: 'site/**/*'
+    - any-glob-to-any-file: '!site/content/docs/**/*'
 
 Documentation:
-  - site/content/docs/**/*
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'site/content/docs/**/*'
 
 Dependencies:
-  - go.mod
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'go.mod'
 
 # Anything that has plugin infra will be labeled.
 # Individual plugins don't necessarily live here, though
 Area/Plugins:
-  - "pkg/plugins/**/*"
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'pkg/plugins/**/*'
 
 has-unit-tests:
-  - "pkg/**/*_test.go"
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'pkg/**/*_test.go'
 
 has-e2e-2tests:
-  - "test/e2e/**/*"
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'test/e2e/**/*'
 
 has-changelog:
-  - "changelogs/**"
+- changed-files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file: 'changelogs/**'